Aaron Lazar
Aaron Lazar
Aaron Lazaris an American stage, film and television actor and singer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionStage Actor
Date of Birth21 June 1976
CountryUnited States of America
experience kids raise york
It'll be interesting to raise kids in New York City. I'm from suburbia, so I don't really have any experience with what it's going to be like here.
trying
I'm trying to go with the flow, which is not what I used to do. I used to try to micromanage my career choices.
best caliber chance cincinnati country gave graduate perform
In graduate school, Aubrey Berg at the Cincinnati Conservatory gave me the chance to perform with the best in the country in Broadway caliber productions.
critical english great high introduced love mine novels painful shakespeare skill taught teacher
In high school, my English teacher Celeste McMenamin introduced me to the great novels and Shakespeare and taught me how to write. Essays, poetry, critical analysis. Writing is a skill that was painful then but a love of mine now.
people
I want to carry a show, but there are not a lot of leading parts for people who are not celebrities.
awe blows capacity deal empathy men patient periods stress time tougher women
Women are just so much tougher and more patient than men are - their capacity for empathy blows me away. And their capacity to deal with stress for long periods of time is also kind of awe inspiring.
chance connect freedom parts
There's parts of it that I connect to - being a father and everything - but 'Mamma Mia!' allows me to go out there and be me and have fun. I've never really had the chance to do that with so much freedom.
hear learned life meant phantom work
You hear about Broadway your whole life, and I learned what it meant to work on Broadway in 'The Phantom of the Opera.'
act lyrical pop scene
You have to learn how to act a pop song. You have to find the balance of the pop from the pop song and the lyrical significance of the scene you are in.
musical sort
I sort of wrongfully judged 'Mamma Mia!' for so long. I thought of it as a jukebox musical that I wasn't interested in. I was so wrong.
I've always been excited at the idea of performing a solo show.
dad hosting kid musically performing remember senior visit
My dad's paternal grandparents were musically inclined. And I remember as a little kid going to visit them in their senior building, and they were, like, the stars of the building, especially hosting and performing in their senior talent show.
hallway pbs
On the PBS recording of 'The Light in the Piazza' backstage, you get to see me doing some sweet lunges down the hallway of the Vivian Beaumont.
easily life seniors york
Life in New York can be so, I don't know, chaotic, overwhelming, busy, frantic, and often, seniors can easily get overlooked.