Aaron Scott Lazar (born June 21, 1976) is an American actor, singer, and entrepreneur known for his work on Broadway, television, film and concerts.
In August 2024, Lazar released an album titled, Impossible Dream, featuring a cover of the song of the same name. The cover of the song was in a We Are the World style recording featuring solos by Josh Groban, Loren Allred, Sting, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Norm Lewis, Kristin Chenoweth, Leslie Odom Jr, Lin Manuel Miranda, Neil Patrick Harris, and a posthumous appearance from Rebecca Luker.Aaron Lazar Collaboration Album Impossible Dream Released August 23 The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Classical Compendium" in November, 2024.
Early life and education Lazar was born in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. He graduated from Cherry Hill High School West, where he performed in musicals and competed in track and field as a discus and javelin thrower. He is Jewish and had a Bar Mitzvah.Liner, Alixandra (30 September 2005). Aaron Lazar of The Light in the Piazza Broadway. Retrieved on 25 January 2025 Lazar attended Duke University, where he earned a Bachelor of Art degree, magna cum laude, while completing the prerequisite classes for medical school and taking the MCAT. After being accepted at the University of Cincinnati – College-Conservatory of Music (CCM), he earned an MFA in musical theater.
Career Broadway and theater Lazar's eleven Broadway and national tour credits include The Phantom of the Opera as understudy Raoul, Oklahoma! as Joe and understudy Curly, The Scarlet Pimpernel as Dewhurst and understudy Percy, Mamma Mia! as Sam, The Last Ship as Arthur, Impressionism as Ben, A Little Night Music as Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm, Dear Evan Hansen as Larry Murphy, Les Misérables (Drama Desk Award nominee) as Enjolras, A Tale of Two Cities as Charles, and The Light in the Piazza as Fabrizio.
Since he started performing at age nine, Lazar has performed in more than forty professional productions including A New Brain and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes at New York City Center Encores! In 2007, he was Lt. Joseph Cable in South Pacific at the Hollywood Bowl. In 2016, he played Franklin Shepard in a Los Angeles production of Merrily We Roll Along. He was most recently in Fun Home as Bruce at TheaterWorks Hartford and the pre-Broadway regional tryout of The Secret Garden as Dr. Neville Craven at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles. Lazar played Paul in the 2011 New York Philharmonic concert version of Company. He was also in Anastasia as Gleb in a 2012 workshop.
Television and film Lazar has starred in over 20 television shows including the role of Reverend Paul Thomas on Fox's Filthy Rich. He's also known for roles in The Wolf of Wall Street, This Is Where I Leave You, J. Edgar, and Everything Everywhere All at Once.
Concert and cabaret Lazar has performed with some of the world's top symphonies from the New York Philharmonic to the NYPops at Carnegie Hall to the Kennedy Center, to Masada as both a guest artist and soloist with his own one-man shows Broadway to Hollywood and All For You, with Tony nominee Kate Baldwin, maestro Luke Frazier, and members of the American Pops Orchestra.
His voice can be heard on numerous Broadway and off-Broadway cast albums.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Lazar produced the album Broadway Lullabies with a cast of Broadway friends and parents to soothe families with reimagined Broadway classics.
Personal life In 2004, he married LeAnn Garris, a model signed with Ford Models at Temple Israel, a Reform synagogue in Wilmington in North Carolina.LeAnn Garris, Aaron Lazar The New York Times. 7 November 2004Ballard, Allison (9 November 2004). Eating happily ever after on The Food Network Star News. Retrieved on 25 January 2025Vermeer, John (September 2015). Aaron & LeAnn Lazar: Endless Summer Broadway Style Guide. Retrieved on 25 January 2025 The couple had two boys together and divorced in 2018.
In January 2024, Lazar announced that he had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) two years prior.
Filmography
Film + Year Title Role Notes 2005 The Notorious Bettie Page Jake 2011 Company Paul 2011 J. Edgar David T. Wilentz 2013 The Wolf of Wall Street Blair Hollingsworth 2014 This Is Where I Leave You Barry Weissman 2018 Avengers: Infinity WarDoctor Strange Double 2019 Avengers: Endgame 2022 Everything Everywhere All at Once Soldier TBA Kockroach Producer only
Television YearTitleRoleNotes2006Live from Lincoln CenterFabrizio Naccarelli / SelfEpisode: "The Light in the Piazza2008New AmsterdamBen RobbinsEpisode: "Horror"2008Ugly BettyClaudioEpisode: "Bad Amanda"2009All My ChildrenRon Lipkin / Producer2 episodes2009White CollarFather D'AllesioEpisode: "Book of Hours"2011A Gifted ManSteve PowersEpisode: "In Case of Discomfort"2011Onion News NetworkO'Brady Shaw7 episodes2012Person of InterestTerrance BaxterEpisode: "Firewall"2014The FollowingBilly Boyer2 episodes2014The Good WifeWilliam SattmannEpisode: "The Last Call"2014Blue BloodsDr. LevinEpisode: "Righting Wrongs"2014The BlacklistAgent Paul SalernoEpisode: "Monarch Douglas Bank (No. 112)"2016UnforgettableAvra FeldEpisode: "Breathing Space"2016Girl Meets WorldMr. Jackson2 episodes2016The StrainKroft3 episodes2016QuanticoPaul2018BullMark BurnsEpisode: "Justified"2018The Good FightWilliam SattmannEpisode: "Day 471"2020Filthy RichPaul Luke Thomas10 episodes2022Black-ishAndrew CollinsEpisode: "That's What Friends Are For"2022YellowstoneRobert BaldusEpisode: "Tall Drink of Water"
Theatre YearTitleRoleNotes2000-2001 The Scarlet PimpernelDewhurst u/s Sir Percy BlakeneyUS Tour2001 CarouselBilly BigelowNorth Shore Music Theatre2001-2002The Phantom of the OperaFireman u/s RaoulBroadway2002-2003Oklahoma!Joe u/s Curly2005 On the TownGabeyWest End2005-2006The Light in the PiazzaFabrizio NaccarelliBroadway2006-2007Les MisérablesEnjolras2007South PacificLieutenant CableHollywood Bowl2008A Tale of Two CitiesCharles DarnayBroadway2009ImpressionismBen Joplin2009-2010 A Little Night MusicCount Carl-Magnus Malcolm2011CompanyPaulAvery Fisher Hall2012 AnastasiaGlebWorkshop Gentlemen Prefer BlondesHenry SpoffordOff-BroadwayEncores!2012-2014Mamma Mia!Sam CarmichaelBroadway2014-2015The Last ShipArthur Millburn2015 A New BrainRoger Delli-BoviOff-BroadwayEncores!2016 Merrily We Roll AlongFranklin ShepardWallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts2018-2019 Dear Evan HansenLarry MurphyUS Tour2022 The Bridges of Madison CountyRobertAxelrod Performing Arts Center Fun HomeBruceTheaterWorks2023 The Secret GardenDr. Neville CravenAhmanson Theatre2025FolliesBenjamin StonePasadena Playhouse
References
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