Award-winning Billboard Top 10 recording artist tells story of becoming the first openly gay chart-topping pop singer-songwriter.
September 17 at Laurie Beechman Theatre
“This out dance pop artist packs born-this-way swagger.”-- People Magazine
“Before there was Adam Lambert or Sam Smith there was Sir Ari Gold.” – NewNowNext
“Honest and distinctly original” -- The Jewish Journal
“Ari is doing for pop music what Obama did for the presidency.” -- Whoopi Goldberg
“Ari Gold is a star.” -- Boy George
“Brilliant!” -- RuPaul
In the 80’s, ARI GOLD, a closeted orthodox Jewish boy from The Bronx, is discovered singing at his brother’s bar mitzvah…setting the stage for becoming America’s First Openly Gay Pop Star. From doing child voices for Cabbage Patch Kids and Jem and the Holograms to performing with Diana Ross and RuPaul, Gold's paradoxical, emotional, musical memoir tells a story of family & religion, sex & pop, and the search for a community of one’s own. When a community renders you invisible, there’s only one choice: POP OUT. Written and performed by Sir Ari Gold.
POP OUT will be performed Sunday, September 17 at 7pm at The Laurie Beechman Theater (inside West Bank Cafe at 407 West 42nd Street -- at Ninth Avenue, accessible from the A,C,E,N,R,V,F,1,2,3 trains at 42nd Street. Tickets are $25 plus a $20 food/drink minimum. To purchase tickets call 212-352-3101 or visit www.SpinCycleNYC.com.
Award Winning Billboard Top 10 Recording Artist SIR ARI GOLD was born and raised in an Ort hodox Jewish household in the Bronx with his brothers Elon and Steven. His show-business career started at age six when he recorded a CBS Children’s Record Pot Belly Bear: Songs & Stories and made his national TV debut on the Joe Franklin Show. He went on to sing on over 400 TV jingles including voices for characters on Jem and the Holograms, Cabbage Patch Kids, and singing with Diana Ross on her Swept Away album. Ari also recorded many Jewish children’s music like 613 Torah Avenue and Uncle Moishe. He released his eponymous debut album in 2000, receiving critical attention from Billboard, Hits and Vibe for being the first openly gay pop singer who was out in his music from the beginning of his career. He’s toured Europe, Canada and in over 50 cities across the US alongside Chaka Khan, Debbie Harry, and Cyndi Lauper. Ari holds a “Visionary Award” from the LGBT Academy Of Recording Arts and he was Knighted by the Imperial Court Of New York. “Make My Body Rock” from his fourth studio album Between the Spirit & the Flesh debuted at #1 on Logo making him the artist with the most #1’s since the networks launch in 2005. His Billboard Top 10 and #1 Sirius/XM Radio dance hit, “Where The Music Takes You” was voted Logo’s #1 Video of the Year and is the Grand Prize Winner (in all genres) of the 12th Annual USA Songwriting Competition. “I’m All About You” co-written with hitmaker Desmond Child and released by Universal Records saw Ari perform on the legendary Top Of The Pops and gave him another Top 10 hit. Ari’s coffee table book and remix CD, released in 25 countries, includes contributions by Boy George and RuPaul. Ari is an Independent Music Award Winner (Best R&B Song, “Love Wasn’t Built In a Day” featuring Dave Koz), a 2x Outmusic Award Winner, one of the 25 People That Make Us Proud by Metro Source, one of Genre’s Men We Love, and Out Magazine's Out100 Most Influential.