Ari-Maria is a new musical about two of the most famous modern day Greeks - opera star, Maria Callas and at one time, the richest man in the world Aristotle Onassis. Their story begins in 1957 when they meet a party in Venice and ends in 1968 when Aristotle leaves Maria for a grieving widow, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. The musical is based on these historical figures with Maria's "Friend" telling the story.