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September 22, 2006 What
a week! Since last I wrote this extremely personal message to only you,
we've had three musical extravaganzas and one Cast Party
at Birdland. Monday's early show featured the adorable
Lascivious Biddies, whom you can see at left,
buffing, fluffing and puffing in our glamorous dressing room designed
by Trading Spaces' Douglas Wilson. Cast Party followed,
and it was a cabaret diva-filled evening with Baby Jane Dexter,
Barbara Brussell, Valentine Ryder,
Jenna Esposito, Sue Matsuki, Natalie
Nadon, Paul Dyke, Maude Maggart
and no less that the King of the Supper Club Set, Michael Feinstein.
Lots of NYMF performers were in the house, too, like
the casts of The Children and This
Could Be Love. We're always happy to help promote great local theater, that's for sure! Click on Flickr
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Copyright Jim Caruso's Cast Party®, All Rights Reserved, 2006. Newsletter by: Traverse City Web Design
Psst - after you've read all of the Cast Party scoop, be sure to spend
a moment with our fabulous 
The Tuesday night early show was The Nashville Connection,
with the cast of The Warrior, another NYMF
production. It's composer, Marcus Hummon, just happens
to be a Grammy-winner for last year's #1 song, “Bless
The Broken Road,” recorded by Rascall Flatts.
He and the cast sang lots more of his super-hits, along with some great
old country standards. The crowd went wild, and I was in hog-heaven
with all that great pickin' and grinnin'. Following that show was Once
Before We Go, starring Erich Bergen and
Deven May (left), which was an insane romp
through bad taste and good music! We had a ball watching them cavort
onstage before they zip off to do the National Tour of an un-named Broadway
hit. (Time Out New York hinted that the show's
title might rhyme with “Schmerzy Goys,”
but I'm not saying a thing.) Again, 
On
Monday, October 2 at 7pm, I'm truly thrilled to present
The Music of 
ALTHOUGH
BILL WESTMORELAND MET SALLY MAYES in New York City, they quickly realized
they had common roots.
Sally's best high school friend in Texas was the daughter of Bill's
mother's best friend, who both shared a love of decoupage. (OK, maybe
that's too much information, but Bill and Sally hit it off right away!)
Their first collaboration was Sally's CD The Story Hour,
followed by Boys and Girls Like You and Me.
Bill photographed Sally's latest CD, Valentine,
draping her in red silk organza (pictured here, at right) to
complement her sexy, romantic renditions of all-time favorite standards.
Sally is currently off to South Africa to direct Tovah Feldshuh's
new concert, and is working with musical director Patrick Brady
on a new fall show. You can read more about Sally at
CHARLIE
LAPSON'S SIGNATURE COLLECTION
is the culmination of years of training, world travel, and professional
experience as one of Hollywood’s top designers. His luxurious
handbags and men's wallets are produced by factories in Tuscany, Italy
made of fine Italian leather. Lapson's handbags and clutches have
been worn by the elite of Hollywood to numerous red carpet events
and on camera as well.
WHAT
DO MICHAEL C. HALL,
KERRY BUTLER, CHEYENNE JACKSON, ESTELLE PARSONS, JULIA MURNEY, DEVEN
MAY, HUNTER FOSTER, MICHAEL ARDEN, JAMES BLUNT and the GOO GOO DOLLS
all have in common? Their
secret weapon -- voice teacher Liz Caplan! Her student ANA GASTEYER
(upcoming Threepenny Opera) says, “Studying with Liz has changed my
approach to singing on every level. In the two years we have worked
together, she has combined phenomenal technique with tailor-made specifications
to meet a huge variety of professional demands. Her tireless enthusiasm
and expertise have empowered me physiologically and emotionally to become
a better singer than I had ever imagined. It's like physical therapy
and good, old-fashioned psycho-therapy for your vocal chords!” Visit
OUR
UPDATED T-SHIRT is now available in Tootsie-Roll brown
with safety-cone orange trim, as seen at left, where Jim reveals his
secret identity as -- Superhost! Show
your love for a certain Monday night Open Mic extravaganza by wearing
this 100% cotton, Peruvian-made, American-printed piece of art! The
wry "Got Mic?" logo is on the front, and our logo is on the
back. They're only $20 and available if you click 
"The
Party simply glows with New York nightlife ambiance. It feels like a
throwback to another era but it has this era's top-notch entertainers
dropping in to schmooze, sing, eat, and drink. Caruso
consistently provides a flow of exciting singers, and he's definitely
hip, cool and classy all by himself."