Press Quotes
"Cast Party is a freewheeling off-hours Broadway playground." - Stephen Holden, NEW YORK TIMES
“Every Monday night, Birdland has this thing called Cast Party, hosted by this guy Jim Caruso. All these Broadway performers and off-Broadway people with huge talent go to this open mic — along with some weird, delusional people from New Jersey. It’s the coolest thing ever.” – Lisa Lampanelli, NEW YORK POST
"The gold standard of open mic nights." – WALL STREET JOURNAL
"A Monday night institution." – CABARET CONFIDENTIAL
"…an extreme open mic!" – ABC TV
"Jim Caruso is uber-talented!" – ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT
"Pianist Billy Stritch is thrilling…guaranteed to send you into orbit." – Rex Reed, NEW YORK OBSERVER
"…a vital pulse point of the musical theater bloodstream: every week a star or a standard might be born." –TIME OUT NY
"Bassist Steve Doyle gives firm support & swings solidly." – JAZZ TIMES
"Starrier than the Hayden Planetarium…a hot spot where Broadway and Hollywood tip, twirl and hit the mic. It's become the place to cruise, schmooze, sing and be seen." – PLAYBILL
"It's Monday night in NYC and what to do? Jim Caruso presides over Cast Party at Birdland with incredible flair and a dry wit. This open mic attracts the crème de la crème of Broadway stars on their night off, and is brilliantly entertaining." - TRAVEL SECRETS, Tanya Rose
"On Monday nights, when many musicals’ casts have the night off, Broadway’s A-list entertainers hit the Birdland nightclub, on 44th Street just west of Eighth Avenue, to outsing each other at the upbeat Jim Caruso’s Cast Party open-mic variety show. Just how insid-ery is it? Liza Minnelli had her birthday party here – and took the stage to entertain her admirers." - SCANORAMA - Sweden
"Cast Party is cabaret church, and Jim Caruso is it's Irreverent Reverend!" - Ann Hampton Callaway
"On Monday nights the multi- talented Jim Caruso holds his celebrated Cast Party. At this casually elegant gathering, eminent show business names, Broadway and cabaret pros, and new talent including the staff (bartender William Blake brings down the house when he sings) show up to perform and mingle with the audience until the wee hours of the morning." - ACCENT MAGAZINE
“Every Monday night, Birdland has this thing called Cast Party, hosted by this guy Jim Caruso. All these Broadway performers and off-Broadway people with huge talent go to this open mic — along with some weird, delusional people from New Jersey. It’s the coolest thing ever.” – Lisa Lampanelli, NEW YORK POST
"The gold standard of open mic nights." – WALL STREET JOURNAL
"A Monday night institution." – CABARET CONFIDENTIAL
"…an extreme open mic!" – ABC TV
"Jim Caruso is uber-talented!" – ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT
"Pianist Billy Stritch is thrilling…guaranteed to send you into orbit." – Rex Reed, NEW YORK OBSERVER
"…a vital pulse point of the musical theater bloodstream: every week a star or a standard might be born." –TIME OUT NY
"Bassist Steve Doyle gives firm support & swings solidly." – JAZZ TIMES
"Starrier than the Hayden Planetarium…a hot spot where Broadway and Hollywood tip, twirl and hit the mic. It's become the place to cruise, schmooze, sing and be seen." – PLAYBILL
"It's Monday night in NYC and what to do? Jim Caruso presides over Cast Party at Birdland with incredible flair and a dry wit. This open mic attracts the crème de la crème of Broadway stars on their night off, and is brilliantly entertaining." - TRAVEL SECRETS, Tanya Rose
"On Monday nights, when many musicals’ casts have the night off, Broadway’s A-list entertainers hit the Birdland nightclub, on 44th Street just west of Eighth Avenue, to outsing each other at the upbeat Jim Caruso’s Cast Party open-mic variety show. Just how insid-ery is it? Liza Minnelli had her birthday party here – and took the stage to entertain her admirers." - SCANORAMA - Sweden
"Cast Party is cabaret church, and Jim Caruso is it's Irreverent Reverend!" - Ann Hampton Callaway
"On Monday nights the multi- talented Jim Caruso holds his celebrated Cast Party. At this casually elegant gathering, eminent show business names, Broadway and cabaret pros, and new talent including the staff (bartender William Blake brings down the house when he sings) show up to perform and mingle with the audience until the wee hours of the morning." - ACCENT MAGAZINE
“A few years ago a friend of mine named Jim Caruso created something called “Cast Party,” a cross-section of Broadway singers, actors, producers and fans, who have the communal experience of getting up to perform. Cast Party is so different from reality shows or “American Idol.” I’ve never seen anybody treated cruelly, and people are appreciated for who they are. From someone who is just off the bus arriving in New York – to Liza Minnelli…people learn tremendously from being there – I learn – because we see people express themselves without artifice. There are no mechanics that can make someone seem better than they are. I never stop learning there! It’s the hardest thing to do to get up in a smallish room and entertain people. To learn how to do that is something that only comes from experience. When kids ask me for advice, I say the best thing you can do is to find a place to perform and do it on a regular basis.”
– MICHAEL FEINSTEIN, "Michael Feinstein's American Songbook," PBS
– MICHAEL FEINSTEIN, "Michael Feinstein's American Songbook," PBS
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Links to Articles:
BLEEP Magazine
New York Post: Lisa Lampanelli, 'My New York'
Cleveland.Com: 'Jim Caruso's Cast Party' coming to Nighttown in October
Watershed Post: This Weekend: Jim Caruso's Cast Party
Chelsea Now: Just Do Art! A Swinging Birdland Christmas
Huffington Post: Cabaret is Cool Again Thanks to Jim Caruso's Cast Party
Wall Street Journal: Where Fans Follow the Stars Onstage
NBC Los Angeles: Tonight: Hi, Bob!
Jim Caruso is the Life of the the Party!: Cabaret Confessional
Canyon News: Jim Caruso's Cast Party with Billy Stritch
NBC New York Niteside: Inside Showbiz Boss Jim Caruso's Cast Party at Birdland
Passport Magazine: Michael Feinstein
Socal.com: Jim Caruso's Cast Party
NY Times: The Showboat Must Go On (Even on Their Nights Off)
Austin Chronicle: Another stand for the 'extreme open mic'
LA Times: At 'Cast Party,' the mike is open and the party is on
Happy Birthday, Liza Minnelli!
Cast Party in the New York Post
PLAYBILL Photo Call: Liza's Cast Party Birthday!
BroadwayWorld.com Photo Flash: The Stars Come Out to Celebrate Liza Minnelli's 64th Birthday at Birdland
NY Daily News – Broadway at Birdland: What a swell 'Cast Party' it is!
Time Out: Late Night New York
New York Post: Lisa Lampanelli, 'My New York'
Cleveland.Com: 'Jim Caruso's Cast Party' coming to Nighttown in October
Watershed Post: This Weekend: Jim Caruso's Cast Party
Chelsea Now: Just Do Art! A Swinging Birdland Christmas
Huffington Post: Cabaret is Cool Again Thanks to Jim Caruso's Cast Party
Wall Street Journal: Where Fans Follow the Stars Onstage
NBC Los Angeles: Tonight: Hi, Bob!
Jim Caruso is the Life of the the Party!: Cabaret Confessional
Canyon News: Jim Caruso's Cast Party with Billy Stritch
NBC New York Niteside: Inside Showbiz Boss Jim Caruso's Cast Party at Birdland
Passport Magazine: Michael Feinstein
Socal.com: Jim Caruso's Cast Party
NY Times: The Showboat Must Go On (Even on Their Nights Off)
Austin Chronicle: Another stand for the 'extreme open mic'
LA Times: At 'Cast Party,' the mike is open and the party is on
Happy Birthday, Liza Minnelli!
Cast Party in the New York Post
PLAYBILL Photo Call: Liza's Cast Party Birthday!
BroadwayWorld.com Photo Flash: The Stars Come Out to Celebrate Liza Minnelli's 64th Birthday at Birdland
NY Daily News – Broadway at Birdland: What a swell 'Cast Party' it is!
Time Out: Late Night New York
