Jim Caruso’s Cast Party with Billy Stritch

Open Mic, Variety Show

Showbiz superstars hit the stage alongside up-and-comers, serving up jaw-dropping music and general razzle-dazzle. Showman Jim Caruso guides the entire affair with razor-sharp humor and the unbridled enthusiasm of an uber-fan, and musical director Billy Stritch holds court at the ivories. But the real fun starts when the audience participates in the onstage festivities. Theater performers, jazzers, and cabaret divas storm the stage to entertain each other.

Jim Caruso host
Billy Stritch piano

Jim Caruso’s Cast Party is a wildly popular weekly Open Mic Night/Variety Show that has brought Broadway glitz and urbane wit to the legendary Birdland in New York City every Monday night since 2003. Caruso and Stritch have taken the show on the road, celebrating talent in London, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Chicago, Austin, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Dallas, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, the Hamptons, Provincetown, Miami, Orlando and Delray Beach, as well as special all-star events at The Town Hall and Jazz at Lincoln Center in Manhattan. Cast Party has been honored with thirteen BroadwayWorld Awards, two MAC Awards, Bistro Award, and a Nightlife Award.

“The gold standard of open mic nights.”–The Wall Street Journal

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