Ruth Leon recommends… Jim Caruso’s Cast Party
Ruth Leon recommendsJim Caruso’s Cast Party
Regular readers know that, whenever I’m in my other home town, New York, I never miss Jim Caruso’s Cast Party at Birdland “The Jazz Corner of the World”), the famous jazz and cabaret room on the corner of 44th St and Eighth Avenue in Manhattan. This is a weekly talent celebration that has been going every Monday at Birdland for the past twenty years and it’s great fun both to attend and to perform at. If you’re a singer who happens to find yourself there, dust off your sheet music, warm up those vocal cords and join the Party.
Jim Caruso’s Cast Party is a wildly popular weekly open mic night that has brought a sprinkling of Broadway glitz and urbane wit to the legendary Birdland in New York City every Monday night since 2004.
It’s a hilariously impromptu variety show in which showbiz superstars hit the stage alongside up-and-comers, serving jaw-dropping music and general razzle-dazzle. Cast Party is the ultimate spot to mix and mingle with talented show folk and their fans.
The buoyant, sharp and charming Caruso guides the entire affair, while pianist Billy Stritch holds court at the ivories and leads the Cast Party Symphony Orchestra (Tom Hubbard on bass and Daniel Glass on drums).
The best part is that the audience is invited to participate in the musical festivities. Whether you want to perform, or just sit back and be entertained by some wildly talented people, Cast Party is THE place to be.
Next Monday, 12th February, Cast Party is going worldwide with a livestream that starts at the regular time, 9.30pm EST, 2.30am UK Time, but available for 48 hours thereafter so those of us not on the US East Coast and unwilling to wait up for the 2.30am start can still join in the fun.
Online price over here £14.13
Thank you so much! I’m thrilled that you included Cast Party on your site! However – we are NOT live streaming on February 12. We will be streaming soon, though, and I sure hope you will watch!