Jim Caruso’s Cast Party

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Jim Caruso’s Cast Party

Upstairs at Vitello’s, Los Angeles, CA, January 17, 2018

Reviewed by Peter Leavy for Cabaret Scenes

Jim Caruso

Jim Caruso has moved the mobile version of his ever-popular open-mic Cast Party that’s still running in New York after well over a decade, to a new spot for him in Los Angeles—Upstairs at Vitello’s. Caruso and his long-time colleague Billy Stritch are magnets for pulling talent to the stage.

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Blessed both with visiting performers familiar to him from their appearances at his New York show’s regular Monday night Birdland roost, and the treasure trove of talent in the Hollywood area, the show was a two-plus hours uninterrupted delight.

As always with Caruso, the succession of singers is a piñata of chatter and songs.

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This night, Cast Party featured headliners known across the continent, such as the TV, stage, and film star Jo Anne  Worley, still a well-remembered personality from her youthful tenure on Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In series. Before bringing the audience to great laughter with her sexual harassment parody to “That’s Entertainment,” she grabbed the spotlight, bantering with Jim and Billy, who clearly acquiesced willingly to be her foils.

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With equally eminent vocalists Jane Monheit and Melissa Manchester, plus local musical notables such as jazz legend Mary Bogue, James Snyder, and Cortés Alexander, the night was a succession of surprises and delights. 

Caruso and Stritch announced that they will be back at Vitello’s this coming May. But that is months away! Ah, Jim, won’t you bring your joyous Cast Party show back to the left coast more often? A night like this, with such a bevy of ingratiating and polished entertainers quick to step up to the mic and sing, is heart-warming.

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It tells the world that cabaret performers are alive and well in Los Angeles and ready to entertain us. Come on, L.A., let’s have a few more cabaret spots for these musical birds to stretch their wings and fly.
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Peter Leavy

As a youthful columnist, Peter offered dating advice to Seventeen magazine’s teen readers. Simultaneously, his “think pieces” and articles on entertainment appeared in other national magazines. Editing four magazines for a small publisher when the Korean Conflict erupted, Peter entered military service, becoming Editor-in-chief of The Army Home Town News Center. After service, he joined the family business and in the ensuing decades created several companies in the fashion and home decoration industry. Peter signed on as one of the first contributors to the fledgling Cabaret Scenes magazine, later was named associate editor and, in 2007, took over as publisher.