Altar Boyz Visit Jim Caruso's Cast Party on June 20
By: BWW News Desk Jun. 19, 2005
The cast of the off-Broadway hit Altar Boyz will perform at Jim Caruso's Cast Party at Birdland (315 West 44th Street) on Monday, June 20th at 10pm. The Christian boy band (along with one nice Jewish boy) will be accompanied by the composers (Gary Adler and
Michael Patrick Walker); in addition, "each cast member might also favor Cast Party
revelers with an impromptu song of his own choosing, in the tradition
of the weekly event where performers entertain each other at the piano!
Piper-Heidsieck champagne will be the beverage on ice for the boys,
if they choose to imbibe in the devil's brew," states a press release.Altar Boyz is directed by Stafford Arima and choreographed by
Christopher Gattelli, with a book by Kevin Del Aguila, and is based on a
concept by Marc Kessler and Ken Davenport. In addition
to its numerous Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, and Drama League
nominations, Altar Boyz recently won the 2005 Outer Critics Circle
Award for Best New Musical (Off-Broadway). The show currently runs at Dodger Stages, where it opened on March 1, 2005.
Jim Caruso's Cast Party has become a New York tradition in it's three year existence, hosted by Caruso, along with Billy Stritch and Steve Doyle on piano and bass. Other Broadway luminaries who have joined the party have been Liza Minnelli, Josh Groban, Tommy Tune, Donna McKechnie, Mario Cantone, Brent Barrett, Alan Cumming, Christopher Sieber, Billy Porter, Hunter Foster, Lauren Bacall, John Tartaglia, Linda Lavin, Raul Esparza, Kathy Najimy, Alice Ripley, Michael Feinstein, Christine Ebersole, composers Adam Guettel, Jason Robert Brown, Andrew Lippa, Stephen Schwartz, Betty Comden, Jeff Marx & Bobby Lopez.
Cast Party is open to the
public, and is held every
Monday night at 10pm. There is no cover charge, and a $10 food/drink
minimum. Dinner is served until 1am. Reservations may be made by
calling 212-581-3080.
Jim Caruso's Cast Party has become a New York tradition in it's three year existence, hosted by Caruso, along with Billy Stritch and Steve Doyle on piano and bass. Other Broadway luminaries who have joined the party have been Liza Minnelli, Josh Groban, Tommy Tune, Donna McKechnie, Mario Cantone, Brent Barrett, Alan Cumming, Christopher Sieber, Billy Porter, Hunter Foster, Lauren Bacall, John Tartaglia, Linda Lavin, Raul Esparza, Kathy Najimy, Alice Ripley, Michael Feinstein, Christine Ebersole, composers Adam Guettel, Jason Robert Brown, Andrew Lippa, Stephen Schwartz, Betty Comden, Jeff Marx & Bobby Lopez.
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