Jim Caruso's Cast Party Returns to the Magic Castle, 3/9 & 3/10

Host Jim Caruso and musical director/pianist Billy Stritch are delighted to announce their return to THE MAGIC CASTLE for TWO nights, Wednesday and Thursday, March 9 and 10. As before, Jim Caruso'S CAST PARTY will take place at The Inner Circle at the Castle (700 Franklin Avenue, Hollywood). Doors will open at 6pm for singer's signup, and the open mic-style variety show will start at 8pm.

Jim Caruso'S CAST PARTY, an extreme open mic and Manhattan mainstay, has taken on a residency at the Inner Circle Room, turning away hundreds of audience hopefuls each time. After a full-page color feature in the Sunday LA Times, along with three hours on the top-rated KTLA Morning Show, the room sold out in record time for the first four bookings. The event has featured a who's who of talented guests, including Carol Channing, Melissa Manchester, Cybill Shepherd, The Tonics, Joely Fisher, Joanne Worley, Legally Blonde composers Larry O'Keefe & Nell Benjamin, Taylor Dayne, Jason Graae, Debby Boone, Shoshana Bean, internet sensation Miranda Sings and Broadway leading man James Barbour.

WHAT: Jim Caruso'S CAST PARTY
WHEN: Wednesday/Thursday, March 9 and 10, 2011
TIME: Doors open at 6pm, show starts at 8pm
WHERE: The Inner Circle at The Magic Castle, 700 Franklin Avenue, Hollywood, CA
TICKETS: $20 for non-members
CALL: 323.851.3313 x303 for more information
EMAIL: boxoffice@magiccastle.com
DRESS: Coats/ties for gentlemen, Dresses/pantsuits for ladies

ABOUT Jim Caruso'S CAST PARTY:

Jim Caruso'S CAST PARTY is a wildly popular weekly soiree that has been bringing a sprinkling of Broadway glitz and urbane wit to the legendary Birdland in New York City every Monday night for the past eight years. It's a cool cabaret night-out enlivened by a hilariously impromptu variety show. Showbiz superstars hit the stage alongside up-and-comers, serving up 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 like a bubbly cruise director, musical genius Billy Stritch holds court at the ivories, and the audience is invited to participate in the festivities! It's the party that would happen if somehow David Letterman and Ed Sullivan threw a hip house party around a grand piano! Caruso and Stritch recently co-hosted an All-Star Cast Party at the 1500-seat Town Hall in NYC as a fundraiser for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, starring Liza Minnelli, Chita Rivera, Larry Gatlin, Lucie Arnaz, and many more Broadway performers.

www.CastPartyNYC.com