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Jim strikes hot sexy co -host poses, for a wonderful cause, a diversified cast and fabulous prizes for the audience!

The Swing Set, a new album from six-time MAC Award winner Jim Caruso, was released on January 11th. This is Caruso's sophomore album, and his first release under the Yellow Sound Label. Recently, Broadway favorite - and Caruso fan - Stephanie J. Block (9 to 5, The Pirate Queen, Wicked, The Boy From Oz) spoke with Caruso about creating the album, for which she recorded a guest spot. Click below to hear about the genesis of The Swing Set, Caruso's career and, yes, the significance of 'corduroy day.'

Phoebe Legere, a composer, recording artist, Pulitzer Prize finalist, and singer with a four-octave range who's also a powerhouse of keyboard virtuosity, will appear at New York's famed Iridium Jazz Club, Broadway and 51st Street.

Jim strikes hot sexy co -host poses, for a wonderful cause, a diversified cast and fabulous prizes for the audience!

The Swing Set, a new album from six-time MAC Award winner Jim Caruso, is due out January 11th, marking the singer's first release on the Yellow Sound Label.

The Swing Set, a new album from six-time MAC Award winner Jim Caruso, is due out January 11th, marking the singer's first release on the Yellow Sound Label.

Phoebe Legere, a composer, recording artist, Pulitzer Prize finalist, and singer with a four-octave range who's also a powerhouse of keyboard virtuosity, will appear at New York's famed Iridium Jazz Club, Broadway and 51st Street.

Today we are taking a look and a listen to the biggest and brightest Broadway beacons of the year that was, all amidst the dismal landscape of the Street as we now know it, though I won't name names or titles (hyphenated or otherwise). Between the ultimate diva triptych of Barbra, Liza and Cher each releasing not only new albums in 2010, but also DVDs of their work - and, in Cher's case, a smash-hit big-screen original movie musical, BURLESQUE, to the stars-on-the-rise of two leading men of far off shores - Stuart Matthew Price and David Campbell. In a year with far too few new cast albums, these solo albums certainly shine with lots of luster. On Broadway it might have been the year of epic disaster, but on record we may be able to find the Broadway we knew and loved once in any number of these highly-recommended releases. Oh, yeah - and Sondheim, too!

During Christmas week, Birdland was the place for some planned and not-so-planned special musical guests during the run of A SWINGING BIRDLAND CHRISTMAS, starring Hilary Kole, Jim Caruso, Billy Stritch & Aaron Weinstein.

A new holiday entertainment starring Birdland regulars Hilary Kole, Jim Caruso, pianist Billy Stritch and violinist Aaron Weinstein, will play a limited engagement of 6 performances, Monday, December 20 through Saturday, December 25, with shows at 6pm.

Jenna gives a rundown of where she's been and what's coming up in the world of cabaret (and sometimes beyond!) This week's column features 'A Swinging Birdland Christmas' with Jim Caruso, Billy Stritch, HIlary Kole, and Aaron Weinstein

Very special guests from the Broadway stage have been announced for A SWINGING BIRDLAND CHRISTMAS, which opens tonight for a week-long run of 6pm shows at the historic music room.

A SWINGING BIRDLAND CHRISTMAS, New York's newest holiday entertainment starring Birdland regulars Hilary Kole, Jim Caruso, pianist Billy Stritch and violinist Aaron Weinstein, opened last night, and will play a limited engagement of six performances, every night through Saturday, December 25, with shows at 6pm.

Very special guests from the Broadway stage have been announced for A SWINGING BIRDLAND CHRISTMAS, which opens tonight for a week-long run of 6pm shows at the historic music room.

Very special guests from the Broadway stage have been announced for A SWINGING BIRDLAND CHRISTMAS, which opens tonight for a week-long run of 6pm shows at the historic music room.

A new holiday entertainment starring Birdland regulars Hilary Kole, Jim Caruso, pianist Billy Stritch and violinist Aaron Weinstein, will play a limited engagement of 6 performances, Monday, December 20 through Saturday, December 25, with shows at 6pm.

This past Wednesday and Thursday, host Jim Caruso and musical director Billy Stritch oversaw another Hollywood edition of Cast Party, the wildly successful open mic night, which tours the country celebrating local talent.

Hollywood and Broadway legends Kaye Ballard, Donna McKechnie and Liliane Montevecchi will star in a one-night-only gala performance 'From Broadway with Love' at the historic Lensic Performing Arts Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The Broadway performance will benefit Animal Protection of New Mexico, a non-profit organization that has been challenging historic and widespread animal cruelty in New Mexico for more than 30 years. Hilary Knight, internationally renowned illustrator, will design the art for the event.

A new holiday entertainment starring Birdland regulars Hilary Kole, Jim Caruso, pianist Billy Stritch and violinist Aaron Weinstein, will play a limited engagement of 6 performances, Monday, December 20 through Saturday, December 25, with shows at 6pm.

Today, Kay Thompson is remembered largely as the author of the iconic 'Eloise' books and for her picture-stealing turn as the Diana Vreeland-like fashion editor in 'Funny Face'. But the preternaturally talented Thompson was so much more: singer, vocal arranger, nightclub star, radio personality, fashion innovator, sometimes shrewd businesswoman, mentor-and world-classeccentric. In 'Kay Thompson: From Funny Face to Eloise', film director and producer Sam Irvin delivers the first full-length biography of this inimitable personality who left her indelible mark on show business-and on the lives of millions of readers. The book will be released November 2, 2010.