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Billy, Klea and Jim are back for a twelfth year with their smash-hit holiday show... and lots of Christmas lights.

BIRDLAND will present the 12th Annual “A Swinging Birdland Christmas” – starring vocalists Klea Blackhurst, Jim Caruso, and Billy Stritch – for five performances from December 21 to 25 at 5:30 PM.

Jim Caruso's Cast Party (with Billy Stritch at the piano) will make a triumphant return to Nashville on Tuesday, November 16 at 8pm. The 'extreme open mic' will take place at The Franklin Theatre (419 Main Street, Franklin, TN).

Acclaimed actress, singer, and comedienne, Klea Blackhurst has been hailed as one of the top interpreters of the works of legendary composer, Jerry Herman. She brings her Broadway tune filled tribute, 'One of the Girls: The Worlds and Lyrics of Jerry Herman,' to Bucks County Playhouse for one special performance on Saturday, December 4 at 8 p.m.

The show still has a winning recipe, but this touring production doesn't measure up to its 2018 D.C. predecessor.

CLUB44 RECORDS has announced that Voctave, the acclaimed a capella group known for their soaring harmonies and intricate arrangements, will release the new holiday album The Spirit of the Season: Deluxe Edition in digital, streaming and CD formats on Friday, October 22. 

What is Bemelmans Bar without Caruso and Stritch? It's not the same, that's for sure, which is why the gentlemen return to The Caryle for Sundays in October and November.

Fifteen months off of the stage certainly hasn't diminished their light, their talent, or their on stage instincts. Ms. Mosher and Mr. Caruso are back, they're in fine form, and they are rarin' to go.

Birdland Jazz Club has announced that Jim Caruso’s Cast Party – the weekly talent celebration that has been in residence every Monday for seventeen years – will reopen on Monday, July 5 at 8:00 PM. Host Caruso will move his popular virtual variety show “Pajama Cast Party” to Wednesdays at 8:00 PM beginning July 7.

Andrew Polec, Doylestown native and star of the international tour of “Bat Out of Hell”, shakes up the Broadway Spotlight Concert Series with this exciting new concert “Legacy of Love.”

Broadway, film, television and cabaret artist, Sally Mayes will perform two shows at Bucks County Playhouse as part of recently announced Broadway Spotlight Concert Series.

Broadway, television and recording artist, Karen Mason will perform two shows at Bucks County Playhouse as part of its recently announced Broadway Spotlight Concert Series. 

Constantine Maroulis will perform two shows at Bucks County Playhouse as part of its recently announced Broadway Spotlight Concert Series. Entitled, “Constantine Maroulis, Don’t Stop Believing,” performances will be held at Bucks County Playhouse on Saturday, May 22 at 8:00 pm and Sunday, May 23 at 2:00pm.

Singer and actor, Natalie Douglas, will make her Bucks County Playhouse debut as part of recently announced Broadway Spotlight Concert Series.  Entitled, “The First Time…The Music of Roberta Flack”, this is the first in the series of seven intimate concerts. Performances will be held at Bucks County Playhouse on Saturday, May 15 at 8 pm and Sunday, May 16 at 2 pm.

Ask any of the women working in the nightclub industry who their idol is, who their role model, there heroine, and chances are they will say one of these names.

Birdland's Jim Caruso reflects on a 15-year-old chat he had with legendary Liza Minnelli on another milestone birthday celebration!

On Friday, December 18 at 7pm, and for the ELEVENTH year, Klea Blackhurst, Jim Caruso and Billy Stritch will perform “A Swinging Birdland Christmas.”

Watch as he chats with Jim Caruso, Klea Blackhust and Billy Stritch, who stream A Swinging Birdland Christmas with Radio Free Birdland, now available on demand.

Enjoy these holiday shows online with your family as the Broadway shutdown continues.

Blackhurst, Caruso, and Stritch bring A Swinging Birdland Christmas to the digital age.