Twelve Days of Christmas: News, Photos & Video

Jim Caruso's 12 Days of Christmas... All Is Calm and Bright with Cynthia Erivo

Jim Caruso • December 25, 2016

I will end my Twelve Days of Christmas clips with this performance by one of our newest Broadway stars, Cynthia Erivo. Thanks to YouTube, I was blown away by...

Jim Caruso's 12 Days of Christmas... Happy Holidays from the Osmond Brothers & Williams Brothers!

Jim Caruso • December 24, 2016

This choice will not surprise one person who has ever met me. Here's the history: I grew up an only child. I unsuccessfully begged my mother for a brother or...

Jim Caruso's 12 Days of Christmas... Christmas Time is Here with Peanuts!

Jim Caruso • December 23, 2016

After an impressive career, jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi was hired to score "A Charlie Brown Christmas," followed by seventeen other Peanuts television...

Jim Caruso's 12 Days of Christmas... Leslie Odom Jr. Will Be Home for Christmas

Jim Caruso • December 22, 2016

I'm pretty sure there's nothing Leslie Odom, Jr. can't do. This recording of "I'll Be Home For Christmas" perfectly shows off his good taste, style and that...

Jim Caruso's 12 Days of Christmas... Barbra Streisand Reinvents a Classic

Jim Caruso • December 21, 2016

Love it or hate it, this souped-up arrangement of 'Jingle Bells?' has become an iconic recording by the one and only Barbra Streisand. Of course, it's from her...

Jim Caruso's 12 Days of Christmas... Nat King Cole Wishes You a Merry Christmas

Jim Caruso • December 20, 2016

I don't care how old you are, I'm pretty sure this recording sounds like home. Nat King Cole, with his velvety croon, sings one of the more perfect songs ever...

Jim Caruso's 12 Days of Christmas... Miranda Sings Gets Into the Holiday Spirit

Jim Caruso • December 19, 2016

If you have spent more than twelve minutes with me, you know that I am in love with a fake person named Miranda Sings. I first saw her on YouTube when she gave...

Jim Caruso's Sixth Day of Christmas... Get Jolly with the Carpenters!

BWW News Desk • December 18, 2016

This ravishing song has an interesting history. The lyric was written in 1946 by a nineteen-year old Frank Pooler, as a gift to a girlfriend he was missing...

Jim Caruso's 12 Days of Christmas... Jane Monheit Awaits the Man with the Bag

Jim Caruso • December 17, 2016

I know, I know, this isn't really a song about Christmas, but's it's a standout from Carol Hall's wonderful 'Best Little Whorehouse in Texas' score! I used to...

Jim Caruso's 12 Days of Christmas... Liza Minnelli & Billy Stritch Have A Merry Little Christmas

Jim Caruso • December 16, 2016

I know, I know, this isn't really a song about Christmas, but's it's a standout from Carol Hall's wonderful 'Best Little Whorehouse in Texas' score! I used to...

Jim Caruso's 12 Days of Christmas... Jenn Colella, Adrienne Warren, and Keala Settle Celebrate a Hard Candy Christmas

Jim Caruso • December 15, 2016

I know, I know, this isn't really a song about Christmas, but's it's a standout from Carol Hall's wonderful 'Best Little Whorehouse in Texas' score! I used to...

Jim Caruso's 12 Days of Christmas... Becca Ayers Makes a Simple Wish on Day 2

Jim Caruso • December 14, 2016

We've all seen Becca Ayers on Broadway in Addams Family, South Pacific, Les Miserables and Avenue Q. She's a kickass singer, fabulous actress and very handy...

Jim Caruso's 12 Days of Christmas... Cher Takes on a Classic on Day 1!

Jim Caruso • December 13, 2016

I couldn't be more thrilled to share some of my all-time favorite holiday tunes with the BroadwayWorld readers! Rob Diamond, BroadwayWorld and I have had a...