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Jim Caruso was recently seen co-starring with Kathie Lee Gifford on Showtime Television in Personal Assistant, which was written and directed by Charles Busch. Jim also co-starred on the Nostalgia Network variety sit-com, Café DuArt for two seasons. As a singer/performer, Jim has won four MAC Awards and two BackStage Magazine Bistro Awards for his sold-out New York runs at Arci’s Place, The Oak Room at the Algonquin Hotel, The Russian Tea Room, Carnegie Hall, Caroline’s Comedy Club and Birdland. He has also performed in runs at the Cinegrill and Gardenia in Los Angeles, The Vic Theater and Davenport’s in Chicago, Libby’s in Atlanta, the Colony Palm Beach Hotel in Florida and the Connaught Room in London. Caruso guest-hosted "Broadway On Broadway 2000" in Times Square for a crowd of 100,000 theater fans, hosted the 2000 MAC Awards at Town Hall in Manhattan and co-hosted the 2003 Drama Desk Awards webcast. His debut recording, Caruso Live and In Person was released on the LML Music label, and within two weeks, went to number one on both the album and singles charts at Outvoice.com. Caruso was the founding member of the nationally acclaimed, award-winning jazz vocal and comedy trio, Wiseguys. After performing in an all-star Inaugural extravaganza, they were invited to sing at President Clinton’s First State Dinner at the White House in an evening hosted by Lauren Bacall. Wiseguys were also special guests of Liza Minnelli in her sold-out Las Vegas, Atlantic City, United Nations and Central Park concerts. The trio performed in concert at the Weill Recital Hall in Carnegie Hall, and in "the big room" with Rosemary Clooney. As a writer, Jim was consulting editor and writer for the largest selling InTheater Magazine in history, and contributes regularly to InStyle Magazine and Theatermania.com. He has produced and booked television talk and entertainment programs like "Jim J. & Tammy Faye and Fox After Breakfast, and is also a regular Field Producer for E! Entertainment Television, working on "Celebrity Profiles" and covering the 2002 Tony Awards. In 2003, he began hosting a weekly Monday night showbiz bash at King Kong Room at The Supper Club called "Jim Caruso’s Cast Party." His latest show, Astaire!, with arrangements by Billy Stritch, is an evening of all things Astaire, including strories and such great songs "They All Laughed", "I Won't Dance" and "Dancing In The Dark".
And The Critics Said....
"…this
impish, twinkling-eyed performer exudes the buoyant spirits of a contemporary
vaudevillian..."
"Brilliant!
He creates a unique kind of theatrical magic and has no peer or predecessor."
"Swirl
Dick Van Dyke with a starstruck Texas boy in a blender. Add a solid musician with
a big heart, a smooth baritone and a martini chaser. That's Jim Caruso!”
"Caruso
is master class! He literally levitates with energy and raises humankind’s
spirits to an exalted level!"
"A
master clown! The cards Jim Caruso brings to the gaming table are impressive,
and he plays them all skillfully."
"Intelligence
and talent are always chic, and Jim Caruso is the chicest person I know!"
"His
show is funny, original and dangerous…I was bewitched." "Uber-talented!"
"Applause,
applause for a rare combination of wit, wisdom and whimsy...His youthful vivacity
will blow you away!"
"Brilliant!
He creates a unique kind of theatrical magic and has no peer or predecessor."
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