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"...Caruso is the brilliant cabaret performer Will & Grace’s "Just Jack" McFarland wishes to be. He handles a comic song with immaculate timing, then he miraculously makes his elastic funny-man features seductive for the sex appeal number."
- HX Magazine
"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, a guy even the critics seem to like."
- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
"Iconoclastic and wonderfully cracked, Caruso is the classiest, coolest cat in cabaret." - Back Stage Magazine
"Caruso is master class! He literally levitates with energy and
raises humankind’s spirits to an exalted level!"
- Palm Beach Society
"A master clown! The cards Jim Caruso brings to the gaming table are impressive, and he plays them all skillfully."
- Rex Reed, The New York Observer
"Intelligence and talent are always chic, and Jim Caruso is the chicest person I know!"
- Liza Minnelli, InStyle Magazine
"His show is funny, original and dangerous…I was bewitched."
- Fred Ebb
"I met Jim Caruso when we sang at the White House together, and I’ve been laughing ever since…and I mean that in the nicest way!"
- Linda Lavin, InStyle Magazine
"Uber-talented!"
- Entertainment Tonight
"Jim Caruso makes his great, great, great Uncle Enrico sound dull. He’s brilliant, fun and adorable!"
- Phyllis Diller
"Jim Caruso manages the nearly impossible task of evoking the breezy, sophisticated golden age of nightclub performers, without a breath of nostalgia, while being completely and refreshingly contemporary. He's a terrific singer, too!"
- Charles Busch, Playwright
"…a cabaret lover’s dream"
- Chip Deffaa, The New York Post
"Funny, facile and fabulous! Caruso performs with charm, wit and style, and is vastly entertaining." - Michael Feinstein "Applause, applause for a rare combination of wit, wisdom and whimsy. Jim Caruso is not your grandma’s cabaret act! His youthful vivacity will blow you away!" - Liz Smith, New York Post
"…this impish, twinkling-eyed performer exudes the buoyant spirits of a contemporary vaudevillian..." - Stephen Holden, The New York Times
"Brilliant! He creates a unique kind of theatrical magic and has no peer or predecessor." - The Palm Beach Post
- Palm Beach Society
"A master clown! The cards Jim Caruso brings to the gaming table are impressive, and he plays them all skillfully."
- Rex Reed, The New York Observer
"Intelligence and talent are always chic, and Jim Caruso is the chicest person I know!"
- Liza Minnelli, InStyle Magazine
"His show is funny, original and dangerous…I was bewitched."
- Fred Ebb
"I met Jim Caruso when we sang at the White House together, and I’ve been laughing ever since…and I mean that in the nicest way!"
- Linda Lavin, InStyle Magazine
"Uber-talented!"
- Entertainment Tonight
"Jim Caruso makes his great, great, great Uncle Enrico sound dull. He’s brilliant, fun and adorable!"
- Phyllis Diller
"Jim Caruso manages the nearly impossible task of evoking the breezy, sophisticated golden age of nightclub performers, without a breath of nostalgia, while being completely and refreshingly contemporary. He's a terrific singer, too!"
- Charles Busch, Playwright
"…a cabaret lover’s dream"
- Chip Deffaa, The New York Post
"Funny, facile and fabulous! Caruso performs with charm, wit and style, and is vastly entertaining." - Michael Feinstein "Applause, applause for a rare combination of wit, wisdom and whimsy. Jim Caruso is not your grandma’s cabaret act! His youthful vivacity will blow you away!" - Liz Smith, New York Post
"…this impish, twinkling-eyed performer exudes the buoyant spirits of a contemporary vaudevillian..." - Stephen Holden, The New York Times
"Brilliant! He creates a unique kind of theatrical magic and has no peer or predecessor." - The Palm Beach Post
