From 2004 to 2005, she starred on Broadway creating the role of "Aunt March" in the original musical "Little Women", which is based in the 1869 novel of the same title written by American author Louisa May Alcott. She promoted brands such as Century 21, Diet Coke, Outback Steakhouse and Holiday Inn, among others, in television advertisement spots. Since 1982, she had performed as a singer at Jazz Festivals throughout the United States and Canada, being accompanied by her seven piece format, while interpreting traditional jazz, swing, blues, and classic ballads or the Great American Songbook. She performed in Victoria and Vancouver summer festivals in British Columbia, as well as in Monterey, Los Angeles, Newport Beach, Santa Catalina Island, and New Orleans stages, along with concerts at United Service Organizations shows, the Palmer House in Chicago, the Fountaineblue in Miami Beach, the Ritz-Carlton chain, the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables and the San Antonio River Walk (San Antonio, Texas). At the Redding Jazz Festival, she was honored with an award for Best Vocalist. In 2004, she was the featured performer at the Porrath Foundation for Cancer Patient Advocacy Event tribute to film star Rhonda Fleming. After twelve years of formal training Janet Carroll was ordained and licensed at the West Los Angeles' Church of Inner Light. An active participant in social issues, Carroll was a longstanding member of the Screen Actor's Guild and American Federation of Radio Artists and Actors Equity Association. She also served as the Artistic Director of The Jazz Series at Simi Valley's Cultural Arts Center. She was a V.P. on the Executive Board Of Directors of The Society of Singers, and founder and co-chair of The Victory Ball in Westport, Connecticut, annually benefiting the ALS Foundation (ALS is also referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease). In 1992, Carroll collaborated as a singer on the album "This Joint Is Jumpin' Live! – Beverly Hills Unlisted Jazz Band", a recording project led by dixieland trombonist and actor Conrad Janis. She later released her solo albums "Presenting... Janet Carroll and the Hollywood Jazz Cats" (1992), "I Can't Give You Anything But Love" (2000), "I'll Be Seeing You" (2000) and "Lady Be Good" (2010). By 2011, she was preparing the production of her fourth and fifth records titled "A Tribute to the Great Ladies of Song!"