The
23rd ANNUAL MAC AWARDS werepresented at a gala show on Monday,
May 18th at BB KING'S BLUES CLUB (237 West 42nd Street, NYC - 212-997-4144
- http://www.bbkingsblues.com/
) .
2009
MAC CABARET AWARDS WINNERS
FEMALE VOCALIST
TERESE GENECCO (Swingin in the City, Last Call) Metropolitan Room, Iridium, Rrazz Room,Peppermill, the M Bar, Angelica’s
MALE VOCALIST
MARCUS SIMEONE (The Heart) - Metropolitan Room
MAJOR ARTIST
KLEA BLACKHURST & BILLY STRITCH (Dreaming of a Song: The Music of Hoagy Carmichael) - Metropolitan Room
CELEBRITY ARTIST
MARILYN MAYE (Love on the Rocks) – Metropolitan Room
DEBUT FEMALE
CAIT DOYLE (Hot Mess in Manhattan) - Duplex, Don’t Tell Mama
DEBUT MALE
BEN CHERRY (I Hate New York...a love story) - Metropolitan Room
MUSICAL COMEDY PERFORMER/ DUO/GROUP
SHAWN RYAN (Shawn Ryan Live) - Laurie Beechman
VOCAL DUO/GROUP
KAREN OBERLIN & MILES PHILLIPS (The Pleasure of Your Company) - Metropolitan Room
REVUE/SPECIAL PRODUCTION
NASHVILLE (DARYL GLENN) - Metropolitan Room
VARIETY/RECURRING
CABARET CARES (JOSEPH MACCHIA) - Laurie Beechman
OPEN MIC
JIM CARUSO’S CAST PARTY (JIM CARUSO) - Birdland
FEMALE PIANO BAR/RESTURANT ENTERTAINER
ANNE STEELE - Don’t Tell Mama, Brandy’s
MALE PIANO BAR/RESTURANT ENTERTAINER
ERIC PICKERING - Don’t Tell Mama
PIANO BAR/RESTURANT INSTRUMENTALIST
TRACY STARK - Don’t Tell Mama
MUSICAL DIRECTOR
TRACY STARK - Karen Black at Metropolitan Room, Gurland & Farley at the Laurie Beechman, Karen Oberlin & Miles Phillips at the Metropolitan Room
DIRECTOR
LENNIE WATTS - 2008 MAC Awards, Uptown Express and Judy Kreston at Metropolitan Room
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
JP PERRAUX - Baby Jane Dexter, Annie Ross, & Marilyn Maye at Metropolitan
JAZZ MALE VOCAL
JACK DONAHUE - Birdland
JAZZ FEMALE VOCAL
LAURIE KRAUZ - Enzo’s, Metropolitan, Laurie Beechman, The Kitano
JAZZ DUO/SINGER/INSTRUMENTALIST
DARYL SHERMAN - Cocktail Terrace (Waldorf Astoria), Dizzy’s Coca - Cola, Enzo’s, Shanghai Jazz
FEMALE STAND-UP
MAUREEN LANGAN - Don’t Tell Mama
MALE STAND - UP
RICK YOUNGER - Broadway Comedy Club, Laurie Beechman
MAJOR MALE STAND - UP
MARIO CANTONE
MAJOR FEMALE STAND - UP
JACKIE HOFFMAN
IMPROV/ COMEDY GROUP
CHICAGO CITY LIMITS
RECORDING
KAREN MASON:RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW - Karen Mason
JAZZ RECORDING
CHARMED LIFE: SHAYNEE RAINBOLT SINGS RUSSELL GARCIA - S.Rainbolt
SONG
COME HOME - Mark Janas & Peter Napolitanoå
SPECIAL MATERIAL
THIS IS MY BIRTHDAY - Carol Hall
Board of Directors Award to
JOEY REYNOLDS & MYRA CHANIN of the JOEY REYNOLDS SHOW, who consistantly promote Cabaret, Comedy and Jazz artists on their long running WOR Radio program.
Board of Directors Award to
EVA SWANN and VOCAL EASE, for bringing Broadway and Cabaret talent to hospitals,nursing homes and senior centers for over a decade.
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
Polly Bergen
TimeOutNew York Award
POOR BABY BREE
HANSON AWARD
Will Trice
2009 MAC AWARD NOMINEES
MANHATTAN
ASSOCIATION OF CABARETS & CLUBS (MAC) was founded in 1983 to advance
the art and business of live entertainment. A trade association,
its activities are designed to heighten public awareness of the
field's contributions and vitality, to honor its creativity, to
build its current and future audiences, and to speak out as an influential
voice on behalf of MAC members and the industry at large. Members
of MAC include cabaret, comedy and jazz artists, directors and musical
directors, technical directors, musicians, club owners and booking
managers, composers and lyricists, journalists and publicists, artists'
managers and agents, and friends and supporters of live entertainment.
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