The 18th Annual
MAC (Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs) Awards ceremony
will be held on Monday, May 17th at SYMPHONY SPACE (Broadway at 95th
Street - 212-864-1414), beginning at 7:30 PM (doors open at 7:00).
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.
2004
MAC AWARDS NOMINEES
Female
Vocalist
AUDREY LAVINE
Old Postcards from Audrey Lavine
Mama Rose's
JEANNE MACDONALD
Jeanne MacDonald
Bradstan, The Duplex, Odette's
CAROLYN MONTGOMERY
Reveille
St. Clement's Cabaret
Male
Vocalist
BRANDON CUTRELL
I'm Not Waiting: The Music of Andrew Lippa
The Duplex
DAVID GURLAND
Privately; Oh Father
The Duplex, Regents
MARCUS SIMEONE
Cat on a Leash
Chez Suzette, The Duplex
Jazz
Vocalist
MYCHELLE COLLEARY
From Alcatraz to Sing Sing
Enter the November Nebula with Shirley Temple's Evil Twin
Danny's, The Duplex
MARY FOSTER CONKLIN
Caught in the Trance: The Music of Matt Dennis
Chez Suzette, Danny's, St. Peter's
NATALIE DOUGLAS
Natalie Douglas
The Duplex, Standing Room Only
Major
Vocalist
KAREN MASON
The Winner Takes It All;
Christmas! Christmas! Christmas!
Bradstan, DeSisto, King Kong Room, Davenport's, NJPAC, Emelin Center,
Odette's
MARK NADLER
Tchaikowsky (and Other Russians)
The FireBird
KT SULLIVAN
Let's Fall In Love
Algonquin Oak Room
Female
New York Debut
ROBYN McCORQUODALE
Up Ahead
Danny's
CAROL SAVVAS
The Windmills of Your Mind
Don't Tell Mama, Mama Rose's
AMY WOLK
Different For Girls
Don't Tell Mama, Mama Rose's
Male
New York Debut
MICHAEL CONLEY
Hello, Boys!
Don't Tell Mama
SHAUN RENNIE
Second Star to the Right
Algonquin Oak Room, Danny's
STEVEN RAY WATKINS
Mona Lisas & Mad Hatters...Just a Few of My Good Friends
Mama Rose's
Singer/Songwriter
JUDY BARNETT
The Road to My Heart
Dillon's
JOHN BUCCHINO
John Bucchino
The Duplex
RICK JENSEN
While Love Holds On
The Duplex
Vocal
Duo/Group
SCOTT COULTER & AUDREY LAVINE
Goin' Home: Songs of the South
The Duplex, Mama Rose's
KAREN MACK & MICHAEL
HOLLAND
Gashole Salutes the Grammys; Gashole Goes to the Oscars; Gashole Does
Downtown;
Gasholy Night; Gashole VI: More More More
Don't Tell Mama, The Fez, Mama Rose's
SUE MATSUKI &
MARCUS SIMEONE
Somewhere Along the Way
Chez Suzette, The Duplex, Standing Room Only
Musical
Comedy
SHARON MCNIGHT
Ladies, Compose Yourselves!
Mama Rose's
CHRISTINE PEDI
Wonderful Songs: An Evening of Comden & Green
Mama Rose's
ERIC PICKERING
Ode to Attention Seekers
The Duplex
Musical
Comedy Duo/Group
TOMMY FEMIA AND STEVEN BRINBERG
Judy Garland and Barbra Streisand Live!
Don't Tell Mama
LORINDA LISITZA
& MICHAEL VACCARO
Too Many Johnsons
Don't Tell Mama
MODERN MAN
Modern Man
Bottom Line, Dillon's, The Duplex, Towne Crier, West Bank
Characterization/Impersonation
STEVEN BRINBERG
Simply Barbra: Second Hand Rose on Second Avenue
Mama Rose's, Friar's Club, Mohegan Sun
TOMMY FEMIA
Judy Garland Live
Don't Tell Mama
CHUCK SWEENEY
Miss Peggy Lee in Concert
Don't Tell Mama
Stand-Up
Comedy
ROCK ALBERS
Carolines, Don't Tell Mama, The Duplex
POPPI KRAMER
The Cutting Room, Don't Tell Mama, The Duplex, The Knitting Factory
NANCY WITTER
Don't Tell Mama, The Duplex, Therapy, Ice Palace
Revue
BOOBS! THE MUSICAL: THE WORLD ACCORDING TO RUTH WALLIS
Produced by Lawrence Leritz
Dillon's
COME ON AND HEAR
THE LOVE STORY OF IRVING BERLIN
KT Sullivan & Mark Nadler
Mama Rose's
NOT QUITE WHAT
YOU EXPECTED:
THE SONGS OF BOB OST
Don't Tell Mama, The Duplex, Sam's, The Triad
Special
Production, Variety Production or Series
NEW MONDAYS
Phil Geoffrey Bond, Producer
The Duplex
POOLE PARTY
Ron Poole, Producer
Don't Tell Mama
TIMELESS DIVAS
Sandi Durell & Shari Upbin, Producers
The Triad, York Theatre, Engelman Recital Hall
Piano
Bar/Restaurant Entertainer
LESLIE ANDERSON
Rose's Turn, Dillon's
RICKY RITZEL
Johnny Mercer A-Z
Dillon's
JERRY SCOTT
Danny's
TRACY STARK
Don't Tell Mama
Musical
Director
DICK GALLAGHER
Rock Albers; A Pocketful of Bing (Maureen Kelley Stewart); Phillip
Officer
RICK JENSEN
Fields of Gold (Barbara Fasano); Jeanne MacDonald; Jenna Robinson
ALEX RYBECK
Across a Crowded Room (Anna Bergman); Melody, Melodie (Anna Bergman);
Dancing In the Dark (Jeff Harnar)
STEVEN RAY WATKINS
Ladies...Compose Yourselves (Sharon McNight); Rented Realities (Bobby
Belfry); Different for Girls (Amy Wolk)
Director
PHIL GEOFFREY BOND:
I'm Not Waiting (Brandon Cutrell); Love Letters; New Mondays
LINA KOUTRAKOS:
Cat on a Leash (Marcus Simeone); Neshama, (Jenna Robinson); Windmills
of your Mind (Carol Savaas)
ERV RAIBLE:
Cabaret Concerts at Yale University Cabaret Conference; In Times Like
These (Jane Scheckter); Something Wonderful (Pam Tate)
Technical
Director
MICHAEL BARBIERI:
Mona Lisas & Mad Hatters (Steven Ray Watkins); Cast of Thousands (Eric
Michael Gillett); Blow Up World (Kristine Zbornik)
THOMAS HONECK:
Another Spring (Baby Jane Dexter); John Bucchino; New Mondays
SHAWN MONINGER:
The Next Big Broadway Musical; Gasholes; Let's Duet (Connie Pachl
& Bill Daugherty)
Recording:
Solo Artist
JUDY BARNETT
The Road to My Heart
MARIEANN MERINGOLO
Imagine ... If We Only Have Love
STACY SULLIVAN
West On 40
Recording:
Group or Compilation, Various Artists
JAMIE DEROY & FRIENDS
Volume 5: Animal Tracks
BOB OST
Everybody's Getting Into the Act: A Musical Vaudeville
CHIP DEFFAA
The Johnny Mercer Jamboree
Song
of the Year
JUDY BARNETT,
"Elena Was Lonesome"
MARIA GENTILE
& CAREN COLE,
"Kindness Makes Me Cry"
ANDREW LIPPA,
"I'm Not Waiting'
PAUL ROLNICK &
PAUL GUZZONE,
"South of The Coconut Line"
BONNIE LEE SANDERS
& KEN HATFIELD,
"Positive Influences"
Special
Material of the Year
ROB CARLSON & DAVID BUSKIN,
" Bumper Huntin'"
HECTOR CORIS &
PAUL L. JOHNSON,
"In Heaven (They Sing Nothing But Showtunes)"
RICK JENSEN,
"I Got to Sing!"
ANDREW LIPPA &
TOM GREENWALD,
"Cindy"
MARY LIZ MCNAMARA,
"Bacon"
2004
MAC AWARD WINNERS
2004
MAC AWARD SHOW REPORT
