MAC (Manhattan Association of Cabarets) has announced the noinees for the The 25th Annual MAC Awards which will be held Tuesday, May 10th at 7:30 PM at BB KING'S BLUES CLUB (237 West 42nd Street, NYC - 212-997-4144). MAC will be announcing the winners and handing out awards in 21 categories to honor the best in live performance, recordings, songs and shows in cabaret, jazz, and standup comedy from the past year. The evening will be hosted by CHRISTINE PEDI.
Scheduled to appear as performers and presenters are:
Jane Monheit, Johnny Rodgers, Uptown Express, Natalie Douglas, Sharon McNight, Julie Gold, Klea Blackhurst, Nellie McKay, Baby Jane Dexter, Tommy Femia, Judy Barnett, Ricky Ritzel, Bobby Peaco, Rick Jensen, Ritt Henn, Lorinda Lisitza, Karen Mack, Sue Matsuki, Miles Phillips, Danielle Grabianowski, Ben Cherry, Daryl Glenn, Bradshaw Smith, Helen Baldassare, Jay Rogers, Lina Koutrakos, Barry Kleinbort, Ruby Rims, Jamie deRoy, and Scott Barnes
Special honorees of the evening are:
Lifetime Achievement Award: ANNIE ROSS
Board of Directors Award: GEORGE SANDERS
Hanson Award: MARIANNE CHALLIS
The Production and Creative Team for The 25th Annual MAC Awards Show is:
Producer: JULIE MILLER
Director: LENNIE WATTS
Musical Director: STEVEN RAY WATKINS
Stage Manager: AMY WOLK
Tickets are on sale now. Tickets ( $160, $125, ($75 SOLD OUT), $50) are available online at: https://www.brownpapertickets.com or at http://www.macnyc.com . Seating is General Admission except for the $160 level, which has reserved premium seating. THERE IS A TWO DRINK MINIMUM PER PERSON. Full dinner menu is available.
2011 MAC AWARD WINNERS
2011 MAC AWARD THOUGHTS, COMMENTS, OBSERVATIONS
2011 MAC AWARD NOMINEES
FEMALE VOCALIST
DEB BERMAN, All in Good Time
Metropolitan Room, Don't Tell Mama
CAROLE J. BUFFORD, Carole J. Bufford Sings Randy Newman; intro; A Christmas Carol ... with an E!
Don't Tell Mama, Metropolitan Room, Urban Stages
JACKIE FORNATALE, Get Ready - Jackie Fornatale Sings Motown
Don't Tell Mama, Laurie Beechman
GRETCHEN REINHAGEN, Gretchen Sings Janis Joplin's "Pearl"
Don't Tell Mama
SARAH RICE, Screen Gems: Songs of Old Hollywood
Laurie Beechman
MALE VOCALIST
KEVIN DOZIER, Take Me to the World
Feinstein's, Laurie Beechman, Don't Tell Mama
STEARNS MATTHEWS, this will be...; I'll Be Stearns for Christmas
Laurie Beechman
TONY MIDDLETON, Memories of Nat; untitled shows
Kitano, Iridium, La Mediterranee, Black Duck
TODD MURRAY, Croon
Feinstein's, Metropolitan Room
MAJOR ARTIST
ERIC COMSTOCK & BARBARA FASANO, This Thing Called Love; Eric Comstock & Barbara Fasano in Concert
Oak Room at the Algonquin, The Royal Room at the Colony (Palm Beach), Cooperstown Music Festival, El Morro Theater (Gallup, NM), Cafe Sabarsky
ERIC MICHAEL GILLETT, Hooray for Love: Gillett Sings Arlen
Laurie Beechman, Feinstein's
KAREN OBERLIN, Heart & Soul - A Centenary Celebration of Frank Loesser; A Wish: Songs of Hope, Heart and Humor for the New Year
Oak Room at the Algonquin, The Royal Room at the Colony (Palm Beach); Feinstein's
JULIE REYBURN, Live at - Feinstein's; Summer Night; So Many People ... a Sondheim Show
Feinstein's, Laurie Beechman, Urban Stages
CELEBRITY ARTIST
KAREN MASON, Karen Mason in Concert 2010
Metropolitan Room, - Iridium, Backstage Dopo Teatro, Ryles Jazz Club (Boston), Drake Hotel (San Francisco), Metropolis (Chicago)
MARILYN MAYE, Her Own Kind of Broadway; The Merriest; In Love Again
Metropolitan Room, Feinstein's
SHARON McNIGHT, The First 30 Years: From Moose Hall to Carnegie Hall
Metropolitan Room; Yale Cabaret Series
KT SULLIVAN & MARK NADLER - Gershwin ... Here to Stay
Oak Room at the Algonquin
NEW YORK DEBUT - FEMALE
LIZ LARK BROWN, Tarnished
Metropolitan Room
KIM GROGG, Kim Grogg Sings Dusty Springfield: Stay Awhile; Kim Grogg is Feelin' Groovy
Don't Tell Mama
NIKKI MacCALLUM, Matchmaker Matchmaker I'm Willing to Settle! A Musical Guide to Internet Dating
Laurie Beechman, Duplex
NEW YORK DEBUT - MALE
CORNELIUS BATES, My Brazilian Romance - A Tribute to the Music from Brazil
Metropolitan Room
SEAN HARKNESS
Metropolitan Room, Top of the Rock
EDDIE PETERSON, Greetings from America - The Songs of Randy Newman
Don't Tell Mama
COMEDY / MUSICAL COMEDY PERFORMER - FEMALE
MARY DIMINO Broadway Comedy Club,
Don't Tell Mama, Stand-Up New York
COLLEEN MCHUGH, Calendar Girl
Duplex
AMY WOLK, Amy Wolk Sings Divine Madness
Don't Tell Mama
COMEDY / MUSICAL COMEDY PERFORMER - MALE
ADELMO GUIDARELLI, Operation Adelmo - The Clown Prince of Opera; The Adelmo Guidarelli Christmas Special
Duplex, Don't Tell Mama, Triad, Brook Arts Center
JUSTIN SAYRE, The Meeting*
Duplex, Le Poisson Rouge
ORON STENESH, The Big 3 - 0
Duplex
DUO/GROUP
SCOTT COULTER, STEVEN RAY WATKINS, LENNIE WATTS, 3Play The 70s
Don't Tell Mama
MARQUEE FIVE, 8 - Track Throwback
Don't Tell Mama
UPTOWN EXPRESS, Point It Home; New Year's Eve with Uptown Express
Tim McLoone's (Asbury Park), Laurie Beechman, Bob Egan's New Hope
VARIETY PRODUCTION/RECURRING SERIES
CABARET CARES, Produced by Joseph Macchia
Laurie Beechman
SONDHEIM UNPLUGGED, Written, produced, directed, and hosted by Phil Geoffrey Bond
Laurie Beechman, Don't Tell Mama
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT THE IGUANA, Produced and hosted by Dana Lorge
Iguana
OPEN MIC
MOSTLY SONDHEIM, Programmed by Brian Nash, Emily McNamara, Ben Cameron
Duplex
OUR WAY, YOUR WAY, BROADWAY (aka SHOW TUNE ROOM), Produced and hosted by Michael Kirk Lane
Don't Tell Mama
SALON, Created and hosted by Mark Janas, produced by Tanya Moberly
Etcetera Etcetera
HOST - VARIETY SHOW/SERIES OR OPEN MIC
RAISSA KATONA BENNETT, The Concerts at Tudor City Greens
Tudor City Greens
PHIL GEOFFREY BOND, Sondheim Unplugged
Laurie Beechman, Don't Tell Mama
MARK JANAS, Salon
Etcetera Etcetera
DANA LORGE, Wednesday Night at the Iguana
Iguana
SPECIAL PRODUCTION
FAYE LANE''S BEAUTY SHOP STORIES, Created and performed by Faye Lane, directed by Jay Rogers, produced by Adam Magazine
La Mama ETC, Huron Club at Soho Playhouse
MY QUEER YOUTH, Written and performed by Phil Geoffrey Bond, directed by Michele Pawk
Laurie Beechman
SCARED SKINNY, Written and performed by Mary Dimino
Paradise Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Source
PIANO BAR/RESTAURANT SINGING ENTERTAINER
LIZ LARK BROWN
Don't Tell Mama
ANNE STEELE
Don't Tell Mama, Brandy's
KRISTINE ZBORNIK
Don't Tell Mama
PIANO BAR/RESTAURANT INSTRUMENTALIST
NATE BUCCIERI
Don't Tell Mama, Brandy's
GERRY DIEFFENBACH
Duplex, Don't Tell Mama
JERRY SCOTT
Butler's
MUSICAL DIRECTOR
SEAN HARKNESS - Deb Berman (Metropolitan Room, Don't Tell Mama), Terese Genecco Sings Elvis (Don't Tell Mama, Triad, Rrazz Room)
MARK JANAS - Julie Reyburn (Feinstein's, Laurie Beechman, Urban Stages), Kevin McMullan (Laurie Beechman), Tanya Moberly (Don't Tell Mama), Len Cariou (Ripley Greer)
ALEX RYBECK - Liz & Ann Hampton Callaway: Boom! (Town Hall), Todd Murray (Feinstein's, Metropolitan Room), Kevin Dozier (Feinstein's, Laurie Beechman, Don't Tell Mama), Liz Callaway: New Year's Eve (Metropolitan Room), Donna McKechnie (Laurie Beechman), Faith Prince (Caramoor)
TRACY STARK - 2010 MAC Awards (B.B. King), Marcus Simeone: Haunted (Metropolitan Room), Gretchen Reinhagen (Don't Tell Mama)
DIRECTOR
ERIC MICHAEL GILLETT - Karen Akers (Oak Room at the Algonquin), Karen Oberlin (Oak Room at the Algonquin), Jarrod Spector (Metropolitan Room, Oak Room at the Plaza)
PETER NAPOLITANO - Janice Hall (Metropolitan Room, Urban Stages), Barbara Porteus (Feinstein's), Helena Grenot (Don't Tell Mama), Adam Shapiro (Duplex)
LENNIE WATTS - Julie Reyburn (Feinstein's, Laurie Beechman), Kevin Dozier (Feinstein's, Laurie Beechman, Don't Tell Mama), Liz Lark Brown (Metropolitan Room), Jackie Fornatale (Don't Tell Mama, Laurie Beechman)
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
DENISE ANDERSEN - Ricky Ritzel & Spider Saloff; Lennie Watts, Steven Ray Watkins, Scott Coulter; Stephen Wallem & Edie Falco (Don't Tell Mama)
DAVID COLBERT - Karen Finley, Sarah Rice, Coco Peru (Laurie Beechman)
RANDY LESTER - Steven Brinberg: Simply Barbra, Marquee Five, Eric Michael Gillett Presents Cookie Stark (Don't Tell Mama)
SONG
AFTER HOURS - Music by Derek Gregor, Lyrics by Sam Carner
AND I'M LEAVING TODAY - Music by Alex Rybeck, Lyrics by Todd Murray
DON'T BREAK MY HEART ON NEW YEAR'S EVE - Music by Brian Cimmet, Lyrics by Amanda Yesnowitz
HAUNTED - Music by Tracy Stark, Lyrics by Marcus Simeone
MORE THAN I AM - Music by Hyeyoung Kim, Lyrics by Michael L. Cooper
SPECIAL MUSICAL MATERIAL
ALL OF MY FRIENDS - Music and lyrics by Drew Fornarola
CHRISTMAS IN MICHIGAN - Music and lyrics by Mary Liz McNamara
JUST ADJUST YOUR DREAMS - Music and lyrics by Michael Hadge
SING, BUT DON'T TELL - Music by Derek Gregor, Lyrics by Sam Carner
WE ARE THE MEEK - Music and lyrics by Garry Novikoff
RECORDING
ANNIE KOZUCH - Here With You
KAREN OBERLIN - Live at the Algonquin - The Songs of Frank Loesser
ANNE STEELE - Strings Attached
UPTOWN EXPRESS - Take You There
JULIAN YEO - Homage
2011 MAC AWARD WINNERS
MANHATTAN
ASSOCIATION OF CABARETS (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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