I don't know if this is a scoop, since I don't know if it has yet appeared on the http://www.Theaterscene.net/ website, but John Hoglund e-mailed me overnight his annual Theater Scene Top Ten Cabaret Acts of 2008. Full details, photos and comments on the THEATER SCENE website. Here they are (alphabetical):
Baby Jane Dexter: IF... - Metropolitan Room
Tammy Grimes: Miss Tammy Grimes - Metropolitan Room
Maude Maggart: Speaking Of Dreams - The Algonquin Oak Room
Euan Morton: Stranger In A Strange Land - Metropolitan Room
Jon Peterson: Song Man, Dance Man - The Triad
Miles Phillips: Quiet Stars - Metropolitan Room
Marcus Simeone: The Heart - Metropolitan Room
Gabrielle Stravelli: The Laurie Beechman Theater
Frank Torren: First Times - Broadway Baby/Don't Tell Mama
Lennie Watts: Manilow: '73-'83 - Metropolitan Room