2013 MAC AWARD NOMINEES AND HONOREES ANNOUNCED
MAC (Manhattan Association of Cabarets ) will present the 27th Annual MAC Awards on Thursday, March 21st, at BB KING'S BLUES CLUB (237 West 42nd Street, NYC - 212-997-4144 - ). The theme of this year s show is Where Broadway Meets Cabaret. MAC is celebrating the strong ties between the Cabaret and Theater communities in New York.
Special honorees of the evening will include Penny Fuller and Tom Wopat, who will each receive Lifetime Achievement Awards from MAC and perform live at the show, and 54 BELOW, New York s newest hit nightclub, which will receive MAC s Board of Directors Award. In addition, a special Board of Directors Award will be presented in loving memory of long-time MAC Board member, the late Ruth Kurtzman.
The show will be hosted by KT Sullivan. Musical Director is Tracy Stark, who will lead the MAC Awards Band. Lennie Watts is the Director, and Julie Miller is the Producer. Stage Manager is AMY WOLK. The MAC Awards show is open to the public. For tickets, visit http://www.MACnyc.com
THE NOMINEES FOR THE 27TH ANNUAL MAC AWARDS ARE:
FEMALE VOCALIST
MARIEANN MERINGOLO, You Must Believe in Spring! - The Music of Michel Legrand Feinstein's
TANYA MOBERLY, Tanya Lorraine Moberly Sings Barbra Joan Streisand with Steven Ray Watkins - Don't Tell Mama
MARISSA MULDER, Illusions - Metropolitan Room, Triad
STACY SULLIVAN, It's a Good Day - A Tribute to Miss Peggy Lee - Iridium, Don't Tell Mama, Metropolitan Room
MALE VOCALIST
FRANK DAIN, The Magic of Mathis - Metropolitan Room, Don't Tell Mama
BOB DIAMOND, This Funny World - Don't Tell Mama
RICHARD HOLBROOK, Richard Holbrook Sings Burton Lane; Christmas in New York - Metropolitan Room; Don't Tell Mama
T. OLIVER REID, Drop Me Off in Harlem - Feinstein's
MAJOR ARTIST
RAISSA KATONA BENNETT, Another Kind of Light - Feinstein's
BABY JANE DEXTER, Rules of the Road - Metropolitan Room
TERESE GENECCO, Terese Genecco & Her Little Big Band - Iridium
ERIC MICHAEL GILLETT, I Won't Sing a Sondheim Song ... or Will I? - Laurie Beechman
LENNIE WATTS, Bloody Bloody Lennie Watts - Metropolitan Room, Duplex
NEW YORK DEBUT - FEMALE
FRAN LEONARDIS, It Will Never Be That Way Again - Metropolitan Room
ALISON NUSBAUM, Ladies! A Raucous Homage to Mel Brooks' Broads - Don't Tell Mama
STACIE PERLMAN, The Story Underneath - Metropolitan Room
NEW YORK DEBUT - MALE
HARRY ALTHAUS, The Strip Show = Don't Tell Mama, Duplex
TOM DiMENNA, Who Loves You, Baby? - The Huron Club
TYM MOSS, Girl, A Lopsided Tree Won't Ruin Christmas - Players' Theatre
BEN RIMALOWER, Patti Issues - Duplex
CELEBRITY ARTIST
ANN HAMPTON CALLAWAY, The Streisand Songbook - 54 Below, Boston Pops, Seneca Hotel (Niagara Falls)
MARILYN MAYE, The Happiest Sound in Town - Feinstein's
SHARON McNIGHT, Men of Note; Twisted Xmas - Metropolitan Room, Rrazz Room; Don't Tell Mama
MARK NADLER, I'm a Stranger Here Myself - 54 Below, Adelaide Cabaret Festival
MUSICAL COMEDY PERFORMER
STEARNS MATTHEWS, That's How Young I Feel; The Importance of Being STEARNSest - Don't Tell Mama
COLLEEN McHUGH, Calendar Girl - Duplex
ADAM SHAPIRO, Guide to the Perfect Breakup; Adam Shapiro Twists the Classics - Duplex; North Hill Auditorium (Needham, MA)
JIM SPEAKE, Jim Speake Sings 'til the Cows Come Home - Don't Tell Mama
DUO/GROUP
LORINDA LISITZA & TED STAFFORD, The Ted & Lo Show - Metropolitan Room, Path Cafe, Don't Tell Mama
SUE MATSUKI & EDD CLARK, It's Us Again! The Music of Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme; Sue & Edd's Fabulous Christmas Show - Don't Tell Mama, Le Chateau (South Salem); Don't Tell Mama, Community Church of Wurtsboro
MARY LIZ McNAMARA & RITT HENN, Take That! Tunes by McNamara & Henn - Duplex, NY Society for Ethical Culture
MAJOR DUO/GROUP
ERIC COMSTOCK & BARBARA FASANO, Three for the Road; I Hear Music: A Burton Lane Centennial Songbook; Summer in the City; The Night Has a Thousand Eyes;and others - Triad, Cafe Sabarsky, Kitano, 54 Below, Metropolitan Room
SHAYNEE RAINBOLT & DONN TRENNER, Two for the Road - Metropolitan Room, Union City Performing Arts Center
KT SULLIVAN & KAREN KOHLER, Vienna to Weimar - Triad
REVUE
BOYS NIGHT OUT: THE MUSIC OF THE RAT PACK, Written by Danny Bolero, directed by Joseph Macchia - Metropolitan Room
SMILE ON MY FACE: THE SONGS OF RICHARD EISENBERG, Produced and written by Richard Eisenberg, dialogue and direction by Peter Napolitano, musical direction by Barry Levitt - Laurie Beechman, Etcetera Etcetera, Urban Stages
TONIGHT, NEW YORK CITY ... THE RICK JENSEN SONGBOOK, Written, musical directed, and hosted by Rick Jensen, directed by Lina Koutrakos - Metropolitan Room
SPECIAL PRODUCTION / VARIETY PRODUCTION/RECURRING SERIES
DUOS, Produced and hosted by Sean Harkness - Metropolitan Room
METROSTAR TALENT CHALLENGE, Produced by the Metropolitan Room and Beck Lee, hosted by Tom Gamblin - Metropolitan Room
MUSIC AT THE MANSION, Produced by Nicholas Adler and Corinna Sowers-Adler, hosted by Corinna Sowers-Adler - Oakeside Bloomfield Cultural Center
NY SHEET MUSIC SOCIETY PROGRAMS, Produced and hosted by Linda Amiel Burns - Local 802 Musicians Hall
OPEN MIC
MOSTLY SONDHEIM, Hosted by Brian Nash, Emily McNamara, Ben Cameron - Duplex
SALON, Founder/Artistic Director/Host: Mark Janas; Executive Producer: Tanya Moberly - Etcetera Etcetera
SINGERS FORUM OPEN MIC NIGHT, Produced by the Singers Forum, hosted by John Koprowski - Singers Forum
HOST - VARIETY SHOW/SERIES OR OPEN MIC
TOM GAMBLIN, MetroStar Talent Challenge - Metropolitan Room
MARK JANAS, Salon - Etcetera Etcetera
DANA LORGE, Wednesday Night at the Iguana - Iguana
BENEFIT SERIES
CABARET CARES, Produced by Joseph Macchia; to benefit Help Is On The Way Today - Laurie Beechman
THE CONCERTS FOR CITY GREENS, Executive Producer Raissa Katona Bennet;, Associate Producer Dr. Garrett Bennett; to benefit Tudor City Greens - Tudor City Greens
WINTER RHYTHMS 2012 Peter Napolitano, Producer; Frances Hill, Artistic Director; to benefit Urban Stages Outreach Program - Urban Stages
PIANO BAR/RESTAURANT SINGING ENTERTAINER
TOMMY DOSE - Don't Tell Mama
MARIA GENTILE - Duplex
MICHAEL KIRK LANE - Don't Tell Mama
PIANO BAR/RESTAURANT INSTRUMENTALIST
NATE BUCCIERI - Don't Tell Mama, Brandy's, Duplex
WILLIAM TN HALL - Don't Tell Mama, Duplex, Uncle Charlie's
BRIAN NASH - Duplex
BILL ZEFFIRO - La Mediterranee
MUSICAL DIRECTOR
BARRY LEVITT - Robert Cuccioli (Birdland), Charlotte Patton (Duplex), Lauren Robert (Iridium), Adam Shapiro (Duplex), Anthony Santelmo Jr. (Don't Tell Mama), Smile on My Face (Laurie Beechman, Etcetera Etcetera, Urban Stages), Tonya Pinkins (54 Below), Broadway Swings: Terese Genecco, Natalie Douglas, Scott Coulter (54 Below)
TRACY STARK - Boys Night Out (Metropolitan Room), Tanya Holt (Metropolitan Room), Barb Jungr (Metropolitan Room), 2012 MAC Awards (BB King's), Marcus Simeone (Metropolitan Room), Cabaret Cares (Laurie Beechman)
STEVEN RAY WATKINS - Lennie Watts (Metropolitan Room, Duplex), Amy Wolk (Duplex), Jim Speake (Don't Tell Mama)
DIRECTOR
ERIC MICHAEL GILLETT - Sheera Ben-David (Feinstein's), Showstoppers! benefit series (Laurie Beechman), Marieann Meringolo (Feinstein's), Raissa Katona Bennett (Feinstein's)
LINA KOUTRAKOS - Rick Jensen's Tonight New York City (Metropolitan Room), Mardi Grant (Duplex), Devin Bing (Metropolitan Room)
LISA MOSS - 2012 Duplex Gala (Duplex), From Book to Broadway (Duplex), Social Intercourse (Duplex)
PETER NAPOLITANO - Hopelessly in Love: The Lyrics of Tom Toce (Metropolitan Room, Urban Stages), Smile on my Face: The Songs of Richard Eisenberg (Laurie Beechman, Etcetera Etcetera, Urban Stages, Adam Shapiro: Guide to the Perfect Breakup (Duplex), Fran Leonardis (Metropolitan Room)
GRETCHEN REINHAGEN - Bob Diamond (Don't Tell Mama), Marcia Roney (Metropolitan Room, Don't Tell Mama), Donna Hayes (Laurie Beechman, Don't Tell Mama), Irenka Jakubiak (Don't Tell Mama)
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
JASON ELLIS - Jeff Macauley, Marc McBarron Kessler & J. Michael Reeds, Stacy Sullivan, Alison Nusbaum (Don't Tell Mama)
JEAN-PIERRE PERREAUX - Marilyn Maye, Amanda McBroom, Yvonne Constant, Annie Ross (Metropolitan Room)
TED STAFFORD - Lorinda Lisitza: Triumphant Baby, Loni Ackerman, Lauren Fox, Pamela Luss (Metropolitan Room)
SONG
ALL I SAW WAS YOU - Music by Ben Wexler, lyrics by Mark Sonnenblick
DO YOU THINK OF ME? - Music and lyrics by Ryan Langer
IT'S ABOUT TIME - Music and lyrics by Shelly Markham & Paul Rolnick
MOVIN' ON - Music and lyrics by Andrew Sotomayor
TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN - Music by Steve Marzullo, lyrics by Amanda Yesnowitz
SPECIAL MUSICAL MATERIAL
BYE-BYE, ALOHA, YO! - Music by Jeff Lazarus, lyrics by Tom Toce
DON'T ASK ME TO BLEND - Music by Peter Mills, lyrics by Amanda Yesnowitz
84 YEARS OLD - Music and lyrics by Drew Fornarola
MY KIND OF GUY - Music and lyrics by Bill Zeffiro
SUBWAY CRUSH - Music and lyrics by Patrick Dwyer
RECORDING (LaMott Friedman Award)
TERESE GENECCO - Live from the Iridium
COLLEEN McHUGH - Pret-a-Porter: Cole Porter's French Connections
T. OLIVER REID - Do I Love You
JANE SCHECKTER - Easy to Remember
STACY SULLIVAN - It's a Good Day - A Tribute to Miss Peggy Lee
SHOW OF THE YEAR
ANN HAMPTON CALLAWAY - The Streisand Songbook, Directed by Dan Foster 54 Below, Boston Pops, Seneca Hotel (Niagara Falls)
MARK NADLER - I'm a Stranger Here Myself 54 Below, Adelaide Cabaret Festival
BEN RIMALOWER - Patti Issues, Written and performed by Ben Rimalower, Directed by Aaron Mark Duplex
STACY SULLIVAN - It's a Good Day - A Tribute to Miss Peggy Lee, Jon Weber, Music Director Iridium, Don't Tell Mama, Metropolitan Room
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