NATALIE DOUGLAS, DAVID SABELLA, GABRIELLE STRAVELLI, KAREN MASON AMONG THE 2022 MAC AWARD WINNERS!
The 36th MAC Award Winners were announced Tuesday, April 12, 2022 at a LIVE ceremony at NYC’s Symphony Space.
As previously announced, CHITA RIVERA and MARTA SANDERS received Lifetime Achievement Awards, LENNIE WATTS and THE MABEL MERCER FOUNDATION received Board of Directors Awards, JIM CARUSO’S CAST PARTY/PAJAMA CAST PARTY received Show of the Year, CABARET ON THE COUCH received the Ruth Kurtzman Benefit Series Award and AARON LEE BATTLE received the Hanson Award.
Here are the 2022 MAC Award winners:
FEMALE VOCALIST
AMY BETH WILLIAMS
MALE VOCALIST
SEAN PATRICK MURTAGH
MAJOR ARTIST – FEMALE
GABRIELLE STRAVELLI
MAJOR ARTIST – MALE
DAVID SABELLA
NEW YORK DEBUT
RODERICK FERGUSON
CELEBRITY ARTIST
NATALIE DOUGLAS
IMPERSONATION/CHARACTERIZATION/DRAG ARTIST
CISSY WALKEN
MUSICAL COMEDY PERFORMER
LEANNE BORGHESI
DUO/GROUP
MICHAEL GARIN and MARDIE MILLIT
MAJOR DUO/GROUP
CLEARLY NOW
(SEAN HARKNESS, MARCUS SIMEONE, LINA KOUTRAKOS)
PIANO BAR INSTRUMENTALIST
MICHAEL McASSEY
PIANO BAR/RESTAURANT SINGING ENTERTAINER — FEMALE
ALISON NUSBAUM
PIANO BAR/RESTAURANT SINGING ENTERTAINER — MALE
BRIAN KALINOWSKI
RESTAURANT/HOTEL LOUNGE/HAPPY HOUR ENTERTAINER
RICKY RITZEL
ENSEMBLE INSTRUMENTALIST
MATT SCHARFGLASS, bass
RECURRING SERIES
THE LINEUP WITH SUSIE MOSHER
REVUE OR SPECIAL PRODUCTION
RIAN KEATING: TIME STAMPS—FRAGMENTS IN STORY AND SONG
VIRTUAL PRESENTATION
CABARET CONVERSATIONS
EMCEE
SUSIE MOSHER
DIRECTOR
LINA KOUTRAKOS
MUSICAL DIRECTOR
TRACY STARK
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
ALISON NUSBAUM, Don’t Tell Mama
SONG
LET THE MUSIC PLAY
Music and Lyrics by Paul Rolnick and David Friedman
COMEDY/NOVELTY SONG
YOU CAN KEEP THE WINGS
Music and lyrics by CAROLYN GERMAN
RECORDING (LaMott Friedman Award)
DAWN DEROW: My Ship, Songs from 1941
MAJOR RECORDING
KAREN MASON: Let the Music Play
