The Manhattan Association of Cabarets (MAC) is pleased to announce the 2023 MAC Award nominees. The nominees were determined by votes cast by the active MAC membership, except for the song, recording, and piano bar categories, which were determined by special committees.
As previously announced, KEN PAGE and RICKY RITZEL each receive a Lifetime Achievement Award.
We are also pleased to announce that JILLIAN LAURAIN is the 2023 Hanson Award recipient.
The winners will be revealed as the envelopes are opened live at the 37th Annual MAC Awards on Tuesday, April 4 at 7:30 pm at Peter Norton Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway at 95th Street in New York City.
The MAC Awards ceremony is produced and directed by MICHAEL KIRK LANE and AMY WOLK, with musical direction by NATE BUCCIERI. The event is open to the public.
Tickets are available at https://www.symphonyspace.org/events/vp-the-37th-annual-mac-awards.
For additional information, visit www.MACnyc.com.
The 2023 MAC Award Nominees are:
FEMALE VOCALIST
CELIA BERK
DAWN DEROW
JOSEPHINE SANGES
GERRILYN SOHN
LISA VIGGIANO
MALE VOCALIST
TIM CONNELL
RIAN KEATING
FRANK McDONOUGH
SETH SIKES
MAJOR ARTIST
TANYA MOBERLY
SIDNEY MYER
DAVID SABELLA
LENNIE WATTS
NEW YORK DEBUT – FEMALE
SARAH CARSON
SHANNON DALEY
LINDA KAHN
ANN TALMAN
NEW YORK DEBUT – MALE
DANNY BOLERO
JEFF FLASTER
DAME EDNA’S HONORARY UNDERSTUDY SCOTT F. MASON
CELEBRITY ARTIST
ANN HAMPTON CALLAWAY
LIZ CALLAWAY
NATALIE DOUGLAS
JEFF HARNAR
GABRIELLE STRAVELLI
ICON
PATTI LuPONE
BRIAN STOKES
MITCHELL VANESSA WILLIAMS
DUO/GROUP
ELENA BENNETT and FRED BARTON
HELANE BLUMFIELD and BOBBY PEACO
THOSE GIRLS (Eve Eaton, Rachel Hanser, Karen Mack, Wendy Anne Russell)
MAJOR DUO/GROUP
KLEA BLACKHURST, JIM CARUSO, BILLY STRITCH
LIZ CALLAWAY and ANN HAMPTON CALLAWAY
ERIC COMSTOCK and BARBARA FASANO
PIANO BAR INSTRUMENTALIST
NATE BUCCIERI Don’t Tell Mama, Brandy’s, The Duplex
BRANDON JAMES WINN Marie’s Crisis
WILLIAM TN HALL Don’t Tell Mama, Brandy’s
PADDY ON THE PIANO Don’t Tell Mama, The Duplex
JOE REGAN Don’t Tell Mama
PIANO BAR/RESTAURANT SINGING ENTERTAINER – FEMALE ELAINE BRIER Don’t Tell Mama
LIZ LARK BROWN Stonewall Inn, Brandy’s
MARIA GENTILE The Duplex, Stonewall Inn, Brandy’s
TARA MARTINEZ Don’t Tell Mama LAURA PAVLES Don’t Tell Mama
PIANO BAR/RESTAURANT SINGING ENTERTAINER – MALE
DAVID FOLEY JR. Stonewall Inn, Brandy’s
JUSTIN GREGORY LOPEZ Brandy’s
JOSEPH REDD Don’t Tell Mama
JON SATROM Don’t Tell Mama, Brandy’s
MILES WHITTAKER Stonewall Inn
ENSEMBLE INSTRUMENTALIST
DON KELLY Drums and Percussion
MATT SCHARFGLASS Bass
SKIP WARD Bass
RECURRING SERIES
JIM CARUSO’S CAST PARTY
THE LINEUP WITH SUSIE MOSHER
SALON (Mark Janas, Tanya Moberly)
EMCEE
JIM CARUSO Jim Caruso’s Cast Party
SUE MATSUKI and GREGORY TOROIAN Matsuki & Toroian’s Jazz Brunch Open Mic
SUSIE MOSHER The Lineup with Susie Mosher
SPECIAL PRODUCTION
HOLD ON TIGHT Meg Flather
JOE ICONIS AND FAMILY – ALBUM
IN THIS TRAVELING HEART Rian Keating
WOULDA, COULDA, SHOULDA – MY (ALMOST) LIFE ON THE WICKED STAGE Mary Lahti
DIRECTOR
JEFF HARNAR
LINA KOUTRAKOS
TANYA MOBERLY
LENNIE WATTS
MUSICAL DIRECTOR
JOHN M. COOK
YASUHIKO FUKUOKA
TRACY STARK
BILLY STRITCH
STEVEN RAY WATKINS
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
ADAM DeCARLO (Don’t Tell Mama)
ALISON NUSBAUM (Don’t Tell Mama)
JEAN-PIERRE PERREAUX (Laurie Beechman, The Triad)
SONG
A BRAND NEW SHADE OF BLUE
Music by John Forster, Lyrics by Tom Toce
I BELIEVE IN RAINBOWS
Music by Ethan Tarasov, Lyrics by Tom Toce
THE STROLLERS OF POLAND
Music and lyrics by Tom Toce
TALKING TO THE MOON
Music by Paul Rolnick, Lyrics by Paul Rolnick and Jane R. Snyder
YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN KIND
Music by Tracy Stark, Lyrics by Bob Levy
COMEDY/NOVELTY SONG
ALMA
Music and Lyrics by Billy Recce
DON’T TELL GRETA
Music and Lyrics by Daniel Cainer
IN THE SPIRIT OF GIVING
Music and Lyrics by Ritt Henn
STRICTLY FOR SHOW
Music by Michele Brourman, Lyrics by Tom Toce
THE ZOOM SONG
Music and Lyrics by John Forster
RECORDING (LaMott Friedman Award)
D.C. ANDERSON House Concert
CELIA BERK Now That I Have Everything
RENEE KATZ Winter Awakenings (featuring DECEMBER SONGS by Maury Yeston)
ANN KITTREDGE reIMAGINE
BOB LEVY Ballads
REGINA ZONA and SEAN HARKNESS It Must Have Been the Mistletoe
MAJOR RECORDING
JULIE BENKO and JASON YEAGER Hand in Hand
LIZ CALLAWAY To Steve with Love: Liz Callaway Celebrates Sondheim
JIM CARUSO and BILLY STRITCH The Sunday Set (Recorded Live at the Birdland Theater)
JEFF HARNAR I Know Things Now: My Life in Sondheim’s Words
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