1999 MAC Award Winners
The
13th Annual MAC (Manhattan Association of Cabarets and Clubs) Awards
ceremony was held on Monday. April 5, 1999 at Town Hall (123 West
44th Street), beginning at 7:30 PM (doors open at 7:00). Liza Minnelli
received the 1999 MAC Board of Directors Award, and performed with
Billy Stritch. Barbara Cook and Wally Harper performed and received
the 1999 MAC Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by Sheldon Harnick.
Among the celebrities who performed were Betty Buckley and Kathie
Lee Gifford and John Pizzarelli and the Barry Levitt Trio. The show
was directed by Thommie Walsh, and produced by Nancy McGraw and
Eileen Solomon.
This
year's MAC Awards covered 32 categories, including outstanding jazz,
vocal, pop/R&B, and comedy performers; recording and song of the
year; variety production; and jazz instrumentalist and piano bar
entertainer. A special accolade, the Hanson Award, was presented
to a newcomer who shows great promise in cabaret.
Here
are the winners of the 1999 MAC AWARDS
Hanson
Award: Lumiri Tubu & Jack Donahue
Female
Vocalist: Heather Mac Rae
Major
Female Vocalist: Barbara Cook
Male
Vocalist: Tom Andersen
Major
Male Vocalist: James Naughton
Pop/R&B
Vocalist: Bobby Belfry
Major
Pop/R&B Vocalist: Baby Jane Dexter
Musical
Comedy Performer: Amanda Green
Major
Musical Comedy Performer: Mark Nadler
Female
Stand-Up: Angela LaGreca
Major
Female Stand-Up: Judy Gold
Male
Stand-Up: Ron Poole
Major
Male Stand-Up: Jim David
Jazz
Performer: Mary Foster Conklin
Major
Jazz Performer: John Pizzarelli
Female
Debut: Karen Mack
Male
Debut: Sammy Goldstein
Variety
Production: "Jamie deRoy & Friends"
Impersonation/Characterization:
Tommy Femia
Revue
of the Year: Rick Crom's "Our Life & Times"
Special
Production: Julie Gold & Julie Halston: "Julie - Julie"
Singer/Instrumentalist:
Rick Jensen
Jazz
Instrumentalist: Steve Wilson
Vocal
Musical Comedy Group: Scott Barbarino & The Bev Naps
Jazz/Swing
Recording of the Year: Susannah McCorkle : "Someone To Watch
Over Me"
Recording
of the Year: Tom Andersen: "The Journey"
Major
Recording of the Year: Rosemary Clooney: "At Long Last"
Song
of the Year: "Good Night New York" (Julie Gold)
Special
Musical Material: "Everytime A Friend Succeeds" (Amanda Green)
Piano
Bar/Restaurant Entertainer: Bobby Peaco (Don't Tell Mama)
Director:
Barry Kleinbort
Musical
Director: Christopher Denny
Technical
Director: Shawn Moninger
Report
on the 1999 MAC AWARDS SHOW
1999
MAC AWARD NOMINEES
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