At a special
reception on Monday, March 2, 1998 at B. Smiths Rooftop Cafe in
Manhattan, hosted by Joy Behar and Michael Feinstein, the 1998 MAC
Award Nominees were announced by the Manhattan Association of Cabarets
and Clubs (MAC).
Following
are the nominees:
FEMALE
VOCALIST: Judi Connelli, Natalie Gamsu, Anne Runolfsson
MALE
VOCALIST: Bobby Belfry, Charles Cermele, Christian Nova
MAJOR
FEMALE VOCALIST: Betty Buckley, Ann Hampton Callaway, Karen
Mason, Julie Wilson
MAJOR
MALE VOCALIST: David Campbell, Phillip Officer, Bobby Short
FEMALE
JAZZ VOCALIST: Natalie Douglas, Laurie Krauz, Martha Lorin,
Smitty
MALE
JAZZ VOCALIST: Allan Harris, Barry Phillips, Thos Shipley
MAJOR
FEMALE JAZZ VOCALIST: Barbara Carroll, Blossom Dearie, Diana
Krall
MAJOR
MALE JAZZ R&B VOCALIST: Jay Leonhart, John Pizzarelli, Billy
Stritch
POP/RHYTHM
& BLUES VOCALIST: Vanessa Campbell, Patrick DeGennaro, Naomi
Kukoff, Lennie Watts
MAJOR
POP/RHYTHM & BLUES VOCALIST: Ruth Brown, Baby Jane Dexter,
Darlene Love
MALE
N.Y. DEBUT: Scott Coulter, Steven Kowalczyk, Chris Yates
MUSICAL
COMEDY PERFORMER: Gary Lyons, Mark Nadler, Georga Osborne
MAJOR
MUSICAL COMEDY PERFORMER: Kaye Ballard, Marcia Lewis, Marilyn
Michaels
REVUE/MUSICAL
PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR: An Evening With Carol Hall, Leading
Men Don't Dance, Listen to My Heart, Three Men and a Baby Grand
SONG
OF THE YEAR: Yard Sale (Tom Andersen), A lover of High Wire
(Carol Hall & Steven Lutvak), Time (Rick Jensen), Heaven Is
Right Here On The Ground (Gary Lyons)
SPECIAL
MUSICAL MATERIAL: David Friedman/Mark Waldrop's "Leading Men
Don't Dance," Barry Kleinbort's "Tragic Nurse Porter's Lament,"
Steven Lutvak's "The Dinner Party."
RECORDING
OF THE YEAR: Dream Loud (Julie Gold), Walking Happy (Christian
Nova), The Memory of All That (Spider Saloff)
MAJOR
ARTIST RECORDING OF THE YEAR: Much More (Betty Buckley), After
Ours (Anne Hampton Callaway), Oscar Winners (Barbara Cook)
FEMALE
STAND UP COMIC: Sunda Croonquist, Cory Kahaney, Anne Marie Karash
MALE
STAND UP COMIC: Jim David, Greg Fitzsimmons, Ron Poole
MAJOR
FEMALE COMEDY: Sandra Bernhard, JJaneane Garofolo, Judy Gold
MAJOR
MALE COMEDY: Mario Cantone, Quenton Crisp, John Fugelsang
MUSICAL
COMEDY / VOCAL GROUP: The Accidentals, Doo-Wa-Zoo, Lounge-O-Leers
COMEDY
/ IMPROV GROUP: Gotham City Improv, Monteith & Rand, Spilt
Milk
VARIETY
PRODUCTION: Jamie deRoy & Friends, Julie Halston's New York,
Angela LaGreca's Monday Night Madness
IMPERSONATION
/ CHARACTERIZATION: Steven Brinberg, Varla Jean Merman, Ruby
Rims
SINGER-INSTRUMENTALIST:
John Bucchino, Tim DiPasqua, Steven Lutvak
JAZZ
SINGER & /or INSTRUMENTALIST: Bill Charlap, Rick Dellaratta,
Teri Thornton
PIANO
BAR PIANIST: Eric Comstock, Jerry Scott, John Wallowitch
PIANO
BAR ENTERTAINER: Lisa Asher, Lizz Manners, Teri White
MUSICAL
DIRECTOR: Christopher Denney, Dick Gallagher, Jeff Waxman
TECHNICAL
DIRECTOR: Matt Burman, Jaye Lee, Shawn Moninger
DIRECTOR:
Lisa Asher, Scott Barnes, Barry Kleinbort, Sara Louise Lazarus
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