The
22nd ANNUAL MAC AWARDS will be presented at a gala show on Tuesday,
May 6th at BB KING'S BLUES CLUB (237 West 42nd Street, NYC - 212-997-4144
- http://www.bbkingsblues.com/
) . This room has cabaret-style seating with food and beverage service
(2-drink minimum). Seating is limited to 600 - with many seats already
set aside for nominees and press.
2008
MAC CABARET AWARDS FINAL NOMINEES
FEMALE VOCALIST
JENNA ESPOSITO, Smooch!, 13 Men...and Me
Metropolitan Room, Laurie Beechman
TERESE GENECCO, Drunk With Love: The Sequel, Alone
Together - The Songs of Arthur Schwartz Metropolitan Room,
Plush Room
JEANNE MACDONALD, Come Back to Me: Jeanne MacDonald Celebrates Miss
Peggy Lee Bradstan Country Inn, Metropolitan Room
MARIEANN MERINGOLO, In the Spirit, Here's to the Ladies CD Release
Show Metropolitan Room
MALE VOCALIST
BRANDON CUTRELL Laurie Beechman, Feinstein's
MILES PHILLIPS, Quiet Stars, The Unrest Inside Me Metropolitan
Room, Cosmopolitan Club
MARCUS SIMEONE, Music Laurie Beechman, Lorenzo's, Broadway
Baby
FEMALE JAZZ VOCALIST
MYCHELLE COLLEARY, Cafˇ 50 West, Metropolitan Room, Mannahatta
Lounge, Iridium
LINDA KOSUT, The Triad, The Reprise Room at Dillon's, Metropolitan
Room
LAURIE KRAUZ, Enzo's Jazz Room, Iridium, Sweet Rhythm
SHAYNEE RAINBOLT, Charley O's
ALYSHA UMPHRESS, Iridium, Laurie Beechman, The Ritz
MALE JAZZ VOCALIST
SCOT ALBERTSON, The Triad, Laurie Beechman
JACK DONOHUE, Birdland, Sweet Rhythm, Cornelia Street Cafe
CLEVE DOUGLASS, Mannahatta Lounge, Metropolitan Room, The
Blue Note (Japan), The Honey Pot (Japan)
DANE VANNATTER, Metropolitan Room
JULIAN YEO, Iridium, The Reprise Room at Dillon's, Underground
Lounge
MAJOR ARTIST
BARBARA BRUSSELL, Out of the Mouths of Babes
- Women Who Dared Metropolitan Room
BABY JANE DEXTER, You're Following Me! Metropolitan Room
CHRISTINE PEDI, Great Dames Metropolitan Room
LENNIE WATTS, Manilow '73 - '83 Metropolitan Room
MAJOR JAZZ ARTIST
JUDY BARNETT, Iridium, Smoke, Cosmopolitan
Room
NATALIE DOUGLAS, Birdland, The Duplex, Matthew's Mug (Vassar
College)
HILARY KOLE, Birdland
CLAIRE MARTIN, Oak Room at the Algonquin
SARAH PARTRIDGE, Oak Room at the Algonquin
FEMALE CELEBRITY ARTIST
LUCIE ARNAZ, Birdland
BETTY BUCKLEY, Feinstein's
LIZ CALLAWAY, Metropolitan Room
DIAHANN CARROLL, Feinstein's
LINDA CARTER, Feinstein's
CHRISTINE EBERSOLE, Metropolitan Room, Birdland
LINDA EDER, Feinstein's
PENNY FULLER, Metropolitan Room, Birdland
EILEEN FULTON, Metropolitan Room, Feinstein's
TAMMY GRIMES, Metropolitan Room
ANDREA MARCOVICCI, Oak Room at the Algonquin
CHITA RIVERA, Feinstein's
KT SULLIVAN, Oak Room at the Algonquin
MARY WILSON, Feinstein's
MALE/DUO CELEBRITY ARTIST
ASHFORD & SIMPSON, Feinstein's
MICHAEL FEINSTEIN, Feinstein's
PETER GALLAGHER, Feinstein's
GALT MACDERMOTT, Joe's Pub, Laurie Beechman
JACKIE MASON, Feinstein's
DONNY OSMOND, Feinstein's
STEVE ROSS, Oak Room at the Algonquin, 59East59
BEN VEREEN, Feinstein's
TOM WOPAT, Metropolitan Room
NEW YORK DEBUT - FEMALE
SUZANNE CARRICO, The Art of the Cahn: Music
from the Sammy Cahn Songbook The Triad, Metropolitan Room
KATHRYNE LANGFORD, Dividing Day The Duplex
SUSAN WINTER, Million Dollar Matinee Metropolitan Room
NEW YORK DEBUT - MALE
LUCIO FERNANDEZ, The Cuban Kid in Concert
The Duplex, Don't Tell Mama
JONATHAN WHITTON, Perfect Finite The Triad, The Duplex,
Laurie Beechman
VINCENT WOLFE, A Canadian Crooner in NYC Helen's
STAND - UP COMIC
PEYTON CLARKSON
BECKY DONOHUE
MARINA FRANKLIN
POPPI KRAMER
JOE LARSON
AMY SCHUMER
DARLENE VIOLETTE
RICK YOUNGER
JOHN MULANEY
MAJOR STAND - UP COMIC -
FEMALE
MICHELLE BALAN
SUE COSTELLO
SUSIE ESSMAN
KARITH FOSTER
JESSICA KIRSON
LYNNE KOPLITZ
LISA LANDRY
KERRI LOUISE
JANICE MESSITTE
MAJOR STAND - UP COMIC -
MALE
MIKE BIRBIGLIA
BILL BURR
LOUIE C.K.
JIM DAVID
MITCH FATAL
GREG GIRALDO
NICK GRIFFIN
JIM NORTON
GREGG ROGELL
MUSICAL COMEDY / IMPERSONATION
STEVEN BRINBERG (BARBRA STREISAND), Simply Barbra Metropolitan
Room
JIMMY JAMES, Other Voices, One Room Metropolitan Room
RAY JESSEL, Songs from the Ridiculous to the Romantic Don't
Tell Mama
DUO OR GROUP
EDD CLARK & SUE MATSUKI, Sue & Edd's Fabulous
Christmas Show The Duplex, Madison Ave. Baptist Church
KAREN MACK & MICHAEL HOLLAND, Gashole: Hole - O - Matic
Metropolitan Room, The Duplex
ANTHONY SANTELMO, JR. & VALERIE DI LORENZO, The Last Time I Felt
Like This: A "Seeks Out the Tunes" Duo Cabaret Helen's,
Baruch Perf. Arts Center, Old Field Club
JAZZ DUO OR GROUP
MARY FOSTER CONKLIN & GEORGE EVANS,
Metropolitan Room, Live at Courthouse
JESSE GELBER & KATE MANNING,, The Reprise Room at Dillon's,
The Triad
THE DARYL KOJAK TRIO, The Triad, Laurie Beechman, Sweet
Rhythm, Metropolitan Room
ALEX LEONARD DUO, Rothmann's
THE BARRY LEVITT TRIO, Iridium, Laurie Beechman, The Reprise
Room at Dillon's, Birdland, Broadway Baby
COMEDY/IMPROV DUO/GROUP
BETTER THAN THE MACHINE
CHICAGO CITY LIMITS
CITY HALL
THE KINSEY SICKS
2 FOR THE SHOW
REVUE / SPECIAL PRODUCTION
THE SONGS OF JOE ICONIS, created by Joe Iconis
Laurie Beechman, Joe's Pub
MY FRIEND, THE CAT, created by Phil Geoffrey Bond Laurie
Beechman
RENDEZVOUS - AN EVENING WITH PIAF, BREL, AZNAVOUR AND FRIENDS, created
by Terry Michel Moyer Metropolitan Room, Feinstein's
VARIETY PRODUCTION/RECURRING
SERIES
THE AFTER PARTY, hosted by Brandon Cutrell
and Alysha Umphress Laurie Beechman
JAMIE deROY & FRIENDS, produced & hosted by Jamie de Roy Metropolitan
Room
JIM CARUSO'S CAST PARTY, hosted by Jim Caruso Birdland
NEW YORK SHEET MUSIC SOCIETY SHOWS, produced by Linda Amiel Burns
Musicians Hall/Local 802
PIANO BAR/RESTAURANT SINGING
ENTERTAINER - MALE
DAVID COLBERT Helen's
A. J. IRVIN Rose's Turn, Don't Tell Mama
ERIC PICKERING Don't Tell Mama
GEORGE SANDERS Don't Tell Mama
JONATHAN TOMASELLI Don't Tell Mama
PIANO BAR/RESTAURANT SINGING
ENTERTAINER - FEMALE
MARIA GENTILE The Duplex
SARAH MUCHO Rose's Turn, Don't Tell Mama
ANNE STEELE Brandy's, Don't Tell Mama
PIANO BAR/RESTURANT INSTRUMENTALIST
STEPHEN BOCCHINO Helen's, Caterina's
DAVID BUDWAY Brandy's
JOE REGAN Rose's Turn
JERRY SCOTT Caterina's
TRACY STARK Don't Tell Mama
MUSICAL DIRECTOR
PAUL GREENWOOD Cynthia Crane (Metropolitan
Room), Why Lee? (Birdland, Metropolitan Room), Penny Fuller (Birdland,
Metropolitan Room)
RICK JENSEN Jeanne MacDonald, Lina Koutrakos, Wendy Lane
Bailey (Metropolitan Room)
DARYL KOJAK Laurie Krauz (Enzo's, Sweet Rhythm), Scot Alberetson
(The Triad, Laurie Beechman), Marieann Meringolo (Metropolitan Room)
ALEX RYBECK Liz Callaway (Metropolitan Room), Jeff Harnar
(Feinstein's), Barbara Brussell (Metropolitan Room)
STEVEN RAY WATKINS Lennie Watts, Jim Speake (The Metropolitan
Room)
DIRECTOR
PHIL GEOFFREY BOND 2007 MAC Awards
(B.B. King's), Brandon Cutrell (Feinstein's), An Evening of Short
Musicals from NYU (Laurie Beechman)
ERIC MICHAEL GILLETT KT Sullivan, Karen Akers, Lari White
(Oak Room at the Algonquin Hotel), Anna Bergman , Raissa Katona
Bennett (Metropolitan Room), Maureen Kelley Stewart (Laurie Beechman),
Olivia Stevens - Pleasure and Peril:The Songs of Zarah Leander (Helen's)
MILES PHILLIPS Ben Rauch is Horace Vanderveer (Laurie Beechman),
The New York Invasion (Cosmopolitan Club)
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
MICHAEL BARBIERI Tammy Grimes, Julie
Wilson, Liz Callaway (Metropolitan Room)
SHANE MATHEWS Kabarett Fete, Colm Reilly, 2007 Irish Food
& Music Festival, Elle Randall (Helen's)
JEAN - PIERRE PERREAUX Lina Koutrakos, Johnny Mercer A
- Z ,Tom Wopat, Jimmy James, Karen Mason (Metropolitan Room)
SONG
ANOTHER CHRISTMAS Words and Music by Nicholas
Levin
CLOSE TO HEAVEN Words and Music by Patrick Dwyer
FRIEND Words and Music by Patrick DeGennaro
I REMEMBER Words by Shaynee Rainbolt & Russell Garcia, Music by
Russell Garcia
THIS TIME Words by Bob Levy, Music by Karen Jacobsen
SPECIAL MUSICAL MATERIAL
I'M A REAL NEW YORKER Words by Jay Jeffries,
Music by John McMahon
A MORAL QUANDARY Words and Music by Patrick Dwyer
ONE STOP SHOPPING Words by Dan Page, Michele Page, Sue Matsuki and
Gregory Toroian, Music by Sue Matsuki & Gregory Toroian
A PIANO BAR CONFESSION Words and Music by David Auxier
WHACKED Words by Judy Barnett, Music by Ted Kooshian
RECORDING
BRANDON CUTRELL Brandon Cutrell
TERESE GENECCO Drunk With Love - Live (A Tribute to Frances Faye)
RITT HENN Timber
MARIEANN MERINGOLO Here's To The Ladies!
JONATHAN WHITTON Perfect Finite - Live at the Laurie Beechman Theatr
JAZZ RECORDING
SCOT ALBERTSON Fate Revealed By Design
JOYCE BREACH Remembering Mabel Mercer - Volume 3
JOHN DEMARCO Pure and Simple
LINDA KOSUT Long As You're Living - The Songs & Poetry of Oscar
Brown Jr.
BARBARA LEA Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?
2008 BOARD OF DIRECTORS AWARDS
LINDA AMIEL BURNS
BART GREENBERG'S ANY WEDNESDAY SERIES
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN
COMEDY
LEWIS BLACK
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
MAUREEN MCGOVERN
MANHATTAN
ASSOCIATION OF CABARETS & CLUBS (MAC) was founded in 1983 to advance
the art and business of live entertainment. A trade association,
its activities are designed to heighten public awareness of the
field's contributions and vitality, to honor its creativity, to
build its current and future audiences, and to speak out as an influential
voice on behalf of MAC members and the industry at large. Members
of MAC include cabaret, comedy and jazz artists, directors and musical
directors, technical directors, musicians, club owners and booking
managers, composers and lyricists, journalists and publicists, artists'
managers and agents, and friends and supporters of live entertainment.
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