2003 NEW YORK NIGHTLIFE AWARDS
2003
NEW YORK NIGHTLIFE AWARDS
Monday, January 27th, 8:00 pm
Presented
by Vern T. Calhoun, Kati Meister and Scott & Barbara Siegel, The
2003 Nightlife Awards is an evening of entertainment by the best
New York City has to offer in Cabaret, Comedy and Jazz. The star-filled
show was presented at THE TOWN HALL (123 West 43rd Street, NYC -
http://www.the-townhall-nyc.org/)
on Monday, January 27th at 8:00 pm. Directed by Jeff Cohen, the
evening was co-hosted by downtown diva Lea DeLaria and cabaret icon
Andrea Marcovicci.
A roster
of 23 judges selected the winners of The Nightlife Awards in 19
categories. The judges were: Robert L. Daniels of Variety, Naomi
Frisch of Comedy Central, Steve Futterman of The New Yorker, Gary
Giddins of The Village Voice, Ira Gitler of Jazz Times and Downbeat,
Joann Grigioni of Comedy Central, Joe Grossman of Time Out NY, Stephen
Holden of The New York Times, David Hurst of Show Business Weekly,
Peter Leavy of Cabaret Scenes Magazine, Lesley Mallgrave of Oxygen,
Howard Mandel of Jazz Journalists Association, Ben Ratliff of The
New York Times, Rex Reed of The New York Observer, Roy Sander formerly
of Back Stage and CitySearch, Gene Santoro of The Daily News, Gene
Seymour of New York Newsday, Barbara & Scott Siegel of TheaterMania.com
& Siegel Entertainment Syndicate, comedy producer Jeff Singer, Frank
Smiley of NBC's Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Jonathan Warman of
HX Magazine and K. Leander Williams of Time Out NY.
The complete list of 2003 Nightlife Awards Winners follows:
CABARET
Outstanding Cabaret
Female Vocalist in a Major Engagement: Lillias White (Feinstein's
at the Regency)
Outstanding Cabaret
Male Vocalist in a Major Engagement: Tie: James Naughton (Cafe Carlyle)
and Tom Wopat (Arci's Place)
Outstanding Cabaret
Female Vocalist: Julie Reyburn (Judy's Chelsea)
Outstanding Cabaret
Male Vocalist: Lennie Watts (Don't Tell Mama)
Outstanding Cabaret
Musical Comedy Performance: Kelly Briggs and Jerry Christakos for
"Lovely" (Upstairs at Rose's Turn, Don't Tell Mama, Odette's)
Outstanding Cabaret
Musical Revue/Group/Variety Performance: Collette Black and Rick
Crom, "Rick Crom's What in the World?!" (Upstairs at Rose's Turn)
Outstanding Cabaret
Piano Bar Performer: Scott Ailing and Charles Lindberg (Danny's)
Unique Cabaret Major
Engagement: Lincoln Center's American Songbook Series … Jon Nakagawa
and Ira Weitzman
Unique Cabaret Performance:
New Mondays … Phil Geoffrey Bond (The Duplex)
COMEDY
Outstanding Female Standup
Comedian: Susie Essman (Caroline's, Stand-Up New York)
Outstanding Male Standup
Comedian: Todd Barry (Luna Lounge)
Outstanding Group Comedy
Performance: Delaney & Dave (Upright Citizen's Brigade Theater)
Unique Comedy Performance:
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (Irving Plaza)
JAZZ
Outstanding Jazz Soloist:
Bill Charlap (Birdland)
Outstanding Jazz Combo
Performance: Jason Moran Trio (The Village Vanguard)
Outstanding Jazz Vocalist:
Cassandra Wilson (The Blue Note)
Outstanding Big Band
Jazz Performance: The Dave Holland Big Band (Birdland)
Outstanding Alternative
Jazz Performance: Cecil Taylor Orchestra (The Knitting Factory)
Unique Jazz Performance:
Solo Piano at The Jazz Standard (Fred Hersch, Ethan Iverson, Vijay
Iyer, Jason Moran, Matthew Shipp)
LIVING LEGENDS AWARDS
CABARET: Julie Wilson
JAZZ: Sonny Rollins
COMEDY: Robert Klein.
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