2007 NIGHTLIFE AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED

The 2007 Nightlife Award winners, voted by nearly 30 critics and judges covering cabaret, comedy and jazz have been announced today with some stunning results. For the first time, the husband and wife team of John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey have won, respectively, the male and female Cabaret Major Engagement awards for their individual acts. Pizzarelli won for his show at FEINSTEIN'S at the Regency Hotel (540 Park Avenue, NYC - 212-339-4095 - http://www.feinsteinsattheregency.com/ ), while Molaskey took home the honors for her solo show at the THE ALGONQUIN OAK ROOM (59 West 44th Street, NYC - 212-840-6800 ext. 171 - http://www.algonquinhotel.com/ ).

This year's awards, which takes place on Monday, January 29th at 7:00 pm at THE TOWN HALL (123 West 43rd Street, NYC - 212-997-1929 - http://www.the-townhall-nyc.org/ ), acknowledges the sharp influx of Broadway stars into the cabaret world in quality shows at affordable prices with awards to the two forces that have made that possible: Jim Caruso's Broadway at Birdland series and the new Metropolitan Room.

A star for more than thirty years, this year's Nightlife Awards honors Maureen McGovern with a Nightlife Legend Award.

The Nightlife Awards offers a unique approach to celebrating its winners. Instead of making boring acceptance speeches, they perform! It's the only "All-Performance" award show in the world. Every year, the winners come to THE TOWN HALL to show why they were chosen. Last year, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Elaine Stritch, Eartha Kitt and more than a dozen other stars performed on the stage.

While the winners have just been chosen and are in the process of being reached, the show's producer, Scott Siegel, reports that he has already received confirmation that Christine Ebersole and Billy Stritch will perform, as will Maureen McGovern, John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey. So, too will Paula West, Scott Coulter, Tom Andersen, Tim Di Pasqua, Lisa Asher, and David Colbert. Among guest stars, it's reported that Judy Gold and Tom Wopat will perform, as well.

Tickets to the 2007 Nightlife Awards which are priced at $75, $50 and $25 are available at the Town Hall Box Office (123 West 43rd Street) from noon to 6 PM every day but Sunday. Tickets are also available at http://Ticketmaster.com/ or by calling TicketMaster at 212-307-4100.

2007 NIGHTLIFE AWARD WINNERS:

CABARET

OUTSTANDING CABARET FEMALE VOCALIST IN A MAJOR ENGAGEMENT
Jessica Molaskey
(Finalists: Diahann Carroll, Eartha Kitt)

OUTSTANDING CABARET MALE VOCALIST IN A MAJOR ENGAGEMENT
John Pizzarelli
(Finalists: Michael Feinstein, Jack Jones)

OUTSTANDING CABARET DUO/GROUP IN A MAJOR ENGAGEMENT
Christine Ebersole & Billy Stritch
(Finalists: Ashford & Simpson, Molaskey & Frishberg)

CABARET FEMALE VOCALIST
Lisa Asher
(Finalists: Lina Koutrakos, Karen Oberlin)

CABARET MALE VOCALIST
Scott Coulter
(Finalists: Patrick DeGennaro, Dane Vannatter)

CABARET MUSICAL COMEDY/CHARACTERIZATION
Lorinda Lisitza
(Finalists: Micaela Leon, Jay Rogers)

CABARET REVUE/GROUP/VARIETY
Tom Andersen, Scott Coulter, Tim Di Pasqua
(Finalists: Eric Comstock/Barbara Fasano, Jamie deRoy & Friends)

PIANO BAR
David Colbert
(Finalists: Elaine Brier, Gerry Deiffenbach)

JAZZ

FEMALE JAZZ VOCALIST
Paula West
(Finalists: Carol Sloane, Annie Ross)

MALE JAZZ VOCALIST
Freddy Cole
(Finalists: Dave Frishberg, Eric Comstock)

JAZZ SOLOIST
Cedar Walton
(Finalists: Paul Motian, Toots Thielemans)

JAZZ COMBO
Ben Riley's Monk Legacy Band
(Finalists: Roy Haynes, Microscopic Septet)

COMEDY

MALE STANDUP
Demetri Martin
(Finalists: David Attell, Zach Galiafinakas)

FEMALE STANDUP
Sarah Silverman
(Finalists: Jessica Kirson, Lisa Lampanelli)

COMEDY UNIQUE/GROUP
TJ & Dave
(Finalists: Nick Kroll & John Mulaney, Brownhauler & Schaal)

ADDITIONAL AWARDS

SPECIAL AWARDS
Broadway at Birdland (http://www.castpartynyc.com/Concerts.htm )
&
THE METROPOLITAN ROOM (34 West 22nd Street, NYC - 212-206-0440 - http://www.metropolitanroom.com/)
"For successfully bringing Broadway stars onto cabaret stages in quality shows at affordable prices."

NIGHTLIFE LEGEND
Maureen McGovern

The 2007 Nightlife Awards is sponsored, in part, by ASCAP, TheaterMania.com, Thoroughbred Records, Jill & Irwin Cohen, Trattoria Dopo Teatro, Edith & Ervin Drake, Fred Landau, Richard Horowitz, Peter & Barbara Leavy, Stuart E. Bloom & Robert L. Aaron: Lightstyles, LLC, and The Edythe Kenner Foundation

To find out who will be performing, go to http://www.SiegelPresents.com/ for regular updates of winners who will be performing and guest stars who are coming to either perform or present the winners to the audience.

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