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Check out the latest standings as of December 12th. Voting continues now through December 31st, 2022.

By: Dec. 12, 2022
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2022 BroadwayWorld Cabaret Standings - 12/12/22

Best Debut Show - One Night Only
Ava Nicole Frances, Charlo Crossley - MUTUAL ADMIRATION - 54 Below 16%
Sam Gravitte - SONGS THAT RAISED ME - Birdland 11%
Tyler Houchins - DOWN A YELLOW BRICK ROAD: THE MUSIC OF Judy Garland - Don't Tell Mama 10%
Ben Jones - LOVE SONGS - 54 Below 8%
Moipei Triplets - THE MOIPEI TRIPLETS EMBRACE NEW YORK - Birdland Theater 5%
Aaron David Gleason - COME HELL AND HIGH WATER - 54 BELOW 5%
Ben Bogen - TEENAGE DREAM - The Green Room 42 4%
Jess LeProtto - GOTTA BE ME - The Green Room 42 4%
Caitie Frownfelter - SHOW ME - Birdland Theater 4%
Michael I. Haber - FACE THE MUSIC - The Duplex 4%
Brandi Burkhardt - FINDING WONDERLAND - The Green Room 42 4%
Sean Stephens - REDEMPTION OF A 90S KID - 54 Below 3%
Kaisha Huguley - A ONE WOMAN SHOW-CIAL - The Green Room 42 3%
Anthony Murphy - A JOYFUL NOISE - The Green Room 42 3%
Jessica Darrow - SURFACE PLEASURE - 54 Below 3%
Sally Shaw - BOTH SIDES NOW - The Green Room 42 2%
Jaime Cepero - SONGS ABOUT ANXIETY 2.0 - 54 Below 2%
Russell Harvard - BROADWAY SIGNS! DEBUTS Russell Harvard'S FROM THE GROUND UP - 54 Below 2%
Liam Joshua Mun - I'D RATHER BE SAILING - Don't Tell Mama 2%
Mariah Lyttle - FOR WOMEN, BY WOMEN - The Green Room 42 1%
Lara Strong - STRONGER THAN EVER - Bar Nine 1%
Raecine Coles - RAECINE - Bar Nine 1%
Jonathan Savage - FAREWELL TO THE WEST - 54 Below 1%

Best Debut Show - Run of Shows
Brandon James Gwinn, Dylan Hartwell & Greg Sullivan - THREE MEN AND A BABY GRAND - Laurie Beechman Theatre 19%
Ann Talman - THE SHADOW OF HER SMILE - 54 Below 17%
Sarah Carson - ENGLAND & AMERICA: A TRANSATLANTIC LOVE STORY - Don't Tell Mama 11%
Therese Lee - RIDING THE BUS TO THE RED CARPET - The Triad, Don't Tell Mama 10%
Shannon Daley - ANYBODY HAVE A MAP? - Don't Tell Mama 8%
Linda Kahn - SAY YES! - Laurie Beechman Theatre 7%
Lila Day - GETTING HAPPY - Pangea 6%
Bruce Sabath - SEARCHING FOR TEVYE - Don't Tell Mama 6%
Danny Bolero - THEY CALL ME CUBAN PETE - Don't Tell Mama 5%
Meri Ziev - NEW WORDS - Don't Tell Mama 5%
Jeff Flaster - TAKE THE MOMENT - Don't Tell Mama 3%
John Clarence Stewart - John Clarence Stewart - 54 Below 2%

Best Director
Jeff Harnar - TOGETHER INSIDE, SAY YES, RIDING THE RED CARPET, YOU'RE NOTHING WITHOUT ME, THE FUNNY GIRL IN ME, OFF THE CHARTS - Don't Tell Mama, Laurie Beechman Theatre, Triad, 54 Below, The Green Room 42 12%
Lennie Watts - ANYBODY HAVE A MAP?, ENGLAND & AMERICA: A TRANSATLANTIC LOVE STORY, IF Joe Allen'S WALLS COULD SING AND OTHER HIDDEN GEMS, JEWISH CAROLING: THE MUSIC OF Carole King, Carole Bayer Sager & Carolyn Leigh, ME AND BOBBY P, RODGERS + HAMMERSTEIN 2021+ - Don't Tell Mama 12%
Richard Jay-Alexander - HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS - 54 Below 9%
Frank Silletti - MUTUAL ADMIRATION - 54 Below 9%
Robbie Rozelle - Mauricio Martinez, Sean Stephens, Jennifer Diamond, Robert Bannon - 54 Below, The Green Room 42 6%
Tanya Moberly - GREAT LADIES, GREAT SONGS, SEARCHING FOR TEVYE - Don't Tell Mama 5%
Yoni Weiss - NOW MORE THAN EVER: THE MUSIC OF Billy Recce - 54 Below 4%
WILL NUNZIATA - SHADES OF LOVE, IN THE SPIRIT - 54 Below 4%
Barbara Maier Gustern - AUSTIN & BARBARA SING STEVE & OSCAR - Don't Tell Mama 4%
Lina Koutrakos - THE SHADOW OF HER SMILE, YESTERDAY...ONCE MORE - 54 Below 4%
Jaime Lozano - SONGS BY AN IMMIGRANT, ¡VIVA LA VIDA! - Lincoln Center 4%
Andrea Palesh - GUILTY PLEASURES CABARET - The Duplex, Branded Saloon, Pasta Eater, Kraine Theater 3%
Barry Kleinbort - REIMAGINE, CHRISTMAS! CHRISTMAS! CHRISTMAS! - Laurie Beechman Theatre 3%
Andy Crosten - BOUND FOR BROADWAY - The Triad 3%
Dean Tyler K - ALONE, MUSICAL IN CONCERT - 54 Below 2%
Jen Wineman - THE OLDENBURG SUITE: IN CONCERT - 54 Below 2%
Sue Matsuki - THE FUTURE OF CABARET AND THEATER PART 2 - Urban Stages 2%
Sandy Kost-Sterner - SPOTLIGHT KIDZ CABARET - Laurie Beechman Theatre 2%
Christopher Carver - VANGARI FUNNY YOU SHOULD ASK - Don't Tell Mama 2%
Bridget Bose - GUILTY PLEASURES CABARET - The Duplex, Branded Saloon, Pasta Eater, Kraine Theater 2%
Steven Petrillo - DREAMIN' AGAIN..., LUCKY ME! - Pangea 2%
Elizabeth Fahsbender - CABARET ON THE COUCH LIVE! - The Green Room 42/The Triad Theater 2%
Madeline McCray - THEY CALL ME CUBAN PETE - Don't Tell Mama 1%
Jeremy Jacobs - DRIVEN: A NEW SONG CYCLE - 54 Below 1%
Reed Whitney - ON A BEACH - Pangea 0%

Best Drag Artist or Impersonator
Jackie Cox - JACKIEVISION: THE TOUR - The Green Room 42 22%
Alexis Michelle - IN CONCERT - 54 Below 16%
Scott F. Mason - ONE DAME FUNNY NIGHT - Don't Tell Mama 15%
MargOH! Channing - SIMPLY MARGOH! - Pangea 11%
Flotilla DeBarge - B. H. B - Pangea 11%
Dorothy Bishop - THE DOZEN DIVAS - The Triad 10%
JesShe - GUILTY PLEASURES CABARET - The Duplex, Branded Saloon, Pasta Eater, Kraine Theater 8%
Heather Wood - TO PROUDLY GO - Barracuda 6%

Best Duo Show
Jim Caruso & Billy Stritch - SUNDAYS - Bemelmans at The Carlyle Hotel 22%
Melissa Errico & Billy Stritch - SWING LESSONS - 54 Below 20%
Margo Brown & Lisa Delarossa - YOU'RE NOTHING WITHOUT ME - Don't Tell Mama 17%
Austin Pendleton & Barbara Bleier - AUSTIN & BARBARA SING STEVE & OSCAR - Don't Tell Mama, Pangea 8%
Karen Mack & Elliot Roth - Karen Mack & Elliot Roth - Pangea, West Bank Cafe 7%
Elena Bennett & Fred Barton - BENNETT & BARTON: SWING OUT UNDER THE MOON! - Pangea 6%
Helane Blumfield & Bobby Peaco - ME AND BOBBY P - Don't Tell Mama 6%
Yuriko Shibata & Erica Molfetto - YURI & ERICA LAUGH AGAIN! - Don't Tell Mama 6%
Marcus Simeone & Tracy Stark - TOGETHER AGAIN - Pangea 5%
Evangeline & ARIANA JOHNS - VANGARI FUNNY YOU SHOULD ASK - Don't Tell Mama 3%

Best Ensemble Soloist
Ryan Umbarila - SPOTLIGHT KIDZ CABARET - Laurie Beechman Theatre 17%
Mia Gentile - BOUND FOR BROADWAY - The Triad 11%
Virginia Alonso-Luis - ALONE, MUSICAL IN CONCERT - 54 Below 10%
Ben Roseberry - THE OLDENBURG SUITE: IN CONCERT - 54 Below 7%
Bryan Freedman - THE OLDENBURG SUITE: IN CONCERT - 54 Below 7%
Sarah Grace Ford - ALONE, MUSICAL IN CONCERT - 54 Below 6%
Heather Makalani - CABARET ON THE COUCH LIVE! - The Green Room 42 5%
Nina White - THE OLDENBURG SUITE: IN CONCERT - 54 Below 5%
Thea Sten - SPOTLIGHT KIDZ CABARET - Laurie Beechman Theatre 5%
Spencer Petro - ALONE, MUSICAL IN CONCERT - 54 Below 4%
Chloe Cahill - ALONE, MUSICAL IN CONCERT - 54 Below 4%
Morgan Dudley - CABARET ON THE COUCH LIVE! - The Triad, The Green Room 42 4%
Etta Grover - ALONE, MUSICAL IN CONCERT - 54 Below 4%
Dean Tyler K - ALONE, MUSICAL IN CONCERT - 54 Below 3%
Erin Rosenfeld - OPEN, STAY - 54 Below 3%
Katriana Koppe - ALONE, MUSICAL IN CONCERT - 54 Below 2%
Kevin Bernard - ALONE, MUSICAL IN CONCERT - 54 Below 2%
Dante Pereto - ALONE, MUSICAL IN CONCERT - 54 Below 1%

Best Group Show
Sean Harkness, Marcus Simeone and Lina Koutrakis - CLEARLY NOW - Birdland Theater 21%
Amanda Green - Amanda Green & FRIENDS - Birdland 16%
Brian Kalinowski, Paul Pilcz, Tommy J. Dose, & Jon Satrom - MAMA'S BOYS HEART THE 80S - Don't Tell Mama 14%
Jamie deRoy - Jamie deRoy & FRIENDS - Birdland 14%
Philip Romano & Ben Caplan - 54/54/54 - 54 Below 11%
GPC Entertainment - GUILTY PLEASURES CABARET - The Duplex, Branded Saloon, Pasta Eater, Kraine Theater 7%
Gunhild Carling - Gunhild Carling - Birdland Theater 6%
Abby DePhillips, Producer - BROADWAY BREAKUP PLAYLIST - 54 Below 6%
Abby DePhillips, Producer - PRONOUN SHOWDOWN - 54 Below 5%

Best Host or Emcee
Jim Caruso - Jim Caruso'S CAST PARTY - Birdland 29%
Susie Mosher - THE LINEUP WITH Susie Mosher - Birdland Theater 27%
Ben Cameron - Ben Cameron'S BROADWAY SESSIONS - The Laurie Beechman Theatre/The Green Room 42 8%
Jaime Lozano - SONGS BY AN IMMIGRANT, ¡VIVA LA VIDA! - Lincoln Center 5%
Mikayla Petrilla - THE VIOLET HOURS, A PLANNED PARENTHOOD BENEFIT CONCERT - Chelsea Table + Stage 4%
Thomas March - POETRY/CABARET - The Green Room 42 4%
Rye Myers - LIVE WITH RYE & FRIENDS ON BROADWAY - Bar 9, The Triad, Broadway Makers Marketplace 4%
Natasha Castillo - SPOTLIGHT ON YOU OPEN MIC - 53 Above Broadway 4%
Andrea Palesh - GUILTY PLEASURES CABARET - The Duplex, Branded Saloon, Pasta Eater, Kraine Theater 3%
Mathieu Whitman - ACTOR THERAPY 54 BELOW - 54 Below 3%
Justin Elizabeth Sayre - ASSORTED FRUIT, NIGHT OF 1000 JUDYS - Joe's Pub 3%
Jesshe - GUILTY PLEASURES CABARET - The Duplex, Branded Saloon, Pasta Eater, Kraine Theater 2%
Ansi Rodriguez - CABARET ON THE COUCH LIVE! - The Triad 2%
Bobby Allan - MASKS & MUSICALS - Bar Nine 1%
Emily Jeanne Phillips - CABARET ON THE COUCH LIVE! - The Green Room 42 1%
Jacki Thrapp - MIRACLE ON 9TH AVENUE - Bar Nine 1%

Best Jazz Show, Instrumental
Emmet Cohen - EMMET COHEN - Birdland, Birdland Theater 36%
Julia Groetsky - GUILTY PLEASURES CABARET - The Duplex, Branded Saloon, Pasta Eater, Kraine Theater 35%
Marissa Licata - STRINGS ON FIRE - Birdland Theater 29%

Best Jazz Show, Vocal
Billy Stritch - BIG BIRDLAND BIRTHDAY BASH - Birdland Theater 50%
Gabrielle Stravelli - THE Gabrielle Stravelli TRIO - Birdland 23%
Nicole Zuraitis - NICOLE ZURAITIS - Birdland 8%
Annie Ester - GUILTY PLEASURES CABARET - The Duplex, Branded Saloon, Pasta Eater, Kraine Theater 8%
Sheila Jordan - BIRTHDAY SHOW - Birdland Theater 6%
Allyson horn - GUILTY PLEASURES CABARET - The Duplex, Branded Saloon, Pasta Eater, Kraine Theater 4%

Best Musical Comedy Cabaret/Revue
Jim Caruso, Billy Stritch & Klea Blackhurst - A SWINGING BIRDLAND CHRISTMAS - Birdland 42%
The Kinsey Sicks - DRAGAPELLA! - Birdland 15%
Robbie Rozelle - THE NEXT ONE - Birdland 13%
Ann Morrison - MERRILY FROM CENTER STAGE - 54 Below 11%
Roderick Ferguson - MAN OVERBOARD - Don't Tell Mama 8%
Andrea Bell Wolff - ADVENTURES IN VEGAS - Don't Tell Mama 8%
Jackie Theoharis - QUARTER-LIFE CRISIS - Don't Tell Mama 3%

Best Musical Director
Billy Stritch - A SWINGING BIRDLAND CHRISTMAS, CAST PARTY, SWING LESSONS - Birdland 16%
Alex Rybeck - THE SHADOW OF HER SMILE - 54 Below 9%
Tracy Stark - NIGHT OF A THOUSAND JUDYS, THE VOICES IN MY HEAD, RETIRE? WHOSE GOT TIME?, JEWISH CAROLING, LATE BLOOMER, RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN 2021+, MY MAYBE WORLD, SIMPLY MARGOH!, Sidney Myer, Brenda Braxton - Joe's Pub, Don't Tell Mama, Laurie Beechman, Pangea 5%
Brandon James Gwinn - Mark Mackillop'S DUETS, ...& FRIENDS SING THE MOVIES, THREE MEN AND A BABY GRAND - Chelsea Table + Stage, Birdland, Laurie Beechman Theatre 4%
Yasuhiko Fukuoka - THE NEXT ONE - Birdland 4%
Steven Ray Watkins - ENGLAND & AMERICA: A TRANSATLANTIC LOVE STORY, ANYBODY HAVE A MAP?, I LOVE NEW YORK SONGWRITERS , IF Joe Allen'S WALLS COULD SING AND OTHER HIDDEN GEMS - Don't Tell Mama 4%
Darnell White - A NIGHT FOR Luther Vandross, COME HELL AND HIGH WATER, THE FUNCTION: A JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION - 54 Below 3%
Jaime Lozano - ¡VIVA LA VIDA! FRIDA, SONGS BY AN IMMIGRANT, HERMANOS Y FAMILIA - Joe's Pub, Lincoln Center, 54 Below 3%
Drew Wutke - POETRY/CABARET, THEY CALL ME CUBAN PETE - The Green Room 42 3%
Bobby Peaco - ME AND BOBBY P - Don't Tell Mama 3%
Ashley Grace Ryan - FACE THE MUSIC - The Duplex 3%
Matt Baker - CITY SOUNDS - Birdland Theater 3%
Elliot Roth - MAMA'S BOYS HEART THE 80S - Don't Tell Mama 3%
John Cook - THE FUNNY GIRL IN ME, YOU'RE NOTHING WITHOUT ME - Laurie Beechman Theatre 2%
Christopher Denny - SAY YES!, 30... AND COUNTING, CHRISTMAS! CHRISTMAS! CHRISTMAS! - Laurie Beechman Theatre 2%
John Bronston - CREATING IN COLOR SERIES - Stonewall / The Triad 2%
Jon Weber - I KNOW THINGS NOW : MY LIFE IN SONDHEIM'S WORDS - 54 Below, Laurie Beechman 2%
Tommy Faragher - MOSTLY SOUL - 54 Below 2%
Matthew Berzon - THE OLDENBURG SUITE: IN CONCERT - 54 Below 2%
Christian Cantrell - ALONE, MUSICAL IN CONCERT - 54 Below 2%
Lena Gabrielle - NOW MORE THAN EVER: THE MUSIC OF Billy Recce - 54 Below 2%
Yuri Shibata - YURI & ERICA LAUGH AGAIN! - Don't Tell Mama 2%
Gregory Toroian - YESTERDAY...ONCE MORE - Pangea 2%
Dan Pardo - BROADWAY SIGNS! DEBUTS Russell Harvard'S FROM THE GROUND UP - 54 Below 2%
Darryl Curry - VANGARI FUNNY YOU SHOULD ASK - Don't Tell Mama 2%

Best Open-Mic, Variety or Recurring Show
Jim Caruso - Jim Caruso'S CAST PARTY - Birdland 29%
Susie Mosher - THE LINEUP WITH Susie Mosher - Birdland Theater 23%
Ben Cameron - BROADWAY SESSIONS - The Laurie Beechman Theatre/The Green Room 42 9%
Ricky Ritzel - Ricky Ritzel'S BROADWAY - Don't Tell Mama 7%
Sue Matsuki & Gregory Toroian - JAZZ BRUNCH OPEN MIC - Pangea 5%
Rye Myers - LIVE WITH RYE & FRIENDS ON BROADWAY - Bar 9, The Triad, Broadway Makers Marketplace 5%
Mark Janas & Tanya Moberly - SALON - Don't Tell Mama 4%
Heather Wood - TO PROUDLY GO - Barracuda 4%
Andy Crosten Theatricals - BOUND FOR BROADWAY - The Triad 3%
Creating In Color Series - CREATING IN COLOR SERIES - Stonewall / Triad 3%
Bobby Allan, Jacki Thrapp and Miles Mandwelle - MASKS & MUSICALS - Bar Nine 2%
Deborah Grace Winer - SONGBOOK SUNDAYS - Dizzy's Club 2%
Natasha Castillo - SPOTLIGHT ON YOU OPEN MIC - 53 Above Broadway 2%
Ian McQueen, Tori Vitucci, Hannah Hall, Elizabeth Fahsbender, Raynner Garcia - CABARET ON THE COUCH LIVE! - The Green Room 42/The Triad Theater 1%
Bill Coyne - MUSEMATCH - The Green Room 42 1%

Best Original Song
Three Men And A Baby Grand by Brandon James Gwinn / Dylan Hartwell - THREE MEN AND A BABY GRAND - Laurie Beechman Theatre 13%
You Should Have Been Kind by Tracy Stark/Bob Levy - YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN KIND - Laurie Beechman, Don't Tell Mama 12%
Wings by Jaime Lozano - SONGS BY AN IMMIGRANT, ¡VIVA LA VIDA! - Lincoln Center 8%
Let There Be Peace by Tracy Stark/Bob Levy - LET THERE BE PEACE - Laurie Beechman, Don't Tell Mama, Pangea 8%
Together Inside by Becca Kidwell - TOGETHER INSIDE - Don't Tell Mama 7%
Gemini by Jacob Khalil - Jacob Khalil AND FRIENDS - Birdland 6%
The Sirens - GUILTY PLEASURES CABARET - The Duplex, Branded Saloon, Pasta Eater, Kraine Theater 6%
A Certain Age by Darryl Curry and ARIANA JOHNS - VANGARI FUNNY YOU SHOULD ASK - Don't Tell Mama 5%
Come Out by Billy Recce - NOW MORE THAN EVER: THE SONGS OF Billy Recce - 54 Below 5%
My Own Fairy Tale by Wes Bourland - Robbie Rozelle: THE NEXT ONE - Birdland 5%
Quarantine Blues by MargOH! Channing / Tracy Stark - SIMPLY MARGOH! - Pangea 5%
Years and Years by Dean Tyler K - ALONE, MUSICAL IN CONCERT - 54 Below 4%
Fly by James Feinberg and Matthew Dylan Rose - THE OLDENBURG SUITE: IN CONCERT - 54 Below 4%
Now More Than Ever by Billy Recce - NOW MORE THAN EVER: THE MUSIC OF Billy Recce - 54 Below 3%
It's Time For Love by Ronny Whyte & Bob Levy - Ronny Whyte TRIO AT BIRDLAND - Birdland Theater 3%
Light Sketching Lines by Dean Tyler K - ALONE, MUSICAL IN CONCERT - 54 Below 3%
Pretty Girls by Randy Edelman - PRETTY GIRL TOUR - City Winery, The Monster, Chelsea Table + Stage 2%
Reality by Dean Tyler K - ALONE, MUSICAL IN CONCERT - 54 Below 2%

Best Piano Bar Entertainer, Musician
Brandom James Gwinn - PIANO BAR - Marie's Crisis 12%
William TN Hall - PIANO BAR - Don't Tell Mama, Brandy's, Mimi's 10%
Jacob Khalil - PIANO BAR - Mimi's 9%
Eliot Roth - PIANO BAR - Brandy's 9%
Gerry Dieffenbach - PIANO BAR - Don't Tell Mama, Duplex 8%
Nate Buccieri - PIANO BAR - Don't Tell Mama, Brandy's, Duplex 8%
Patrick DeGennaro - PIANO BAR - The Duplex 8%
Joe Regan - PIANO BAR - Don't Tell Mama 7%
Micheal James Roy - PIANO BAR - Marie's Crisis 7%
James Merillat - PIANO BAR - Marie's Crisis 5%
Dan Daly - PIANO BAR - Monster 5%
John Bronston - PIANO BAR - Brandy's / Stonewall 5%
Miles Mandwelle - PIANO BAR - Bar Nine, Marie's Crisis. 4%
JD Smurthwaite - PIANO BAR - Bar Nine, Marie's Crisis, Uncle Charlie's,The Duplex. 2%

Best Piano Bar Entertainer, Vocalist
Jennifer Pace - PIANO BAR - Marie's Crisis 16%
Tara Martinez - PIANO BAR - Don't Tell Mama 13%
Maddie McClouskey - PIANO BAR - Marie's Crisis 11%
Michael McAssey - OPEN MAC - Pangea 9%
Bobby Belfry - PIANO BAR - Brandy's 8%
Patrick DeGennaro - PIANO BAR - The Duplex 7%
Therin Morrisey - PIANO BAR - Bar Nine 6%
Tim Young - THE CURFEW SHOW - Club Cumming 6%
Jonathan Hoover - PIANO BAR - Don't Tell Mama 5%
Andre Jordan - PIANO BAR - Don't Tell Mama 4%
Brian Kalinowski - PIANO BAR - Don't Tell Mama 4%
Jon Satrom - PIANO BAR - Don't Tell Mama, Brandy's 3%
Joseph Redd - PIANO BAR - Don't Tell Mama 3%
Jacki Thrapp - PIANO BAR - Bar Nine 3%
Bobby Allan - PIANO BAR - Bar Nine 2%

Best Record Producer
Wayne Haun - THE SUNDAY SET, BILLY'S PLACE, HAND IN HAND, AFTER THE BALL, CHRISTMAS AT BIRDLAND DELUXE EDITION - Club44 Records 31%
Brandon James Gwinn - PLACE & TIME: SONGS BY EllaRose Chary & Brandon James Gwinn - 4th Dimension Records 27%
Bart Migal - I KNOW THINGS NOW : MY LIFE IN SONDHEIM'S WORDS - PS Classics 25%
Jacki Thrapp & Cameron Smithson - MIRACLE ON 9TH AVENUE - Bar Nine 17%

Best Recording, Commercial
Julie Benko & Jason Yeager - HAND IN HAND - Club44 Records 22%
Jeff Harnar - I KNOW THINGS NOW : MY LIFE IN SONDHEIM'S WORDS - PS Classics 19%
Jim Caruso & Billy Stritch - THE SUNDAY SET - Club44 Records 19%
Christine Ebersole - AFTER THE BALL - Club44 Records 16%
Analise Scarpaci - PATHETIC LITTLE DREAMER - Broadway Records 7%
Daniel Glass Trio - BAM! - Club 44 Records 6%
Elizabeth Ward Land - STILL WITHIN THE SOUND OF MY VOCE - LML Music 6%
Carol Sloane - LIVE AT BIRDLAND - Club44 Records 5%

Best Recording, Independent
Debbie Wileman - I'M STILL HERE - The Stander Group 20%
Celia Berk - NOW THAT I HAVE EVERYTHING - Gramercy Nightingale Music Company 20%
Brandon James Gwinn & EllaRose Chary - PLACE & TIME: SONGS BY EllaRose Chary & Brandon James Gwinn - 4th Dimension Records 16%
Ann Kittredge - REIMAGINE - Jazzheads, Inc. 12%
Nori Hung & Erica Molfetto - YURI & ERICA LAUGH AGAIN! - Don't Tell Mama 8%
Jacki Thrapp, Bobby Allan and Raecine Coles - MIRACLE ON 9TH AVENUE - Bar Nine 8%
D.C. Anderson - HOUSE CONCERT - Dave Camson Music 5%
Bob Levy - WHILE I'M STILL HERE - Robert M. Levy 4%
April Gabrielli - I WOKE UP ALIVE - Soho Records 3%
Bob Levy - ROMANTIC COOL JAZZ GETAWAY - Robert M. Levy 2%

Best Show
Robert Bannon - REWIND - The Green Room 42, 54 Below 13%
Jeff Harnar - I KNOW THINGS NOW : MY LIFE IN SONDHEIM'S WORDS - 54 Below, Laurie Beechman Theatre 13%
Christina Bianco - A LOT TO UNPACK - Birdland Theater 8%
Jaime Lozano - Jaime Lozano'S SONGS BY AN IMMIGRANT - Lincoln Center, 54 Below 6%
Sidney Myer - Sidney Myer LIVE! - Pangea 5%
Celia Berk - ON MY WAY TO YOU: IMPROBABLE STORIES THAT INSPIRED AN UNLIKELY PATH - Laurie Beechman Theatre 5%
Zoë Van Tieghem - CITY SOUNDS - Birdland, The Duplex 5%
Meg Flather - RODGERS + HAMMERSTEIN 2021+ - Don't Tell Mama 4%
Mikayla Petrilla - THE VIOLET HOURS, A PLANNED PARENTHOOD BENEFIT CONCERT - Chelsea Table + Stage, Rockwood Music Hall 4%
Sean Harkness - Sean Harkness AND THE UNUSUAL SUSPECTS - Birdland 4%
Tina Scariano - FEELS LIKE HOME - 54 Below, The Green Room 42 4%
Lennie Watts - ESCAPE - Don't Tell Mama 4%
Gerrilyn Sohn - IF Joe Allen'S WALLS COULD SING AND OTHER HIDDEN GEMS - Don't Tell Mama 4%
Leslee Warren - ME, MYSELF, & EYE - Pangea 3%
Becca Kidwell - TOGETHER INSIDE - Don't Tell Mama 3%
Claudine Cassan-Jellison - HEY FRENCHY! STORIES AND SONGS FROM THE PANTRY - Don't Tell Mama 3%
Mark Nadler - HART'S DESIRE - Laurie Beechman Theatre 2%
Kim David Smith - MOSTLY MARLENE - Joe's Pubb, Club Cumming, Neue Galerie 2%
Tanya Moberly - I LOVE NY SONGWRITERS - Don't Tell Mama 2%
Gay Marshall - BACK ON BOOGIE STREET - Pangea 2%
Jacki Thrapp, Bobby Allan and Raecine Coles - MIRACLE ON 9TH AVENUE - Bar Nine 2%
Deborah Stone - CHIAROSCURO - Pangea 1%
Rian Keating - TIMESTAMPS - Don't Tell Mama 1%
Zachary Clause - ON A BEACH - Pangea 1%

Best Show Musician, Non-Musical Director
Sean Harkness - Guitarist - Birdland Theatre 17%
Daniel Glass - Drummer - Birdland 16%
Steve Doyle - Bassist - Birdland 14%
Matt Scharfglass - Bassist - Don't Tell Mama 13%
Wes Borland - Bassist - Birdland 8%
John Miller - Bassist - Birdland Theater 7%
Justin Kemp - Drummer - 54 Below 7%
Ray Marchica - Drummer - 2022 5%
Skip Ward - Bassist - Pangea 5%
Dan Berkery - Drummer - Chelsea Table + Stage 4%
David Silliman - Percussionist - Pangea 3%

Best Show, Celebrity
Liz Callaway - TO STEVE WITH LOVE: Liz Callaway CELEBRATES SONDHEIM - 54 Below 17%
Marilyn Maye - 94, OF COURSE THERE'S MORE - 54 Below 16%
Norm Lewis - HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS - 54 Below 9%
Ann Hampton Callaway - FEVER! THE Peggy Lee CENTURY - 54 Below 9%
Joanna Gleason - OUT OF THE ECLIPSE - 54 Below 7%
Donna McKechnie - TAKE ME TO THE WORLD - THE SONGS OF Stephen Sondheim - 54 Below 6%
Karen Mason - CHRISTMAS! CHRISTMAS! CHRISTMAS! - Birdland 6%
Mauricio Martinez - BACK ON 54TH STREET - 54 Below 6%
Melissa Errico - OUT OF THE DARK - THE FILM NOIR PROJECT - 54 Below 5%
John Lloyd Young - MOSTLY SOUL - 54 Below 4%
Debbie Gravitte - Debbie Gravitte PLUS ONE - Birdland 3%
Rachel Bay Jones - Rachel Bay Jones - 54 Below 3%
Julia Murney - SOOTHE MY SOUL - 54 Below 3%
Carmen Cusack - BARING IT ALL - 54 Below 3%
Randy Edelman - PRETTY GIRL TOUR - City Winery, The Monster, Chelsea Table + Stage 2%

Best Special Event, Multiple
Seth Sikes - Seth Sikes AND FRIENDS: Judy Garland'S 100TH BIRTHDAY - 54 Below 23%
Urban Stages: Producer - THE FUTURE OF CABARET AND THEATER PART 2 - Urban Stages 13%
Justin Elizabeth Sayre - NIGHT OF 1000 JUDYS - Joe's Pub 12%
Charles Kirsch - BACKSTAGE BABBLE LIVE! - 54 Below 11%
Jaime Lozano - ¡VIVA LA VIDA! FRIDA, THE MUSICAL IN CONCERT - Lincoln Center 10%
Robert W. Schneider - 50 KEY STAGE MUSICALS - 54 Below 9%
Marie Incontrera, Megan A Zebrowski, Dianne Gebauer - A VERY QUEER HOLIDAY 'CHRISMUKKAH IN JULY' - 54 Below 8%
Sandy Kost-Sterner - SPOTLIGHT KIDZ CABARET - Laurie Beechman Theatre 7%
Bella Faye - CATCHING FIRELIFES: A NEW QUEER MUSICAL - 54 Below 7%

Best Special Event, Solo
Debbie Wileman - HAPPY 100TH BIRTHDAY, Judy Garland! - Carnegie Hall 35%
Linda Purl - SONGS FOR JUMPING BACK INTO LIFE - Birdland Theater 27%
Ari Axelrod - ARI'S ARIAS - Birdland Theater 23%
Corinna Sowers Adler - SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL - Laurie Beechman Theatre 10%
Sasha Dobson - ALBUM RELEASE - Birdland Theater 4%

Best Spoken Word Cabaret Show (May feature up to four songs but no more)
Jason Kravits - OFF THE TOP - Birdland, Birdland Theater 36%
Will Nolan - LEOLA'S LADYLAND LOUNGE - The Green Room 42 26%
David Dean Bottrell - David Dean Bottrell MAKES LOVE: A ONE-MAN SHOW - The Triad 22%
POETRY/CABARET - The Green Room 42 15%

Best Tribute Show
Josephine Sanges - THE FUNNY GIRL IN ME - Laurie Beechman Theatre 20%
Deborah Zecher - JEWISH CAROLING: THE MUSIC OF Carole King, Carole Bayer Sager & Carolyn Leigh - Don't Tell Mama 17%
Kimberly Faye Greenberg - FABULOUS FANNY: THE SONGS & STORIES OF Fanny Brice - The Green Room 42 12%
Cindy Firing - YOU AND I: Barbara Cook - Laurie Beechman Theatre 11%
Kati Neiheisel - YESTERDAY...ONCE MORE, CELEBRATING THE MUSICAL LEGACY OF THE CARPENTERS - Pangea 11%
Lisa Dennett - I'LL HAVE TO SAY I LOVE YOU IN A SONG - Don't Tell Mama 11%
Susan Neuffer - AN ELPEE'S WORTH OF TODD: A TRIBUTE TO Todd Rundgren - Don't Tell Mama 7%
Frank McDonough - LEGENDS OF LAS VEGAS - Don't Tell Mama 6%
Dorian Woodruff - STUDIO MUSICIAN: THE MUSIC OF MANILOW - Pangea 6%

Best Vocalist
Robert Bannon - REWIND - The Green Room 42 10%
Nicolas King - Nicolas King AT GREEN ROOM 42, Seth Sikes Judy Garland 100TH, THE LINEUP, CAST PARTY, SONGBOOK SUNDAYS - The Green Room 42, Birdland, 54 Below 8%
Karen Mason - CHRISTMAS! CHRISTMAS! CHRISTMAS!, 30... AND COUNTING - Birdland 7%
Jeff Harnar - I KNOW THINGS NOW : MY LIFE IN SONDHEIM'S WORDS - 54 Below, Laurie Beechman 6%
Klea Blackhurst - A SWINGING BIRDLAND CHRISTMAS - Birdland 5%
Alexandra Silber - I WISH: THE ROLES THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN, SO IN LOVE - 54 Below, The Green Room 42 5%
Tim Connell - LUCKY ME!, DREAMIN' AGAIN... - Pangea 5%
Celia Berk - ON MY WAY TO YOU: IMPROBABLE STORIES THAT INSPIRED AN UNLIKELY PATH - Laurie Beechman Theatre 5%
Tara Martinez - PIANO BAR - Don't Tell Mama, Green Room 42, Birdland 4%
Marissa Rosen - Jessica Vosk AT Carnegie Hall, Kristin Chenoweth AT THE MET, THE ROCKY HORROR SKIVVIES SHOW, OR & MORE - Carnegie Hall, The Metropolitan Opera, Joe's Pub, 54 Below 4%
Marieann Meringolo - SHADES OF LOVE, IN THE SPIRIT - 54 Below 4%
Mauricio Martinez - HERMANOS Y FAMILIA, BACK ON 54TH STREET, SONGS BY AN IMMIGRANT, FRIDA - Lincoln Center 4%
Elena Bennett - Elena Bennett & Fred Barton: SWING OUT UNDER THE MOON! - Pangea 4%
Ann Kittredge - REIMAGINE, MOVIE NITE - Laurie Beechman Theatre 3%
Nellie McKay - Nellie McKay - Blue Note, Birdland, 54 Below 3%
Karen Akers - Karen Akers AT BIRDLAND - Birdland 3%
Tanya Moberly - I LOVE NEW YORK SONGWRITERS, MOBERLY AT MAMAS MONTHLY - Don't Tell Mama 2%
Nicole Zuraitis - NICOLE ZURAITIS, BIRDLAND BIG BAND - Birdland Theater 2%
Joey Arias - Joey Arias - Joe's Pub 2%
Kati Neiheisel - YESTERDAY...ONCE MORE, CELEBRATING THE MUSICAL LEGACY OF THE CARPENTERS - Pangea 2%
Jennifer Diamond - LET ME BE ME - The Green Room 42 2%
Dylan Hartwell - THREE MEN AND A BABY GRAND - Laurie Beechman Theatre 2%
Florencia Cuenca - SONGS BY AN IMMIGRANT, ¡VIVA LA VIDA! - Lincoln Center 1%
Greg Sullivan - THREE MEN AND A BABY GRAND - Laurie Beechman Theatre 1%
Corinna Sowers Adler - SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL - Laurie Beechman Theatre 1%







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