The 21st Annual MAC Awards were presented at B.B. Kings Blues Club on May 1st.
Billy Stritch, Kristine Zbornik, Mary Foster Conklin, John Bucchino, and Lina Koutrakos were among this year's winners. The event, directed by Phil Geoffrey Bond, was co-sponsored by Cabaret Scenes Magazine. Adam Feldman, cabaret critic of Time Out New York, presented TONY's annual "Special Achievement MAC award" to Leslie Kritzer for her Joe's Pub Show, "Leslie Kritzer Is Patti LuPone at Les Mouches." Karen Mason, American Songbook at Lincoln Center and Seth Rudetsky (for Seth's Broadway Chatterbox) received 2007 Board of Director Awards, while Jan Wallman and Dody Goodman received Lifetime Achievement Awards.
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Rob Langeder - Male New York Debut Winner
Esther Beckman - Female New York Debut Winner
Joan Rivers and Jan Wallman - 2007 MAC Lifetime Achievement Winner
Jan Wallman
Melissa Errico and Jana Robbins
Mary Foster Conklin - Jazz Recording Winner
Laurie Krauz - Winner, Female Jazz Vocalist
John DeMarco - Winner, Male Jazz Vocalist
Jimmy James - Winner, Impersonation
Trudi Mann - Winner, Variety Production/Recurring Series
"Johnny Mercer Sings" - Revue Winner
Poppi Kramer - Stand-Up Comic, Female, Winner
Richard Skipper
Jay Rogers, Lindsey Alley and Leslie Anderson
Henry Krieger
Barbara Fasano and Eric Comstock - Vocal Duo or Group Winners
Kristine Zbornik - Winner, Musical Comedy Performer, Female
Eric Comstock
Nancy Slusser, Lindsey Alley, Julie Reyburn, Gabrielle Stravelli and Alysha Umphress
David Gurland, Brandon Cutrell, Eddie Varley and Eric Pickering
Barbara Nevins, Christine Merkle, Scott Nevins, Marissa Kamin and Ben Rimalower
Lina Koutrakos - Winner, Director
Judy Barnett - Major Jazz Vocalist Winner
Lina Koutrakos - Winner, Major Artist, Female
Billy Stritch - Winner, Major Artist, Male
Eric Comstock and Barbara Fasano - Winner, Female Vocalist
Barry Levengren and Scott Barbarinio
Lisa Asher, Julie Reyburn and Brandon Cutrell
John Bucchino - Winner for Song "A Beautiful Mistake"
Barbara Fasano - Winner, Recording, "Written in the Stars"
Sidney Myer
Seth Rudetsky - Winner, Board of Directors Award for Seth's Broadway Chatterbox
Leslie Anderson - Piano Bar/Restaurant Singing Entertainer Winner
Jerry Scott - Piano Bar/Restaurant Hotel Lounge Instrumentalist Winner
Leslie Orofino
Stephen Schwartz and John Bucchino
Tedd Firth - Musical Director, Winner
Karen Mason - 2007 MAC Board of Directors Award Winner
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