2013 MAC Award Nominees Announced - Callaway, Rimalower & More
By: Robert Diamond Feb. 23, 2013
The Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs will present the 27th Annual MAC Awards on Thursday, March 21st, at B.B King Blues Club & Grill in New York City.
The theme of this year's show is Where Broadway Meets Cabaret. MAC is celebrating the strong ties between the Cabaret and Theater communities in New York.
Special honorees of the evening will include Penny Fuller and Tom Wopat, who will each receive Lifetime Achievement Awards from MAC and perform live at the show, and 54 BELOW, New York's newest hit nightclub, which will receive MAC's Board of Directors Award. In addition, a special Board of Directors Award will be presented in loving memory of long-time MAC Board member Ruth Kurtzman.
The show will be hosted by KT Sullivan. Musical Director is Tracy Stark, who will lead the MAC Awards Band. Lennie Watts is the Director, and Julie Miller is the Producer. Stage Manager is Amy Wolk. The MAC Awards show is open to the public. For tickets, visit www.MACnyc.com
THE NOMINEES FOR THE 27TH ANNUAL MAC AWARDS ARE:
FEMALE VOCALIST
- MARIEANN MERINGOLO, You Must Believe in Spring! - The Music of Michel Legrand
Feinstein's - TANYA MOBERLY, Tanya Lorraine Moberly Sings Barbra Joan Streisand with Steven Ray Watkins
Don't Tell Mama - Marissa Mulder, Illusions
Metropolitan Room, Triad - Stacy Sullivan, It's a Good Day - A Tribute to Miss Peggy Lee
Iridium, Don't Tell Mama, Metropolitan Room
MALE VOCALIST
- Frank Dain, The Magic of Mathis
Metropolitan Room, Don't Tell Mama - Bob Diamond, This Funny World
Don't Tell Mama - RICHARD HOLBROOK, Richard Holbrook Sings Burton Lane; Christmas in New York
Metropolitan Room; Don't Tell Mama - T. Oliver Reid, Drop Me Off in Harlem
Feinstein's
MAJOR ARTIST
- Raissa Katona Bennett, Another Kind of Light
Feinstein's - Baby Jane Dexter, Rules of the Road
Metropolitan Room - Terese Genecco, Terese Genecco & Her Little Big Band
Iridium - ERIC Michael GillETT, I Won't Sing a Sondheim Song...or Will I?
Laurie Beechman - Lennie Watts, Bloody Bloody Lennie Watts
Metropolitan Room, Duplex
NEW YORK DEBUT - FEMALE
- FRAN LEONARDIS, It Will Never Be That Way Again
Metropolitan Room - Alison Nusbaum, Ladies! A Raucous Homage to Mel Brooks' Broads
Don't Tell Mama - Stacie Perlman, The Story Underneath
Metropolitan Room
NEW YORK DEBUT - MALE
- Harry Althaus, The Strip Show
Don't Tell Mama, Duplex - TOM DiMENNA, Who Loves You, Baby?
The Huron Club - Tym Moss, Girl, A Lopsided Tree Won't Ruin Christmas
Players' Theatre - Ben Rimalower, Patti Issues
Duplex
CELEBRITY ARTIST
- Ann Hampton Callaway, The Streisand Songbook
54 Below, Boston Pops, Seneca Hotel (Niagara Falls) - Marilyn Maye, The Happiest Sound in Town
Feinstein's - Sharon McNight, Men of Note; Twisted Xmas
Metropolitan Room, Rrazz Room; Don't Tell Mama - Mark Nadler, I'm a Stranger Here Myself
54 Below, Adelaide Cabaret Festival
MUSICAL COMEDY PERFORMER
- Stearns Matthews, That's How Young I Feel; The Importance of Being STEARNSest
Don't Tell Mama - Colleen McHugh, Calendar Girl
Duplex - Adam Shapiro, Guide to the Perfect Breakup; Adam Shapiro Twists the Classics
Duplex; North Hill Auditorium (Needham, MA) - JIM SPEAKE, Jim Speake Sings 'til the Cows Come Home
Don't Tell Mama
DUO/GROUP
- Lorinda Lisitza & TED STAFFORD, The Ted & Lo Show
Metropolitan Room, Path Café, Don't Tell Mama - Sue Matsuki & EDD CLARK, It's Us Again! The Music of Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gormé; Sue & Edd's Fabulous Christmas Show
Don't Tell Mama, Le Chateau (South Salem); Don't Tell Mama, Community Church of Wurtsboro - Mary Liz McNamara & Ritt Henn, Take That! Tunes by McNamara & Henn
Duplex, NY Society for Ethical Culture
MAJOR DUO/GROUP
- Eric Comstock & Barbara Fasano, Three for the Road; I Hear Music: A Burton Lane Centennial Songbook; Summer in the City; The Night Has a Thousand Eyes;and others
Triad, Café Sabarsky, Kitano, 54 Below, Metropolitan Room - Shaynee Rainbolt & DONN TRENNER, Two for the Road
Metropolitan Room, Union City Performing Arts Center - KT Sullivan & Karen Kohler, Vienna to Weimar
Triad
REVUE
- BOYS NIGHT OUT:-THE MUSIC OF THE RAT PACK, Written by Danny Bolero, directed by Joseph Macchia
Metropolitan Room - SMILE ON MY FACE: THE SONGS OF RICHARD EISENBERG, Produced and written by Richard Eisenberg, dialogue and direction by Peter Napolitano, musical direction by Barry Levitt
Laurie Beechman, Etcetera Etcetera, Urban Stages - TONIGHT, NEW YORK CITY...THE Rick Jensen SONGBOOK, Written, musical directed, and hosted by Rick Jensen, directed by Lina Koutrakos
Metropolitan Room
SPECIAL PRODUCTION / VARIETY PRODUCTION/RECURRING SERIES
- DUOS, Produced and hosted by Sean Harkness
Metropolitan Room - METROSTAR TALENT CHALLENGE, Produced by the Metropolitan Room and Beck Lee, hosted by Tom Gamblin
Metropolitan Room - MUSIC AT THE MANSION, Produced by Nicholas Adler and Corinna Sowers-Adler, hosted by Corinna Sowers-Adler
Oakeside Bloomfield Cultural Center - NY SHEET MUSIC SOCIETY PROGRAMS, Produced and hosted by Linda Amiel Burns
Local 802 Musicians Hall
OPEN MIC
- MOSTLY SONDHEIM, Hosted by Brian Nash, Emily McNamara, Ben Cameron
Duplex - SALON, Founder/Artistic Director/Host: Mark Janas; Executive Producer: Tanya Moberly
Etcetera Etcetera - SINGERS FORUM OPEN MIC NIGHT, Produced by the Singers Forum, hosted by John Koprowski
Singers Forum
HOST - VARIETY SHOW/SERIES OR OPEN MIC
- Tom Gamblin, MetroStar Talent Challenge
Metropolitan Room - Mark Janas, Salon
Etcetera Etcetera - Dana Lorge, Wednesday Night at the Iguana
Iguana
BENEFIT SERIES
- CABARET CARES, Produced by Joseph Macchia; to benefit Help Is On The Way Today
Laurie Beechman - THE CONCERTS FOR CITY GREENS, Executive Producer Raissa Katona Bennet;, Associate Producer Dr. Garrett Bennett; to benefit Tudor City Greens
Tudor City Greens - WINTER RHYTHMS 2012 Peter Napolitano, Producer; Frances Hill, Artistic Director; to benefit Urban Stages Outreach Program
Urban Stages
PIANO BAR/RESTAURANT SINGING ENTERTAINER
- Tommy J. Dose
Don't Tell Mama - MARIA GENTILE
Duplex - Michael Kirk Lane
Don't Tell Mama
PIANO BAR/RESTAURANT INSTRUMENTALIST
- Nate Buccieri
Don't Tell Mama, Brandy's, Duplex - William TN Hall
Don't Tell Mama, Duplex, Uncle Charlie's - Brian Nash
Duplex - Bill Zeffiro
La Mediterranée
MUSICAL DIRECTOR
- Barry Levitt
Robert Cuccioli (Birdland), Charlotte Patton (Duplex), Lauren Robert (Iridium), Adam Shapiro (Duplex), Anthony Santelmo Jr. (Don't Tell Mama), Smile on My Face (Laurie Beechman, Etcetera Etcetera, Urban Stages), Tonya Pinkins (54 Below), Broadway Swings: Terese Genecco, Natalie Douglas, Scott Coulter (54 Below) - Tracy Stark
Boys Night Out (Metropolitan Room), Tanya Holt (Metropolitan Room), Barb Jungr (Metropolitan Room), 2012 MAC Awards (BB King's), Marcus Simeone (Metropolitan Room), Cabaret Cares (Laurie Beechman) - Steven Ray Watkins
Lennie Watts (Metropolitan Room, Duplex), Amy Wolk (Duplex), Jim Speake (Don't Tell Mama)
DIRECTOR
- ERIC Michael GillETT
Sheera Ben-David (Feinstein's), Showstoppers! benefit series (Laurie Beechman), Marieann Meringolo (Feinstein's), Raissa Katona Bennett (Feinstein's) - Lina Koutrakos
Rick Jensen's Tonight New York City (Metropolitan Room), Mardi Grant (Duplex), Devin Bing (Metropolitan Room) - LISA MOSS
2012 Duplex Gala (Duplex), From Book to Broadway (Duplex), Social Intercourse (Duplex) - Peter Napolitano
Hopelessly in Love: The Lyrics of Tom Toce (Metropolitan Room, Urban Stages), Smile on my Face: The Songs of Richard Eisenberg (Laurie Beechman, Etcetera Etcetera, Urban Stages, Adam Shapiro: Guide to the Perfect Breakup (Duplex), Fran Leonardis (Metropolitan Room) - Gretchen Reinhagen
Bob Diamond (Don't Tell Mama), Marcia Roney (Metropolitan Room, Don't Tell Mama), Donna Hayes (Laurie Beechman, Don't Tell Mama), Irenka Jakubiak (Don't Tell Mama)
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
- Jason Ellis
Jeff Macauley, Marc McBarron Kessler & J. Michael Reeds, Stacy Sullivan, Alison Nusbaum (Don't Tell Mama) - Jean-Pierre Perreaux
Marilyn Maye, Amanda McBroom, Yvonne Constant, Annie Ross (Metropolitan Room) - TED STAFFORD
Lorinda Lisitza: Triumphant Baby, Loni Ackerman, Lauren Fox, Pamela Luss (Metropolitan Room)
SONG
- ALL I SAW WAS YOU
Music by Ben Wexler, lyrics by Mark Sonnenblick - DO YOU THINK OF ME?
Music and lyrics by Ryan Langer - IT'S ABOUT TIME
Music and lyrics by Shelly Markham & Paul Rolnick - MOVIN' ON
Music and lyrics by Andrew Sotomayor - TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN
Music by Steve Marzullo, lyrics by Amanda Yesnowitz
SPECIAL MUSICAL MATERIAL
- BYE-BYE, ALOHA, YO!
Music by Jeff Lazarus, lyrics by Tom Toce - DON'T ASK ME TO BLEND
Music by Peter Mills, lyrics by Amanda Yesnowitz - 84 YEARS OLD
Music and lyrics by Drew Fornarola - MY KIND OF GUY
Music and lyrics by Bill Zeffiro - SUBWAY CRUSH
Music and lyrics by Patrick Dwyer
RECORDING (LaMott Friedman Award)
- Terese Genecco
Live from the Iridium - Colleen McHugh
Prêt-à-Porter: Cole Porter's French Connections - T. Oliver Reid
Do I Love You - JANE SCHECKTER
Easy to Remember - Stacy Sullivan
It's a Good Day - A Tribute to Miss Peggy Lee
SHOW OF THE YEAR
- Ann Hampton Callaway - The Streisand Songbook, Directed by Dan Foster
54 Below, Boston Pops, Seneca Hotel (Niagara Falls) - Mark Nadler - I'm a Stranger Here Myself
54 Below, Adelaide Cabaret Festival - Ben Rimalower - Patti Issues, Written and performed by Ben Rimalower, Directed by Aaron Mark
Duplex - Stacy Sullivan - It's a Good Day - A Tribute to Miss Peggy Lee, Jon Weber, Music Director
Iridium, Don't Tell Mama, Metropolitan Room
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