The Manhattan Association of Cabarets' 36th Annual MAC Awards, celebrating the best in New York City nightlife, are held April 12 at 7 PM at Peter Norton Symphony Space.
Several Broadway favorites are competing in the Celebrity Artist category, including The Life Tony winner Lillias White for her evening at The Green Room 42, Tony winner Andr茅 De Shields (Hadestown) for Black by Popular Demand at Feinstein's/54 Below, and Tony nominee Norm Lewis (The Gershwins' Porgy & Bess) for (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays, also at Feinstein's/54 Below. Also nominated in that category are Natalie Douglas and Billy Stritch.
Chita Rivera and Marta Sanders
As previously announced, 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award recipients are three-time Tony recipient Chita Rivera (Kiss of the Spider Woman, The Rink, The Visit, West Side Story) and cabaret veteran Marta Sanders, the Bistro and MAC Award winner who has played Lincoln Center鈥檚 Rose Hall, Carnegie Hall, Feinstein鈥檚/54 Below, and Birdland and also appeared on Broadway in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.
Board of Directors Awards will be presented to the Mabel Mercer Foundation and Lennie Watts. Jim Caruso鈥檚 Cast Party/Pajama Cast Party will receive the Show of the Year Award, while Cabaret on the Couch receives the Ruth Kurtzman Benefit Series Award, and Aaron Lee Battle will be honored with the Hanson Award.
The complete list of nominees for the 36th Annual MAC Awards follows:
Female Vocalist
Susan Mack, Music in the Air, Birdland Theater
Amy Beth Williams; Beautiful Mystery: The Songs of Leonard Cohen, A Thousand Beautiful Things,; Don鈥檛 Tell Mama
Deborah Zecher; Jewish Caroling: The Music of Carole King, Carole Bayer Sager, and Carolyn Leigh; Don鈥檛 Tell Mama
Male Vocalist
Sean Patrick Murtagh; Summer Sunday Soiree, Holiday Test Drive IX, West Bank Cafe, The Green at Lincoln Center, Martuni鈥檚 Piano Bar (SF)
Kim David Smith; Mostly Marlene, A Wery Weimar Christmas, Club Cumming (NYC), Club Cumming on the Coast (Kennebunkport, ME), Adelaide Cabaret Festival
Dorian Woodruff, Studio Musician: The Music of Manilow, Pangea
Major Artist-Female
Meg Flather, Rodgers and Hammerstein 2021, Don鈥檛 Tell Mama
Tanya Moberly, I Love New York Songwriters Part II, Don鈥檛 Tell Mama
Gabrielle Stravelli; Various different shows; Birdland, West Bank Cafe
Major Artist 鈥� Male
Peter Cincotti, Birdland
Jason Kravits, Off the Top, Birdland
Craig Pomranz; Welcome Back, We鈥檙e Back Again With a Holiday Show, Pangea
David Sabella; 25chicago25, Pandemic Relief; Feinstein鈥檚/54 Below, Pangea
New York Debut
Roderick Ferguson, Man Overboard!!!, Don鈥檛 Tell Mama
Carolyn German; Unsolicited Advice; Don鈥檛 Tell Mama, The Duplex
Bruce Sabath, Searching for Tevye, Don鈥檛 Tell Mama
Celebrity Artist
Natalie Douglas; Best of Tributes: The Women (Nina, Dolly, Roberta), Best of Tributes: The Men (Nat, Sammy, Elvis), Tributes: James Taylor, To Nina: Tribute to Nina Simone, Four Women Four Decades; Birdland Theater, Birdland Jazz Club, Feinstein鈥檚 at the Nikko (S.f.), Feinstein鈥檚 at Hotel Carmichael (Indiana), Gulfshore Playhouse (Naples, Fl)
Andr茅 De Shields, Black By Popular Demand, Feinstein鈥檚/54 Below
Norm Lewis, (There鈥檚 No Place Like) Home for the Holidays, Feinstein鈥檚/54 Below
Billy Stritch, Billy鈥檚 Place, Birdland
Lillias White, The Green Room 42
Impersonation/Characterization/Drag Artist
Flotilla Debarge; Corona and Flo, Shots & Shrieks With Nurse Fatass, Do They Flo It鈥檚 Christmas?, Pangea
Jinkx Monsoon and Bendelacreme; The Return of the Jinkx And Dela Holiday Show; Town Hall, Lincoln Theatre (Washington, D.C.)
Cissy Walken; Hammered Drag Brunch, The Invasion, The Simsinz, Completely; The Rusty Nail, Stonewall Inn, Caveat, Rockbar NYC
Musical Comedy Performer
Leanne Borghesi, Borghesi鈥檚 Back, Don鈥檛 Tell Mama
Andrea Bell Wolff, Adventures In Vegas, Don鈥檛 Tell Mama
Duo/Group
Elena Bennett and Fred Barton, Bennett and Barton: Back In the Swing of Things!, West Bank Cafe
Michael Garin and Mardie Millit, The Michael And Mardie Show, West Bank Cafe
Darnell White and David LaMarr, Fully Vaccinated, Don鈥檛 Tell Mama
Major Duo/Group
Jim Caruso and Billy Stritch, Bemelmans Bar at the Carlyle Hotel
Clearly Now (Sean Harkness, Lina Koutrakos, Marcus Simeone); Clearly Now, Season 3; Don鈥檛 Tell Mama, Pangea
Eric Comstock and Barbara Fasano, Birdland
Piano Bar Instrumentalist
Nate Buccieri; Don鈥檛 Tell Mama, Brandy鈥檚, The Duplex
Gerry Dieffenbach; Don鈥檛 Tell Mama, The Duplex, Stonewall Inn
William Tn Hall; Don鈥檛 Tell Mama, Brandy鈥檚
Michael Mcassey, Pangea
Darnell White; Brandy鈥檚, Stonewall Inn
Piano Bar/Restaurant Singing Entertainer 鈥� Female
Elaine Brier, Don鈥檛 Tell Mama
Maria Gentile; Brandy鈥檚, Stonewall Inn, The Duplex
Tara Martinez, Don鈥檛 Tell Mama
Alison Nusbaum, Don鈥檛 Tell Mama, Brandy鈥檚
Piano Bar/Restaurant Singing Entertainer 鈥� Male
Jonathan Hoover, Don鈥檛 Tell Mama
Brian Kalinowski, Don鈥檛 Tell Mama
Paul Pilcz, Don鈥檛 Tell Mama
Jon Satrom; Don鈥檛 Tell Mama, Brandy鈥檚
Restaurant/Hotel Lounge/Happy Hour Entertainer
Yaz Fukuoka, Don鈥檛 Tell Mama
Eric Yves Garcia, West Bank Cafe
Ricky Ritzel, Don鈥檛 Tell Mama
Sheree Sano, Chez Josephine
Ensemble Instrumentalist
Steve Doyle, Bass; Cast Party (Birdland), A Swinging Birdland Christmas (Birdland), Karen Oberlin and Bewitched: The Life and Lyrics of Lorenz Hart (Birdland)
Matt Scharfglass, Bass; Tanya Moberly/I Love New York Songwriters Part II (Don鈥檛 Tell Mama), Marnie Klar/A Woman鈥檚 Prerogative (Don鈥檛 Tell Mama), Debbie Zecher/Jewish Caroling (Don鈥檛 Tell Mama), Scott Coulter & Friends/From Dolly Parton to David Bowie (Feinstein鈥檚/54 Below)
Skip Ward, Bass; Sue Matsuki & Gregory Toroian: Sunday Open Mic & Jazz Brunch (Pangea), Brenda Braxton/After Hours! (Feinstein鈥檚/54 Below); Maria Corsaro/You Taught My Heart To Sing (Pangea); Kati Neiheisel/Yesterday鈥� Once More (Pangea); Sidney Myer (Pangea)
Recurring Series
The Lineup With Susie Mosher, Produced by Susie Mosher and Hope Royaltey; Music Direction by Brad Simmons, Birdland Theater
Ricky Ritzel鈥檚 Broadway, Created And Produced By Ricky Ritzel; Staged And Choreographed By Jay Rogers And Aaron Morishita, Don鈥檛 Tell Mama
Salon, Founder, Artistic Director, Host: Mark Janas; Executive Director: Tanya Moberly, Don鈥檛 Tell Mama
Revue Or Special Production
Rita Hayworth 鈥� The Heat Is On!; Starring Quinn Lemley, Written and Directed by Carter Inskeep, Produced by Paul Horton, Musical Director Tom Wilson, Costume Designer Wendall Going, Don鈥檛 Tell Mama
A Swinging Birdland Christmas, Created by and Starring Billy Stritch, Klea Blackhurst, Jim Caruso, Birdland
Rian Keating: Time Stamps 鈥� Life Fragments In Story and Song; Written and Performed by Rian Keating, Directed by Tanya Moberly, Musical Direction by Woody Regan; Don鈥檛 Tell Mama
Virtual Presentation
Cabaret Conversations; Conceived, Curated, and Hosted by Michael Kirk Lane; Produced by 92Y School Of Music; 92Y Web Site
Mardie Millit: Live From Lockdown!, Mardie Millit: Producer, Writer, Director, Videographer, and Star; Michael Garin: Pianist, Arranger, Occasional Singer; Facebook
Open Mac Live!; Hosted by and Principal Performer: Michael Mcassey, Produced by Peter Nictakis; Facebook, Youtube
Weekly Virtual Spotlight On You Open Mic, Produced and Emceed by Natasha Castillo; Facebook, Youtube
Emcee
Jim Caruso, Jim Caruso鈥檚 Cast Party, Birdland
Susie Mosher, The Lineup with Susie Mosher, Birdland Theater
Director
Barry Kleinbort; Claudine Cassan-Jellison/Hey Frenchy: Stories and Songs From the Pantry (Don鈥檛 Tell Mama), Anita Gillette and Penny Fuller/Sin Twisters (Feinstein鈥檚/54 Below), Karen Mason/Christmas! Christmas! Christmas! (Laurie Beechman), Haley Swindal/Back In Business (Feinstein鈥檚/54 Below)
Lina Koutrakos; Dorian Woodruff/Studio Musician: The Music of Manilow (Pangea), Kati Neiheisel/Yesterday鈥nce More (Pangea), Susan Mack/Music In the Air (Birdland)
Tanya Moberly, Amy Beth Williams/Beautiful Mystery 鈥� The Songs of Leonard Cohen (Don鈥檛 Tell Mama), Rian Keating/Time Stamps 鈥� Life Fragments In Story and Song (Don鈥檛 Tell Mama), Bruce Sabath/Searching For Tevye (Don鈥檛 Tell Mama), Marnie Klar/A Woman鈥檚 Prerogative (Don鈥檛 Tell Mama), Frank McDonough/Legends of Las Vegas (Don鈥檛 Tell Mama)
Musical Director
Daryl Kojak; Celia Berk/Porch Performances (Music at the Mansion), Collection of Solos and Duets From the Great American Songbook/Beloved Songs From Stage and Screen (Old Dutch Church, Kingston, Ny), Tulis Mccall/Tulis Talks and Sings (Don鈥檛 Tell Mama), Asa/Cabaret Scenes Magazine鈥檚 25th Anniversary (The Green Room 42)
Tracy Stark; Sidney Myer/Sidney Myer at Pangea (Pangea); Meg Flather/Rodgers and Hammerstein 2021 (Don鈥檛 Tell Mama), Kim David Smith/Mostly Marlene (Club Cumming), Brenda Braxton/After Hours (Feinstein鈥檚/54 Below), Alice Ripley/Alice Ripley in Concert (The Green Room 42)
Billy Stritch; Cast Party (Birdland), Marilyn Maye (Birdland), Linda Eder/Feinstein鈥檚/54 Below, Luann de Lessups (Feinstein鈥檚/54 Below)
Gregory Toroian; Sue Matsuki/This Broad鈥檚 Way (Pangea), Maria Corsaro/You Taught My Heart to Sing (Pangea), Kati Neiheisel/Yesterday鈥� Once More (Pangea), Dorian Woodruff/Studio Musician鈥擳he Music of Manilow (Pangea), Jackie Draper/Spreadin鈥� Rhythm Around (Laurie Beechman Theatre)
Technical Director
Adam Decarlo; Meg Flather/Rodgers and Hammerstein 2021, Angela Bacari/One Night Only, Claudine Cassan-Jellison/Hey Frenchy: Stories and Songs From The Pantry, Deborah Zecher/Jewish Caroling, Ricky Ritzel鈥檚 Broadway (All at Don鈥檛 Tell Mama)
KJ Hardy (Lights) and Amanda Raymond (Sound); Marilyn Maye鈥檚 93rd Birthday Celebration, Andr茅 De Shields/Black By Popular Demand; Jason Danieley/Reflections, Kelli O鈥橦ara/Diamond Series; Paulo Szot/An Enchanted Evening (All at Feinstein鈥檚/54 Below)
Rocky Noel; Leanne Borghesi/Borghesi鈥檚 Back (Don鈥檛 Tell Mama), Our Sinatra (Birdland Theater), Quinn Lemley/The Heat is On (Don鈥檛 Tell Mama), Marnie Klar/A Woman鈥檚 Prerogative (Don鈥檛 Tell Mama), Claudine Cassan-Jellison/Hey Frenchy: Stories and Songs From the Pantry (Don鈥檛 Tell Mama)
Alison Nusbaum; Rian Keating/Time Stamps, Bruce Sabath/Searching for Tevye, David LaMarr and Darnell White/Fully Vaccinated, Timothy Quinlan/All My Stupid Jobs, Andrea Bell Wolff/Showgirl (All at Don鈥檛 Tell Mama)
Kelly Wohlford; Tanya Moberly/I Love NY Songwriters Part II, Amy Beth Williams/A Thousand Beautiful Things, American Popular Song Society, Cathy Taylor/Life Hack Unabridged, Jill Senter/La Soir茅e (All at Don鈥檛 Tell Mama)
Song
"Inside," Music and Lyrics by Meg Flather
"Just Say Goodbye," Music by John Forster, Lyrics by John Forster and Harriet Goldberg
"Let the Music Play," Music and Lyrics by Paul Rolnick and David Friedman
"Warp and Weave," Music and Lyrics by John Forster
"While I鈥檓 Still Here," Music and Lyrics by Bob Levy
Comedy/Novelty Song
"Boo Hoo,", Music by John Forster, Lyrics by John Forster, Hillary Rolls, Tom Toce
"Helium," Music and Lyrics by John Forster
"I Survived You," Music and Lyrics by Bob Levy
"Those Year-End Hot Kisses," Music and Lyrics by John A. Todras
"You Can Keep the Wings," Music and Lyrics by Carolyn German
Recording (Lamott Friedman Award)
Tina Burner, Maybe This Time
Chip Deffaa / Various Artists, Chip Deffaa鈥檚 Irving Berlin: Love Songs and Such
Dawn Derow, My Ship, Songs From 1941
Bob Levy, While I鈥檓 Still Here
Marya Zimmet, On the Road to Love
Major Recording
Phil Geoffrey Bond / Various Artists, Sondheim Unplugged: The NYC Sessions Vol 1
Clearly Now (Sean Harkness, Lina Koutrakos, Marcus Simeone), Clearly Now
Gay Marshall, Back On Boogie Street 鈥� The Songs of Leonard Cohen
Karen Mason, Let The Music Play
David Sabella, Time Heals
The awards show is produced by Michael Kirk Lane and directed by Lennie Watts with musical direction by Yasuhiko Fukuoka.
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