2019 MAC AWARD NOMINEES REVEALED! The Manhattan Association of Cabarets (MAC) is pleased to announce the 2019 MAC Award nominees. The nominees, in a majority of the categories, were determined by votes cast by the active MAC membership. Special committees selected the nominees in the Ensemble Instrumentalist, Piano Bar Instrumentalist, Piano Bar Singing Entertainer (Female; Male), Recording (LaMott Friedman), Major Recording, Song and Comedy/Novelty Song categories. The Hanson Award, presented by the Board of Directors to a performer who has done excellent work over a sustained period of time and has not yet been recognized with a MAC Award nomination, will be awarded to TERESA FISCHER. As previously announced, KAREN MASON receives the Lifetime Achievement Award, JOE ICONIS receives the Board of Directors Award,MIDNIGHT AT THE NEVER GET receives Show of the Year, and BEN CAMERON and his BROADWAY SESSIONS receives the Ruth Kurtzman Benefit Award. The winners will be revealed as the envelopes are opened live at the 33rd Annual MAC Awards on Tuesday, March 26 at 7:00 pm at Sony Hall in New York City. Until that moment, only the independent accountants know who the winners are. The winners in certain categories will perform live at the show. All nominees in those categories are rehearsed in advance so they are prepared to perform in the event they are the winner. The MAC Awards ceremony is produced by JULIE MILLER and directed by LENNIE WATTS, with musical direction by BOBBY PEACO. The event is open to the public. Tickets are available at www.macnyc.com or at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/. MAC AWARD NOMINEES FEMALE VOCALIST DEB BERMAN SALLY DARLING MARNIE KLAR JOSEPHINE SANGES LISA VIGGIANO HEATHER VILLAESCUSA MALE VOCALIST DARYL GLENN JEFF MACAULEY DORIAN WOODRUFF MAJOR ARTIST – FEMALE NATALIE DOUGLAS MARIEANN MERINGOLO KAREN OBERLIN MAJOR ARTIST – MALE ERIC COMSTOCK SIDNEY MYER NEW YORK DEBUT – FEMALE LEANNE BORGHESI EMILY ELLET SUSAN MACK SIERRA REIN DEBORAH ZECHER
NEW YORK DEBUT – MALE TIM CAHILL BRADLEY JONES MISCHA KISCHKUM TREVOR NALEPKA as CISSY WALKEN CELEBRITY ARTIST TOVAH FELDSHUH ANITA GILLETTE NORM LEWIS IMPERSONATION/CHARACTERIZATION/DRAG ARTIST DORIS DEAR CHELSEA PIERS PAIGE TURNER
MAJOR IMPERSONATION/CHARACTERIZATION/DRAG ARTIST ALASKA BenDeLaCreme MONET X CHANGE MUSICAL COMEDY PERFORMER LESLIE CARRARA-RUDOLPH IRA LEE COLLINGS MICHAEL KIRK LANE DUO/GROUP LENA MOY-BORGEN AND CHEO BOURNE CHRISTINA CONNORS, KENNETH GARTMAN, CHRISTOPHER HUDSON MYERS JAZZ BASTARDS (Jenny Lee Mitchell, Glen Heroy, Aldo Perez, Matt Kanelos, Nick Parker) EVELYN SULLIVAN & JASON ELLIS MAJOR DUO/GROUP LINDA AND LAURA BENANTI BARBARA FASANO AND ERIC COMSTOCK MARCUS SIMEONE, LINA KOUTRAKOS, SEAN HARKNESS RECURRING SERIES AMERICAN POPULAR SONG SOCIETY SERIES IT’S JUST A NUMBER RICKY RITZEL’S BROADWAY SALON SPOTLIGHT ON YOU OPEN MIC SPECIAL PRODUCTION BROADWAY PRINCESS PARTY GRABBING PUSSY MAMA’S NEXT BIG ACT TILDA SWINTON ANSWERS AN AD ON CRAIG’S LIST EMCEE NATASHA CASTILLO KENNETH GARTMAN BOBBIE HOROWITZ AMY WOLK DIRECTOR JEFF HARNAR BARRY KLEINBORT TANYA MOBERLY MUSICAL DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER DENNY RICK JENSEN DARYL KOJAK TRACY STARK TECHNICAL DIRECTOR ADAM DeCARLO JASON ELLIS JONNY MERCADO ALISON NUSBAUM JEAN-PIERRE PERREAUX ENSEMBLE INSTRUMENTALIST REX BENINCASA, percussion DON KELLY, drums/percussion MATT SCHARFGLASS, bass PIANO BAR/RESTAURANT INSTRUMENTALIST WILLIAM TN HALL MICHAEL ISAACS RICK JENSEN ELLIOT ROTH BILL ZEFFIRO PIANO BAR/RESTAURANT SINGING ENTERTAINER – MALE JOE ARDIZZONE SEAN BERNARDI TOMMY J. DOSE PAUL PILCZ JON SATROM PIANO BAR/RESTAURANT SINGING ENTERTAINER – FEMALE ANNA ANDERSON LIZ LARK BROWN LaDONNA BURNS TARA MARTINEZ LAUREN MUFSON
RECORDING (LaMott Friedman Award) ANGELA LEONE, All My Tomorrows BOB LEVY, Only a Matter of Time JENNIFER ROBERTS, An Evening with Jennifer Roberts SHEREE SANO, Live Acts MAJOR RECORDING MICHELE BROURMAN, The Price of Love JINKX MONSOON & MAJOR SCALES, The Ginger Snapped MARISSA MULDER, Two Tickets Left SONG “BEST AS I CAN” “DANCING IN PAIRS” “JUST ME (THE GENDER BINARY BLUES)” “THE KITE SONG” “MY TIME TO FLY” COMEDY/NOVELTY SONG “BE KIND (TO THE KID IN THE TRENCHCOAT)” “THE DIET SONG” “MAN WANTED: “TOOTHBRUSH” “WTF, DISNEY”
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