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The Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs is pleased to announce the 2016 MAC Award nominees and complete list of honorees for the 30th Annual MAC Awards. The awards presentation and show will take place on Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at 7:30pm, at BB King Blues Club & Grill on 42nd Street in New York City.

 

At the March 29th show, MAC will present a Lifetime Achievement Award to Amanda McBroom, a Board of Director’s Award to Maryann Lopinto, the Hanson Award to Sally Darling, and the Ruth Kurtzman Benefit Award to Jamie deRoy and  her new signature program, The Actors Fund: Jamie deRoy and Friends Cabaret Initiative.

 

The MAC Award winners will be announced live at the show, which will be directed by Lennie Watts, produced by Julie Miller, and feature musical direction by Matt Baker.

 

For more information, visit www.MACnyc.com

 

The 2016 MAC Award nominees are:

 

2016 MAC Awards

Nominees

 

FEMALE VOCALIST

PAMELA LEWIS

TANYA MOBERLY

CAROLYN MONTGOMERY-FORANT

WENDY A. RUSSELL

 

MALE VOCALIST

GARY CRAWFORD

KRISTOFFER LOWE

JEFF MACAULEY

DORIAN WOODRUFF

 

MAJOR ARTIST

ERIC COMSTOCK

STACY SULLIVAN

LENNIE WATTS

 

CELEBRITY ARTIST

MICHELE LEE

NORM LEWIS

KAREN MASON

MARIN MAZZIE

 

NEW YORK DEBUT – FEMALE

NATALIE ARNESON

HELEN GLASSMAN

REBEKAH LOWIN

 

NEW YORK DEBUT – MALE

CHARLES BARAN

SHAWN MONINGER

TOM TOCE

 

MUSICAL COMEDY PERFORMER

BILL DYSZEL

BARBARA MALLEY

CHARLOTTE PATTON

MOLLY POPE

 

IMPERSONATION/CHARACTERIZATION/DRAG ARTIST

DOROTHY BISHOP

DORIS DEAR

JINKX MONSOON

 

DUO/GROUP

RAISSA KATONA BENNETT AND KENNETH GARTMAN

SAVANNAH BROWN & CHASE O’DONNELL

KIM GROGG AND KIM SUTTON

 

MAJOR DUO/GROUP

ERIC COMSTOCK & BARBARA FASANO

BARB JUNGR AND JOHN McDANIEL

TRACY STARK AND MARCUS SIMEONE

 

REVUE

ANOTHER HUNDRED PEOPLE

SOMEWHERE IN THIS SONG: THEMUSIC AND LYRICS OF NICHOLAS LEVIN

TURN THE BEAT AROUND

 

RECURRING SERIES

IT’S JUST A NUMBER

OPEN MIC @ THE MET

RICKY RITZEL’S BROADWAY

SALON

 

SPECIAL PRODUCTION

MAMA’S NEXT BIG ACT

METROSTAR TALENT CHALLENGE

REINHAGEN REDUX

STINGCHRONICITY

 

EMCEE

TOM GAMBLIN, MetroStar Talent Challenge

BOBBIE HOROWITZ, It’s Just a Number

DANA LORGE, The Dana Lorge Variety Show

SUSAN WINTER & DEB BERMAN, Open Mic @ The Met

 

ENSEMBLE INSTRUMENTALIST

PETER CALO, Guitar

MAIRI DORMAN-PHANEUF, Cello

SEAN HARKNESS, Guitar

TOM HUBBARD, Bass

MATT SCHARFGLASS, Bass

WARREN VACHÉ, Cornet

 

PIANO BAR INSTRUMENTALIST

NATE BUCCIERI

PATRICK DeGENNARO

GERRY DIEFFENBACH

WILLIAM TN HALL

BRIAN NASH

 

RESTAURANT/HOTEL LOUNGE INSTRUMENTALIST

MATT BAKER

CLAIRE COOPER

LANA REIGN

SHEREE SANO

BILL ZEFFIRO

 

PIANO BAR SINGING ENTERTAINER – FEMALE

ELAINE BRIER

MICHELLE DOWDY

TARA MARTINEZ

JENNIFER PACE

LAURA PAVLES

HEIDI WEYHMUELLER

 

PIANO BAR SINGING ENTERTAINER – MALE

JOE ARDIZZONE

WILLIAM BLAKE

ADAM CHANDLER

TOMMY J. DOSE

GREGG GOODBROD

JON SATROM

 

MUSICAL DIRECTOR

RICK JENSEN

DARYL KOJAK

TRACY STARK

STEVEN RAY WATKINS

 

DIRECTOR

ERIC MICHAEL GILLETT

LINA KOUTRAKOS

TANYA MOBERLY

LENNIE WATTS

 

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR

COLLETTE BLACK (Don’t Tell Mama)

ADAM DeCARLO (Don’t Tell Mama)

K.J. HARDY & AMANDA RAYMOND (Feinstein’s/54 Below)

ABBY JUDD (Laurie Beechman Theater)

JONATHAN MERCADO (Metropolitan Room)

 

RECORDING (LaMott Friedman Award)

MAXINE LINEHAN
Beautiful Songs

MYRIAM PHIRO
Voyages

JIM SPEAKE
Sweet Life

 

MAJOR RECORDING

ANNALEIGH ASHFORD
Lost in the Stars

BARBARA FASANO
Busy Being Free

MARCUS SIMEONE AND TRACY STARK
Marcus Simeone Alone… with Tracy Stark

 

SONG

ANOTHER TIME

HOLD ON TIGHT

IN MY HEAD

SOMEBODY IN LOVE

SOON AS YOU LET ME GO

 

COMEDY/NOVELTY SONG

THE BIG APPLE LINGO

THE BOOK GROUP

THE EGG NOG SONG

THE MERMAID AND THE WHALE

WAY, WAY BACK

 

SHOW OF THE YEAR

ANOTHER HUNDRED PEOPLE (KT Sullivan and Jeff Harnar)

CHARLIE ROSEN’S BROADWAY BIG BAND

JUDY AND LIZA! TOGETHER AGAIN (Tommy Femia and Rick Skye)

GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS OFFICIAL ATTEMPT – THE LONGEST VARIETY SHOW EVER

MASON AT MAMA’S IN MARCH (Karen Mason)