Here are the 2017 MAC Award winners, revealed at the 31st MAC Awards on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill, New York City.
FEMALE VOCALIST: MEG FLATHER: Portraits; Carly and Me, Don’t Tell Mama
MALE VOCALIST: BOB DIAMOND: The Gift of Love, Don’t Tell Mama
MAJOR ARTIST: SIDNEY MYER: Live at the Beechman, Laurie Beechman Tehatre
CELEBRITY: CAROL WOODS: Ain’t We Got Fun: The Music of Richard Whiting, Metropolitan Room
NEW YORK DEBUT – FEMALE: AMORIKA AMOROSO: The Whore Next Door, Don’t Tell Mama
NEW YORK DEBUT – MALE: TOMMY J. DOSE: by.the.book, Don’t Tell Mama
SPOKEN WORD ARTIST: SHAWN MONINGER: Because I Can 2: Second Addiction; Metropolitan Room
IMPERSONATION/CHARACTERIZATION/DRAG ARTIST: RICK SKYE: Liza Live!, Don’t Tell Mama
MUSICAL COMEDY PERFORMER: BILLIE ROE: Monopoly, Metropolitan Room
DUO/GROUP: THOSE GIRLS (Eve Eaton, Rachel Hanser, Karen Mack, Wendy A. Russell): Those Girls at the Beechman, Laurie Beechman Theatre
REVUE: ALMOST LIKE BEING IN LOVE: AN EVENING OF ALAN JAY LERNER: Performed by KT Sullivan and Mark Nadler, directed by Mark Nadler; Laurie Beechman
RECURRING SERIES: RICKY RITZEL’S BROADWAY: Created and produced by Ricky Ritzel; staged and choreographed by Jay Rogers and Aaron Morishita; Don’t Tell Mama
EMCEE: BOBBIE HOROWITZ: It’s Just a Number, Metropolitan Room
SPECIAL PRODUCTION: MAMA’S NEXT BIG ACT: Produced by Don’t Tell Mama and Lennie Watts, Don’t Tell Mama
MUSICAL DIRECTOR: TRACY STARK: Sidney Myer (Laurie Beechman), Kim David Smith (Pangea), Sarah Dash (Iridium, Rrazz Room-Philadelphia), Eric Millegan (Don’t Tell Mama), MargOH! Channing (Pangea)
DIRECTOR: LINA KOUTRAKOS: Doris Dear (Feinstein’s/54 Below), Mary Sue Daniels (Don’t Tell Mama), Dawn Derow (Winter Songs, Laurie Beechman), Rick Jensen’s Birthday Bash (Don’t Tell Mama), Patti Bottino Bravo (Metropolitan Room, Don’t Tell Mama)
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR: COLLETTE BLACK: Bob Diamond, The Gift of Love, Don’t Tell Mama; Rick Skye, Liza Live!, Don’t Tell Mama; Susan Neuffer, Apocalypse Wow, Don’t Tell Mama; Tommy Femia & Rick Skye, Judy & Liza Together Again, Don’t Tell Mama
ENSEMBLE INSTRUMENTALIST: TOM HUBBARD, bass; Marilyn Maye, Dizzy’s at Jazz at Lincoln Center; Carole J. Bufford, ROAR! Music of the 1920’s and Beyond, Feinstein’s/54 Below; Paulo Szot, Feinstein’s/54 Below
PIANO BAR/RESTAURANT SINGING ENTERTAINER – MALE: TOMMY J. DOSE, Don’t Tell Mama
PIANO BAR/RESTAURANT SINGING ENTERTAINER – FEMALE: MICHELLE DOWDY, Don’t Tell Mama
PIANO BAR INSTRUMENTALIST: RICK JENSEN, Brandy’s
RESTAURANT/LOUNGE ENTERTAINER: BILL ZEFFIRO, La Rivista
RECORDING (LaMott Friedman Award): CELIA BERK: “Manhattan Serenade”
MAJOR RECORDING: NATALIE DOUGLAS: “Human Heart”
SONG; BEFORE I FORGET: Music and Lyrics by Scott Evan Davis
COMEDY/NOVELTY SONG; THE MOM SONG: Music by Nate Buccieri; Lyrics by Elaine Brier
SHOW OF THE YEAR: SPAMILTON, The Triad; Created, written, and directed by Gerard Alessandrini; musical arrangements by Fred Barton and Richard Danley; choreography by Gerry McIntyre; produced by Lush Budget Productions, John Freedson, Christine Pedi, and David Zippel, and Gerard Alessandrini
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: MICHELE LEE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS AWARD: KEN STARRETT
RUTH KURTZMAN BENEFIT AWARD: JOSEPH MACCHIA/CABARET CARES
HANSON AWARD: IRA LEE COLLINGS
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