Carol Woods And Spamilton Are Just Some Of The Winners At The Mac Awards

Here are the 2017 MAC Award winners, revealed at the 31^st 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