The Manhattan Association of Cabarets hosted their first live-in-person MAC Awards since 2020. This year, the members of the MAC organization returned to a live ceremony at Symphony Space on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. The program was produced by MAC treasurer and 2020 Musical Comedy MAC Award recipient Michael Kirk Lane, and directed by former MAC President Lennie Watts, who took home a trophy named The Board of Directors Award. Also serving on the production team this year were current MAC President Amy Wolk, and award nominee in the category of Restaurant/Hotel Lounge/Happy Hour Entertainer, Yasuhiko Fukuoka, acting as Musical Director.
Michael Kirk Lane, Amy Wolk and Lennie Watts
Lennie Watts and Amy Wolk
Chita Rivera
Chita Rivera and Lisa Mordente
Chita Rivera and Marti Sanders
Lifetime Achievement Awards were presented to three-time Tony recipient Chita Rivera (Kiss of the Spider Woman, The Rink, The Visit, West Side Story)
Marta Sanders and Karen Mason
Mark Nadler and Marta Sanders
Marta Sanders
Lennie Watts and Marta Sanders
and cabaret veteran Marta Sanders, the Bistro and MAC Award winner who has played Lincoln Center’s Rose Hall, Carnegie Hall, Feinstein’s/54 Below, and Birdland and also appeared on Broadway in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.
Amy Beth Williams
Aaron Lee Battle
And Aaron Lee Battle received The Hanson Award.
Female Vocalist
Amy Beth Williams
Sean Patrick Murtagh
Male Vocalist
Sean Patrick Murtagh
Major Artist – Female
Gabrielle Stravelli
David Sabella
Major Artist – Male
David Sabella
Roderick Ferguson
New York Debut
Roderick Ferguson
Natalie Douglas
Jason Martin and Natalie Douglas and Frank Dain
Celebrity Artist
Natalie Douglas
Doris Dear and Cissy Walken
Cissy Walken and Lennie Watts
Cissy Walken
Impersonation/Characterization/Drag Artist
Cissy Walken
Leanne Borghesi and Marta Sanders
Leanne Borghesi
Musical Comedy Performer
Leanne Borghesi
Michael Marin and Mardie Millit
Duo/Group
Michael Marin and Mardie Millit
Major Duo/Group
Clearly Now (Sean Harkness, Marcus Simeone, Lina Koutrakos)
Michael McAssey
Piano Bar Instrumentalist
Michael McAssey
Piano Bar/Restaurant Singing Entertainer — Female
Alison Nusbaum
Brian Kalinowski and Tommy J. Dose
Brian Kalinowski
Piano Bar/Restaurant Singing Entertainer — Male
Brian Kalinowski
Ricky Ritzel
Restaurant/Hotel Lounge/Happy Hour Entertainer
Ricky Ritzel
Michael Holland and Matt Scharfglass
Matt Scharfglass
Ensemble Instrumentalist
Matt Scharfglass, Bass
Jim Caruso forCast Party
Jim Caruso’s Cast Party/Pajama Cast Party received Show Of The Year
Recurring Series
The Lineup With Susie Mosher
Tori Vitucci, Ian McQueen, Elizabeth Fahshendy and Raynner Garcia
Cabaret On The Couch received The Ruth Kurtzman Benefit Series Award
Rian Keating
Revue Or Special Production
Rian Keating: Time Stamps—Fragments in Story and Song
Michael Kirk Lane
Lennie Watts
Virtual Presentation
Cabaret Conversations
Emcee
Susie Mosher
Lina Koutrakos and Marcus Simeone
Lina Koutrakos
Lina Koutrakos
Director
Lina Koutrakos
Tracy Stark and Sydney Myer
Tracy Stark
Musical Director
Tracy Stark
Technical Director
Alison Nusbaum, Don’t Tell Mama
Shawn Moninger and David Friedman
David Friedman, Karen Mason and Paul Rolnick
Song
“Let the Music Play”
Music and Lyrics by Paul Rolnick and David Friedman
Carolyn German
Comedy/Novelty Song
“You Can Keep the Wings”
Music and Lyrics By Carolyn German
Dawn Derrow
Recording (LaMott Friedman Award)
Dawn Derow: My Ship, Songs From 1941
Karen Mason
Major Recording
Karen Mason: Let the Music Play
Joe Iconis
Tovah Feldshuh and Jeff Harner
Steven Ray Watkins
Tovah Feldshuh
Jeff Harner and Klea Blackhurst
Klea Blackhurst
Jim Caruso and Linda Lavin
Jim Caruso, Linda Lavin and Steve Bakunas
Linda Lavin and Steve Bakunas
Jim Caruso
Ted Furth and Nicholas King
Liz Lark Brown, Anna Anderson, Tara Martinez, TRex and Maria Gentile
Ruby Rims and Tommy J. Dose
Lorinda Lisitza
Joe Iconis and Lorinda Lisitza
Doris Dear
Lennie Watts and Charlie Kiernan
Charlie Kiernan
Judy Gold
Michael Barbieri and Shawn Moninger
Ben Cameron
Eve Eaton, Rachel Hanser, Wendy Russell and Karen Mack
Justin Nastro
Analisa Bell and Can Yasar
Michael Barbieri
The Band-Yasuhiko Fukuoka, Sean Murphy and Joshua Roberts
Aaron Lee Battle
Aaron Lee Battle and John Thomas Fischer
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