2008 MAC AWARDS NOMINEES

2008 MAC AWARDS NOMINEES

 2008 BOARD OF DIRECTORS AWARDS

LINDA AMIEL BURNS

BART GREENBERG’S ANY WEDNESDAY SERIES

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN COMEDY

LEWIS BLACK

 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

MAUREEN MCGOVERN

FEMALE VOCALIST

MALE VOCALIST

      JENNA ESPOSITO, Smooch!, 13 Men...and Me   Metropolitan Room, Laurie Beechman

      TERESE GENECCO, Drunk With Love: The Sequel, Alone Together-The Songs of Arthur Schwartz   Metropolitan Room, Plush Room

      JEANNE MACDONALD, Come Back to Me: Jeanne MacDonald Celebrates Miss Peggy Lee   Bradstan Country Inn, Metropolitan Room

      MARIEANN MERINGOLO, In the Spirit, Here's to the Ladies CD Release Show   Metropolitan Room

      BRANDON CUTRELL   Laurie Beechman, Feinstein's

      MILES PHILLIPS, Quiet Stars, The Unrest Inside Me   Metropolitan Room, Cosmopolitan Club

      MARCUS SIMEONE, Music   Laurie Beechman, Lorenzo's, Broadway Baby

FEMALE JAZZ VOCALIST

MALE JAZZ VOCALIST

      MYCHELLE COLLEARY,   Café 50 West, Metropolitan Room, Mannahatta Lounge, Iridium

      LINDA KOSUT,   The Triad, The Reprise Room at Dillon’s, Metropolitan Room

      LAURIE KRAUZ,   Enzo’s Jazz Room, Iridium, Sweet Rhythm

      SHAYNEE RAINBOLT,   Charley O’s

      ALYSHA UMPHRESS,   Iridium, Laurie Beechman, The Ritz

      SCOT ALBERTSON, The Triad, Laurie Beechman

      JACK DONOHUE,   Birdland, Sweet Rhythm, Cornelia Street Café

      CLEVE DOUGLASS,   Mannahatta Lounge, Metropolitan Room, The Blue Note (Japan), The Honey Pot (Japan)

      DANE VANNATTER,   Metropolitan Room

      JULIAN YEO,   Iridium, The Reprise Room at Dillon’s, Underground Lounge

MAJOR ARTIST

MAJOR JAZZ ARTIST

      BARBARA BRUSSELL, Out of the Mouths of Babes-Women Who Dared   Metropolitan Room

      BABY JANE DEXTER, You're Following Me!   Metropolitan Room

      CHRISTINE PEDI, Great Dames   Metropolitan Room

      LENNIE WATTS, Manilow '73-'83   Metropolitan Room

      JUDY BARNETT,   Iridium, Smoke, Cosmopolitan Room

      NATALIE DOUGLAS,   Birdland, The Duplex, Matthew's Mug (Vassar College)

      HILARY KOLE,   Birdland

      CLAIRE MARTIN,   Oak Room at the Algonquin

      SARAH PARTRIDGE,   Oak Room at the Algonquin

FEMALE CELEBRITY ARTIST

MALE/DUO CELEBRITY ARTIST

      LUCIE ARNAZ,   Birdland

      BETTY BUCKLEY,   Feinstein’s

      LIZ CALLAWAY,   Metropolitan Room

      DIAHANN CARROLL,   Feinstein’s

      LINDA CARTER,   Feinstein’s

      CHRISTINE EBERSOLE,   Metropolitan Room, Birdland

      LINDA EDER,   Feinstein’s

      PENNY FULLER,   Metropolitan Room, Birdland

      EILEEN FULTON,   Metropolitan Room, Feinstein’s

      TAMMY GRIMES,   Metropolitan Room

      ANDREA MARCOVICCI,   Oak Room at the Algonquin

      CHITA RIVERA,   Feinstein’s

      KT SULLIVAN,   Oak Room at the Algonquin

      MARY WILSON,   Feinstein’s

      ASHFORD & SIMPSON,   Feinstein’s

      MICHAEL FEINSTEIN,   Feinstein’s

      PETER GALLAGHER,   Feinstein’s

      GALT MacDERMOTT,   Joe’s Pub, Laurie Beechman

      JACKIE MASON,   Feinstein’s

      DONNY OSMOND,   Feinstein’s

      STEVE ROSS,   Oak Room at the Algonquin, 59East59

      BEN VEREEN,   Feinstein’s

      TOM WOPAT,   Metropolitan Room

NEW YORK DEBUT – FEMALE

NEW YORK DEBUT – MALE

      SUZANNE CARRICO, The Art of the Cahn: Music from the Sammy Cahn Songbook   The Triad, Metropolitan Room

      KATHRYNE LANGFORD, Dividing Day   The Duplex

      SUSAN WINTER, Million Dollar Matinee   Metropolitan Room

      LUCIO FERNANDEZ, The Cuban Kid in Concert   The Duplex, Don't Tell Mama

      JONATHAN WHITTON, Perfect Finite   The Triad, The Duplex, Laurie Beechman

      VINCENT WOLFE, A Canadian Crooner in NYC   Helen's

STAND-UP COMIC

      PEYTON CLARKSON

      BECKY DONOHUE

      MARINA FRANKLIN

      POPPI KRAMER

      JOE LARSON

      JOHN MULANEY

      AMY SCHUMER

      DARLENE VIOLETTE

      RICK YOUNGER

MAJOR STAND-UP COMIC – FEMALE

MAJOR STAND-UP COMIC – MALE

      MICHELLE BALAN

      SUE COSTELLO

      SUSIE ESSMAN

      KARITH FOSTER

      JESSICA KIRSON

      LYNNE KOPLITZ

      LISA LANDRY

      KERRI LOUISE

      JANICE MESSITTE

      MIKE BIRBIGLIA

      BILL BURR

      LOUIE C.K.

      JIM DAVID

      MITCH FATAL

      GREG GIRALDO

      NICK GRIFFIN

      JIM NORTON

      GREGG ROGELL

MUSICAL COMEDY  /  IMPERSONATION

DUO OR GROUP

      STEVEN BRINBERG (BARBRA STREISAND), Simply Barbra   Metropolitan Room

      JIMMY JAMES, Other Voices, One Room   Metropolitan Room

      RAY JESSEL, Songs from the Ridiculous to the Romantic   Don't Tell Mama

      EDD CLARK & SUE MATSUKI, Sue & Edd's Fabulous Christmas Show   The Duplex, Madison Ave. Baptist Church

      KAREN MACK & MICHAEL HOLLAND, Gashole: Hole-O-Matic   Metropolitan Room, The Duplex

      ANTHONY SANTELMO, JR. & VALERIE DI LORENZO, The Last Time I Felt Like This: A "Seeks Out the Tunes" Duo Cabaret   Helen's, Baruch Perf. Arts Center, Old Field Club

JAZZ DUO OR GROUP

COMEDY/IMPROV DUO/GROUP

      MARY FOSTER CONKLIN & GEORGE EVANS,   Metropolitan Room, Live at Courthouse

      JESSE GELBER & KATE MANNING,,   The Reprise Room at Dillon’s, The Triad

      THE DARYL KOJAK TRIO,   The Triad, Laurie Beechman, Sweet Rhythm, Metropolitan Room

      ALEX LEONARD DUO,   Rothmann’s

      THE BARRY LEVITT TRIO,   Iridium, Laurie Beechman, The Reprise Room at Dillon’s, Birdland, Broadway Baby

      BETTER THAN THE MACHINE

      CHICAGO CITY LIMITS

      CITY HALL

      THE KINSEY SICKS

      2 FOR THE SHOW

REVUE  /  SPECIAL PRODUCTION

VARIETY PRODUCTION/
RECURRING SERIES

      THE SONGS OF JOE ICONIS, created by Joe Iconis   Laurie Beechman, Joe's Pub

      MY FRIEND, THE CAT, created by Phil Geoffrey Bond   Laurie Beechman

      RENDEZVOUS-AN EVENING WITH PIAF, BREL, AZNAVOUR AND FRIENDS, created by Terry Michel Moyer   Metropolitan Room, Feinstein’s

      THE AFTER PARTY, hosted by Brandon Cutrell and Alysha Umphress   Laurie Beechman

      JAMIE deROY & FRIENDS, produced & hosted by Jamie de Roy   Metropolitan Room

      JIM CARUSO'S CAST PARTY, hosted by Jim Caruso   Birdland

      NEW YORK SHEET MUSIC SOCIETY SHOWS, produced by Linda Amiel Burns   Musicians Hall/Local 802

PIANO BAR/RESTAURANT SINGING ENTERTAINER – MALE

PIANO BAR/RESTAURANT SINGING ENTERTAINER – FEMALE

      DAVID COLBERT   Helen's

      A. J. IRVIN   Rose's Turn, Don't Tell Mama

      ERIC PICKERING   Don't Tell Mama

      GEORGE SANDERS   Don't Tell Mama

      JONATHAN TOMASELLI   Don't Tell Mama

      MARIA GENTILE   The Duplex

      SARAH MUCHO   Rose's Turn, Don't Tell Mama

      ANNE STEELE   Brandy's, Don't Tell Mama

PIANO BAR/RESTURANT INSTRUMENTALIST

MUSICAL DIRECTOR

      STEPHEN BOCCHINO   Helen's, Caterina's

      DAVID BUDWAY   Brandy's

      JOE REGAN   Rose's Turn

      JERRY SCOTT   Caterina's

      TRACY STARK   Don't Tell Mama

      PAUL GREENWOOD   Cynthia Crane (Metropolitan Room), Why Lee? (Birdland, Metropolitan Room), Penny Fuller (Birdland, Metropolitan Room)

      RICK JENSEN   Jeanne MacDonald, Lina Koutrakos, Wendy Lane Bailey (Metropolitan Room)

      DARYL KOJAK   Laurie Krauz (Enzo's, Sweet Rhythm), Scot Alberetson (The Triad, Laurie Beechman), Marieann Meringolo (Metropolitan Room)

      ALEX RYBECK   Liz Callaway (Metropolitan Room), Jeff Harnar (Feinstein's), Barbara Brussell (Metropolitan Room)

      STEVEN RAY WATKINS   Lennie Watts, Jim Speake (The Metropolitan Room)

DIRECTOR

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR

      PHIL GEOFFREY BOND   2007 MAC Awards (B.B. King's), Brandon Cutrell (Feinstein's), An Evening of Short Musicals from NYU (Laurie Beechman)

      ERIC MICHAEL GILLETT   KT Sullivan, Karen Akers, Lari White (Oak Room at the Algonquin Hotel), Anna Bergman , Raissa Katona Bennett (Metropolitan Room), Maureen Kelley Stewart (Laurie Beechman), Olivia Stevens-Pleasure and Peril:The Songs of Zarah Leander (Helen's)

      MILES PHILLIPS   Ben Rauch is Horace Vanderveer (Laurie Beechman), The New York Invasion (Cosmopolitan Club)

      MICHAEL BARBIERI   Tammy Grimes, Julie Wilson, Liz Callaway (Metropolitan Room)

      SHANE MATHEWS   Kabarett Fête, Colm Reilly, 2007 Irish Food & Music Festival, Elle Randall (Helen's)

      JEAN-PIERRE PERREAUX   Lina Koutrakos, Johnny Mercer A-Z ,Tom Wopat, Jimmy James, Karen Mason (Metropolitan Room)

SONG

SPECIAL MUSICAL MATERIAL

      ANOTHER CHRISTMAS
Words and Music by Nicholas Levin

      CLOSE TO HEAVEN
Words and Music by Patrick Dwyer

      FRIEND
Words and Music by Patrick DeGennaro

      I REMEMBER
Words by Shaynee Rainbolt & Russell Garcia, Music by Russell Garcia

      THIS TIME
Words by Bob Levy, Music by Karen Jacobsen

      I'M A REAL NEW YORKER
Words by Jay Jeffries, Music by John McMahon

      A MORAL QUANDARY
Words and Music by Patrick Dwyer

      ONE STOP SHOPPING
Words by Dan Page, Michele Page, Sue Matsuki and Gregory Toroian, Music by Sue Matsuki & Gregory Toroian

      A PIANO BAR CONFESSION
Words and Music by David Auxier

      WHACKED
Words by Judy Barnett, Music by Ted Kooshian

RECORDING

JAZZ RECORDING

      BRANDON CUTRELL
Brandon Cutrell

      TERESE GENECCO
Drunk With Love–Live (A Tribute to Frances Faye)

      RITT HENN
Timber

      MARIEANN MERINGOLO
Here's To The Ladies!

      JONATHAN WHITTON
Perfect Finite–Live at the Laurie Beechman Theatre

      SCOT ALBERTSON
Fate Revealed By Design

      JOYCE BREACH
Remembering Mabel Mercer – Volume 3

      JOHN DeMARCO
Pure and Simple

      LINDA KOSUT
Long As You're Living–The Songs & Poetry of Oscar Brown Jr.

      BARBARA LEA
Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?