2018 submissions - manhattan association of...

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2018 Submissions

FEMALE VOCALIST

RUTH CARLIN

Kaleidoscope Eyes

Don’t Tell Mama

LUCILLE CARR-KAFFASHAN

Unwritten: Celebrating Twenty-First Century Female Singer-Songwriters

Don’t Tell Mama, RRazz Room

SALLY DARLING

Love Lust & Longing

Don’t Tell Mama

DAWN DEROW

My Ship: Songs from 1941

Laurie Beechman, Crown and Anchor (Provincetown)

JEN FELLMAN

Frenchy

Don’t Tell Mama, United Solo Theatre Festival

RENEE KATZ

Never Been Gone

Don’t Tell Mama

MARNIE KLAR

Bedtime Stories

Don’t Tell Mama

CARMEN LAMAR

You’re Gonna Hear From Me

Laurie Beechman, Rita Morgenthau Theatre (Neighborhood Playhouse, School for the Theatre)

CAROL LIPNIK

Goddess of Imperfection

Pangea

MARCIA RONEY

Letting Go

Don’t Tell Mama

WENDY SCHERL

New SCHERL in Town

Metropolitan Room, Don’t Tell Mama, Davenport’s

CAROL SHEDLIN

Serenade in Blue

Don’t Tell Mama

MAUREEN KELLEY STEWART

The Wizard of Words: EY Yip Harburg; Anything Goes: The Music of Cole Porter

Laurie Beechman, Spencertown Arts Academy, Mohonk Mountain House

DEBORAH STONE

Still Exactly Where I Belong; Siren Song

Don’t Tell Mama

LISA VIGGIANO

Three’s a Charm

Don’t Tell Mama

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DEBRA VOGEL

Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries

Don’t Tell Mama

SHELLY WATSON

Songs on a Sunday

Laurie Beechman

AMY BETH WILLIAMS

Carried Away, A Thousand Beautiful Things

Don’t Tell Mama

ANDREA BELL WOLFF

Prisoner of Love

Don’t Tell Mama, Metropolitan Room, Urban Stages

LISA YAEGER

Jersey Girl

Metropolitan Room, Don’t Tell Mama

MALE VOCALIST

JOSHUA LANCE DIXON

Pack of One

Don’t Tell Mama

ERIC HOFFMAN

A New Nightclub Act

Don’t Tell Mama

RICHARD HOLBROOK

The Many Moods of Christmas

Don’t Tell Mama

JEFF MACAULEY

Hollywood Party: Movie Songs 1928-1936

Pangea

JOHN MINNOCK

Every Day Blue

Metropolitan Room

TYM MOSS

(A) Live: Fun! Fabulous!! Flamboyant!!!

Don’t Tell Mama

CHARLIE ROMO

Metropolitan Room

KIM DAVID SMITH

Morphium Kabarett

Pangea

STEVEN ZUMBO

Young at Heart

Don’t Tell Mama

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MAJOR ARTIST –FEMALE

CAROLE J. BUFFORD

Fearless Females of the 1960s

Feinstein's/54 Below

NATALIE DOUGLAS

Tribute shows (Sammy Davis, Jr., Linda Ronstadt, Nina Simone, Shirley Bassey)

Birdland

ADRIENNE HAAN

Rock Le Cabarett; Till the End of Time; Berlin to Broadway–Transatlantic

Metropolitan Room

GAY MARSHALL

Gay's Paree

Pangea

TANYA MOBERLY

Six Different Shows, Six Different Musicians, Six Friday Nights

Don’t Tell Mama

MARTA SANDERS

Follow Me

Laurie Beechman

TAMMY FAYE STARLITE

It Was a Pleasure Then – 50th Anniversary Celebration of Chelsea Girl

Pangea

STACY SULLIVAN

The Sultry Side of Cole; The Fever of Miss Peggy Lee

Beach Café, Rosarito Beach Hotel (Mexico)

MAJOR ARTIST –MALE

ERIC COMSTOCK

Saturdays @6PM (20 varying performances)

Birdland

SEAN HARKNESS

"Duos" series, Japan Tour 2017

Birdland, various venues in Japan

JEFF HARNAR

Easy to Love; Sammy Cahn: All The Way; The 1959 Broadway Songbook

Beach Café, Metropolitan Room, Laurie Beechman

CRAIG POMRANZ

Live, Laugh, Love; Craig Encore; The Happy Show

Pangea

BRANDON URANOWITZ


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NEW YORK DEBUT –FEMALE

AUDREY APPLEBY

Ladies Cheap Cocktails

Pangea

LANE BRADBURY

Let Me Entertain You, Again

Don’t Tell Mama

CAITLIN FAHEY

Party of One

Don’t Tell Mama

ANNA FISHBEYN

Anna on Fire and Uncensored

Metropolitan Room

BECCA C. KIDWELL

A Song & Its Girl

Don’t Tell Mama

ANN KITTREDGE

It’s About Time; One Night Only

Metropolitan Room, Don’t Tell Mama, Feinstein’s/54 Below

MARY ELIZABETH MICARI

Rev. Mary and Granny’s Blue-Mers

Duplex, West End Lounge

KATI NEIHEISEL

Among the Stars

Don’t Tell Mama

NEW YORK DEBUT –MALE

DAVID BAIDA

Unexpected Surprise

Metropolitan Room

KENNY HARMON

It’s About Time; Raise a Glass

Duplex

ROSS HEWITT

Rainbows and Ribbons

Don’t Tell Mama

BLAKE MELVER

Blake Sings Barbra

Laurie Beechman

BYRON ST. CYR

4600 Mithra: My New Orleans

Don’t Tell Mama

JEREMY SUSSMAN

Jeremy Sussman Sings More of the American Songbook and Other Curiosities

Don’t Tell Mama

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CELEBRITY ARTIST

CHARLES BUSCH


MELISSA ERRICO

Melissa Errico Sings Sondheim


KAREN MASON

Mason at Mama’s in May; Mason’s Makin’ Music; CD Release Show

Don’t Tell Mama, Davenport’s, the Razz Room, Birdland

BRIAN STOKES MITCHELL


JINKX MONSOON

Jinkx Sings Everything

Laurie Beechman

LEA SALONGA

Lea Salonga: Encore

Feinstein’s/54 Below

KT SULLIVAN

Colored Lights; You're the Top

Laurie Beechman, Birdland

IMPERSONATION/CHARACTERIZATION/DRAG ARTIST

ALASKA

On Golden Girls

Laurie Beechman

DOROTHY BISHOP

The Dozen Divas Show

Metropolitan Room

JACKIE COX

I Dream of Jackie (Parts 1 and 2)

Laurie Beechman

ROBIN KRADLES (Richard Becker)

Gambling on Love

Don’t Tell Mama

TRIXIE MATTEL

Ages3 and Up; Two Birds (album release); Now with Moving Parts

Laurie Beechman

GINGER MINJ

Sweet T; Crossdresser for Christ: The Musical

Laurie Beechman

PAIGE TURNER

Easter Egg-stravaganza; This Show Is Gay; Confessions of an Unnatural Blonde

Laurie Beechman

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MUSICAL COMEDY PERFORMER

LENA MOY-BORGEN

The Awards Show; The Holiday Show

Don’t Tell Mama, 53 Above

LESLIE CARRARA-RUDOLPH

What Just Happened?

Laurie Beechman

IRA LEE COLLINGS

Life Is a Song—So, Why Not Sing It!

Don't Tell Mama

GRETCHEN REINHAGEN

#iBlamePaleo

Don’t Tell Mama

TOM ROCCO

Restless Soul Syndrome

Metropolitan Room, Carnegie Stage (Pittsburgh)

AMY WOLK

Hungry Like the Wolk

Duplex

SPOKEN WORD ARTIST

CHRIS HARDER

#BIGBRIGHTSTAR

Laurie Beechman

DAN RUTH

A Life Behind Bars

Laurie Beechman Theatre

NANCY WITTER

Growing Up McDougal

Don't Tell Mama

DUO/GROUP

JOSHUA BENNETT AND KATIA MALARSKY

All You Have to Do Is Be

Metropolitan Room, Don't Tell Mama

MARIA CORSARO AND LINDA KAHN

What the Hell Is Cabaret?!

Laurie Beechman

LYNN KEARNEY AND SONJA STUART

What You Don't Know About W omen

Don't Tell Mama, Bridge Street Theatre (Catskill, NY)

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DAVID MAIOCCO AND CHUCK SWEENEY

Lee Squared – An evening with Liberace and Miss Peggy Lee

Metropolitan Room, Rrazz Room, Cotuit Center for the Performing Arts

THOSE GIRLS (Eve Eaton, Rachel Hanser, Karen Mack, Wendy A. Russell)

Those Girls; Those Girls Unplugged

Laurie Beechman, Pangea

UNEXPECTED TRIO (Meg Flather, Rosemary Loar, and Tracy Stark)

Don’t Tell Mama, 53 Above, Music at the Mansion

MAJOR DUO/GROUP

KELLI BARRETT AND JARROD SPECTOR

Look at It My Way


BARBARA BLEIER AND AUSTIN PENDLETON

'Tis the Season to Be Morbid; Beautiful Mistake—The Songs of John Bucchino and Amanda McBroom; We Don't Remember

Christmas…

Pangea

ERIC COMSTOCK AND BARBARA FASANO

Various shows

Birdland, Jazz at Kitano, Kaplan Penthouse (Lincoln Center), Mezzrow, Gaslight Theatre (St. Louis), Café Seabarsky

CAROLE DEMAS AND SARAH RICE

Thank You For Your Love

Laurie Beechman

MARCUS SIMEONE AND SEAN HARKNESS

Blue

Don’t Tell Mama

RECURRING SERIES

AMERICAN POPULAR SONG SOCIETY SERIES

Produced by Linda Amiel Burns

Musicians Hall at Local 802

BAZAZZ! A SEQUINED VARIETY

Produced, directed, written by and starring Rick Skye

Don't Tell Mama

BROADWAY SESSIONS

Produced and hosted by Ben Cameron

Laurie Beechman

GROOVIN’ ON A SUNDAY

Produced and hosted by Ann McCormack, co-hosted and musical direction by Woody Regan

Don’t Tell Mama, 53 Above

I ONLY HAVE LIES FOR YOU

Created and produced by Amy Wolk and Niki M. James

Laurie Beechman

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IT’S JUST A NUMBER

Created, produced, and directed by Bobbie Horowitz

Metropolitan Room, The Triad

LE SCANDAL

Produced by Bonnie Dunn

Laurie Beechman

MADAME MATHIEU’S SOIREE

Co-produced, written, and hosted by Drew Fornarola, co-produced and directed by Tyler Spicer

The Duplex

OPEN MIC AT THE MET

Produced and hosted by Deb Berman and Susan Winter

Metropolitan Room

RICHARD SKIPPER CELEBRATES

Produced by Russell Woolley, hosted by Richard Skipper

Laurie Beechman

RICKY RITZEL’S BROADWAY

Created and produced by Ricky Ritzel, staging and choreography by Jay Rogers and Aaron Morishita

Don’t Tell Mama

SALON

Mark Janas, founder, artistic director, host; Tanya Moberly, executive producer

Etcetera, Etcetera

SPOTLIGHT ON YOU OPEN MIC

Created, produced, and hosted by Natasha Castillo and John Koprowski

53 Above

TWIZTED SISTERZ SERIES (Distorted Diznee; Sickening Superheroes; Kracked Kristmess; Hacked Halloween)

Produced by SpinCycleNYC, hosted by Holly Dae and Bootsie Le Faris

Laurie Beechman

REVUE OR SPECIAL PRODUCTION

IT HELPS TO SING ABOUT IT: THE SONGS OF BEN SCHAECHTER AND DAN KAEL

Music by Ben Schaecter, lyrics by Dan Kael, directed by Sara Louise Lazarus, produced by Nora Davis

Metropolitan Room

JAZZ IN THE CITY: THE NEW YORK CONNECTION

Conceived by Charles R. Hale, developed by Charles R. Hale and David Raleigh, directed by Natalie Douglas

Duplex

LAVENDER SONGS: A QUEER WEIMAR BERLIN CABARET

Written and performed by Jeremy Lawrence, directed by Jason Jacobs

Pangea

LIVE TO TELL: MY LIFE, MADONNA'S SONGS

Created by Kim Sutton, Steven Ray Watkins, and Lennie Watts; starring Kim Sutton

Laurie Beechman

MAMA'S NEXT BIG ACT

Produced by Don't Tell Mama and Lennie Watts

Don't Tell Mama

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METROSTAR TALENT CHALLENGE

Produced by Joseph Macchia, Tom Gamblin, Beck Lee, Bernie Furshpan

Metropolitan Room

NASTY DREW & THAT HARDER BOY

Created, written and directed by Chris Harder

Laurie Beechman

NEW YORK'S NEXT TOP DRAG QUEEN

Created and produced by Joseph Macchia

Metropolitan Room

SALTY BRINE: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE

Conceived, written, and performed by Salty Brine, directed by Max Reuben

Pangea

THIRTYWHATEVER

Conceived and directed by Eric Michael Gillett, songs written by Patrick Dwyer

Laurie Beechman

TOGETHER: THE 2017 MAC-NOMINATED FEMALE VOCALISTS

Starring Celia Berk, Sally Darling, Meg Flather, Josephine Sanges, Lisa Viggiano, directed by Jeff Harnar, musical

direction by John M. Cook

Don’t Tell Mama, Urban Stages

EMCEE

LINDA AMIEL BURNS

American Popular Song Society Series

Musicians Hall at Local 802

BEN CAMERON

Broadway Sessions

Laurie Beechman

NATASHA CASTILLO

Spotlight on You Open Mic

53 Above

HOLLY DAE AND BOOTSIE Le FARIS

Twizted Sisterz Series (Distorted Diznee; Sickening Superheroes; Kracked Kristmess; Hacked Halloween)

Laurie Beechman

DREW FORNAROLA

Madame Mathieu’s Soiree; In The Works

Duplex

BOBBIE HOROWITZ

It’s Just a Number

Metropolitan Room, The Triad

JOSEPH MACCHIA, SHAWN MONINGER, BILLY LYKKEN, THOMAS DIETER

The Q

Don’t Tell Mama

LENNIE WATTS

Mama's Next Big Act

Don't Tell Mama

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AMY WOLK

I Only Have Lies For You

Laurie Beechman

DIRECTOR

MAX FRIEDMAN

"Midnight at the Never Get" (Don't Tell Mama), "Rachael Lily Rosenbloom…And Don't You Ever Forget It" (Feinstein's/54

Below), Charlie Rosen's Broadway Big Band (Feinstein's/54 Below), "Ruby Manger Live! The Farewell Engagement"

(Feinstein's/54 Below), "Noel & Julia's Wayward Brainchildren" (Joe's Pub)

JEFF HARNAR

Dawn Derow/"My Ship: Songs from 1941" (Laurie Beechman); Anna Bergman/"You’re All the World to Me"

(Feinstein’s/54 Below), Tovah Feldshuh/"Aging is Optional" (Feinstein’s/54 Below), "Together: The 2017 MAC-

Nominated Female Vocalists" (Don’t Tell Mama, Urban Stages); Margo Brown/"Margo Sings Mercer" (Metropolitan

Room)

LINA KOUTRAKOS

Mary Sue Daniels/"Straight Outa 'Conda" (Don’t Tell Mama), Lisa Jaeger/"Jersey Girl" (Metropolitan Room, Don’t Tell

Mama), Caitlin Fahey/"Party of One" (Don’t Tell Mama), Katie McGrath/"Significant Other" (Metropolitan Room), Ruth

Carlin/"Kaleidoscope Eyes" (Don't Tell Mama)

TANYA MOBERLY

Dan Ruth/"A Life Behind Bars" (Laurie Beechman), Amy Beth Williams/"Carried Away","A Thousand Beautiful Things"

(Don’t Tell Mama), Marnie Klar/"Bedtime Stories" (Don’t Tell Mama)

PETER NAPOLITANO

Janice Hall/"The Opera Show with No Opera" (Urban Stages), "Barry Levitt: The Maestro and His Music" (Urban Stages),

Marcia Roney/"Letting Go" (Don't Tell Mama), Andrea Bell Wolff/"Prisoner of Love"/Metropolitan Room, Don't Tell

Mama, Urban Stages, "The Vintage Advantage" (Urban Stages)

MUSICAL DIRECTOR

JOHN M. COOK

Josephine Sanges/"To Ann…With Love" (Don't Tell Mama), Josephine Sanges/"Finding Beauty" CD release (Don't Tell

Mama), "Together: The 2017 MAC Award Female Vocalists" (Don't Tell Mama, Urban Stages), Ira Lee Collings/"Life Is a

Song So Why Not Sing It" (Don't Tell Mama), Andrea Axelrod/"The Great War in Song" (Don't Tell Mama)

PAUL GREENWOOD

Ruth Carlin/"Kaleidoscope Eyes" (Don't Tell Mama), Risa Finkle/"Moment to Moment" (Pangea), Austin Pendleton &

Barbara Bleir/"Beautiful Mistake: The Songs of John Bucchino and Amanda McBroom" (Pangea)

IAN HERMAN

Carole J. Bufford/"You Don’t Own Me" (Feinstein's/54 Below); Dawn Derow/"My Ship: Songs from 1941" (Laurie

Beechman); Amy Beth Williams/"A Thousand Beautiful Things" (Don’t Tell Mama); Sharon McNight/"Soup to Nuts"

(Duplex); Tanya Moberly/"The Ian Herman Show" (Don’t Tell Mama)

RICK JENSEN

Doris Dear/"Holiday Cheer" (Triad), Lisa Yaeger/"Jersey Girl" (Don't Tell Mama, Metropolitan Room), Caitlin

Fahey/"Party of One" (Don't Tell Mama), Katie McGrath/"Significant Others"/Metropolitan Room, Mary Sue

Daniels/"Straight Outa 'Conda" (Don't Tell Mama)

DARYL KOJAK

Deborah Stone/"Siren Stone" (Don't Tell Mama), 2017 Bistro Awards (Gotham Comedy Club), "Famous Duets II" (Urban

Stages), "Richard Skipper Celebrates E.Y. Harburg on His Birthday (Laurie Beechman), Rob Davis/"A Sinatra Kind of

Christmas" (Pangea)

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JAIME LOZANO

Mauricio Martinez/"In Concert" (Metropolitan Room); Doreen Montalvo/"American Soul/Latin Heart" (Metropolitan

Room); "A Never-Ending Line–A Female Song Cycle" (Metropolitan Room)

STEVEN SILVERSTEIN

Carmen Lamar/"You're Gonna Hear from Me" (Laurie Beechman), Robert Murray & Friends/"Oh F*ck Now What?"

(Duplex), Sarah Burke & Friends/"Beyond the Binary" (Duplex)

TRACY STARK

Meg Flather/"Hold On Tight"/Don't Tell Mama, Gretchen Reinhagen/"#iBlamePaleo" (Don't Tell Mama), Kim David

Smith/"Morpheum Kabarett" (Pangea, Café Sabarsky, Crown & Anchor); Peggy Eason (Laurie Beechman); Karen

Kohler/"The Home I Love—From Birdland to Tel Aviv" (Congregation Emanu-El, San Francisco)

MATTHEW MARTIN WARD

Sally Darling/"Totally Noël (Don't Tell Mama), Marcia Roney/"Letting Go" (Don't Tell Mama), Christine Pedi/"No

Business Like Snow Business" (Feinstein's/54 Below), Andrea Bell Wolff/"Prisoner of Love" (Don’t Tell Mama, Urban

Stages), Janice Hall/"The Opera Show with No Opera"/Urban Stages

STEVEN RAY WATKINS

Kim Sutton/"Live to Tell" (Laurie Beechman), Those Girls (Laurie Beechman), Mama's Next Big Act (Don't Tell Mama),

Marnie Klar/"Bedtime Stories" (Don't Tell Mama), Tanya Moberly/"The Steven Ray Watkins Show" (Don't Tell Mama)

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR

COLLETTE BLACK

Don't Tell Mama

ARMANDO BRAVI

Duplex, Don't Tell Mama

ADAM DeCARLO

Don't Tell Mama

JASON ELLIS

Don't Tell Mama, 53 Above

KJ HARDY (LIGHTS) AND AMANDA RAYMOND (SOUND)


ABBY JUDD

Laurie Beechman

JONNY MERCADO


ROCKY NOEL

Don't Tell Mama

JEAN-PIERRE PERREAUX


ERIK STREBIG

Don't Tell Mama

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NOTE:

• The following categories will not appear on the Preliminary Ballot. For these categories, nominees will be chosen

by special committees and will appear on the Final Ballot.

o PIANO BAR/RESTAURANT SINGING ENTERTAINER

o PIANO BAR INSTRUMENTALIST

o RESTAURANT/HOTEL LOUNGE ENTERTAINER

o ENSEMBLE INSTRUMENTALIST

• The SONG, COMEDY/NOVELTY SONG, RECORDING, and MAJOR RECORDING categories will not

appear on the Preliminary Ballot. Special committees will choose the nominees for the Final Ballot from the

submissions listed below.

SONG

ALL OF DESIRE

AMERICA

ANOTHER FIFTEEN MINUTES

BETTER PLACE

BUY & OBEY

CROSSING TIME

HE SHARES ME WITH A LOT

HOME

THE HUNGRY GHOST OF YOU

I CAN TELL TIME

I NEVER SAW VIENNA

I’LL ALWAYS BE YOUR DAD

JUST LET ME KNOW

LAY IT ON ME

MOUNTAIN IN THE SKY

NEVERTHELESS (SHE PERSISTED)

PEACE FOR CHRISTMAS TIME THIS YEAR

PICASSO WOMAN

PLEASANTVILLE

PLEASE SET MY HEART FREE

STAY A WHILE

THIS IS MY AMERICA

TO BE FREE

TOGETHER

WHAT DO I DO NOW?

WILL IT EVER BE SPRING?

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COMEDY/NOVELTY SONG

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APPLY

THE AWARDS SONG

CRAZY DOG!

GO INTO FINANCE

GROWING UP McDOUGAL

HEY, HEY, IT’S OK

I’LL TITLE THIS LATER

MAYBE IN FLORENCE

OFF THE RAILS

OK, CUPID

MISTER PROMISED-ME-THE-MOON

QUIET

TIE ME UP

WHEN YOU'RE AWAY

WHY CAN’T I LEARN

ZEN AND THE ART OF WAITING IN LINE

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RECORDING (LaMott Friedman Award)

JUDY BARNETT

Lust Loss Love

SEAN HARKNESS AND MARCUS SIMEONE

Blue

MINDA LARSEN

The Long Way Home

KAREN MASON

It’s About Time

TRIXIE MATTEL

Two Birds

STEARNS MATTHEWS

December Songs

DOREEN MONTALVO

American Soul Latin Heart

BOB MUNDY

Love to Me

PAUL ROLNICK

Shoot For the Moon

KYOKO SAEGUSA

Lullaby of Broadway: The Songs of Harry Warren

JOSEPHINE SANGES

Finding Beauty

REBECCA SPENCER

Still

BILL ZEFFIRO

Better Than Nothing

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