Special honorees included Penny Fuller and Tom Wopat, garnering awards for Lifetime Achievement – and a special Board of Directors Award to the family of the late Ruth Kurtzman, a longtime supporter of cabaret and MAC board member.

FEMALE VOCALIST:

Stacy Sullivan, “It's a Good Day – A Tribute to Miss Peggy Lee” at Iridium, Don't Tell Mama, the Metropolitan Room

MALE VOCALIST:

T. Oliver Reid, “Drop Me Off in Harlem,” at Feinstein's

MAJOR ARTIST:

Lennie Watts, “Bloody, Bloody Lennie Watts, at the Metropolitan Room, Duplex

NEW YORK DEBUT – FEMALE:

Alison Nusbaum, “Ladies! A Raucous Homage to Mel Brooks' Broads,” at Don't Tell Mama

NEW YORK DEBUT – MALE: Ben Rimalower, “Patti Issues,” at the Duplex

CELEBRITY ARTIST:

Marilyn Maye, “The Happiest Sound in Town,” at Feinstein's

MUSICAL COMEDY PERFORMER:

Adam Shapiro, “Guide to the Perfect Breakup; Adam Shapiro Twists the Classics,” at the Duplex; North Hill Auditorium (Needham, MA)

DUO/GROUP: Lorinda Lisitza & Ted Stafford, “The Ted & Lo Show,” at Metropolitan Room, Path Café, Don't Tell Mama

MAJOR DUO/GROUP:

Eric Comstock & Barbara Fasano, “Three for the Road; I Hear Music: A Burton Lane Centennial Songbook; Summer in the City; The Night Has a Thousand Eyes; and others, at the Triad, Café Sabarsky, Kitano, 54 Below, Metropolitan Room

REVUE: “Tonight, New York City…The Rick Jensen Songbook,” Written, musical directed, and hosted by Rick Jensen, directed by Lina Koutrakos at the Metropolitan Room

SPECIAL PRODUCTION / VARIETY PRODUCTION/RECURRING SERIES:

NY Sheet Music Society Programs, produced and hosted by Linda Amiel Burns at the Local 802 Musicians Hall

OPEN MIC:

Salon, Founder/Artistic Director/Host: Mark Janas; Executive Producer: Tanya Moberly at Etcetera Etcetera

HOST – VARIETY SHOW/SERIES OR OPEN MIC:

Mark Janas, Salon at Etcetera Etcetera

BENEFIT SERIES:

Cabaret Cares, Produced by Joseph Macchia; to benefit Help Is On The Way Today at the Laurie Beechman

PIANO BAR/RESTAURANT SINGING ENTERTAINER:

Maria Gentile at the Duplex

PIANO BAR/RESTAURANT INSTRUMENTALIST:

Bill Zeffiro at La Mediterranée

MUSICAL DIRECTOR:

Barry Levitt, for Robert Cuccioli (Birdland), Charlotte Patton (Duplex), Lauren Robert (Iridium), Adam Shapiro (Duplex), Anthony Santelmo Jr. (Don't Tell Mama), Smile on My Face (Laurie Beechman, Etcetera Etcetera, Urban Stages), Tonya Pinkins (54 Below), Broadway Swings: Terese Genecco, Natalie Douglas, Scott Coulter (54 Below)

DIRECTOR:

(a tie) Eric Michael Gillett for Sheera Ben-David (Feinstein's), Showstoppers! benefit series (Laurie Beechman), Marieann Meringolo (Feinstein's), Raissa Katona Bennett (Feinstein's)

AND

Gretchen Reinhagen for Bob Diamond (Don't Tell Mama), Marcia Roney (Metropolitan Room, Don't Tell Mama), Donna Hayes (Laurie Beechman, Don't Tell Mama), Irenka Jakubiak (Don't Tell Mama)

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR:

Jean-Pierre Perreaux for Marilyn Maye, Amanda McBroom, Yvonne Constant, Annie Ross (Metropolitan Room)

SONG:

“It’s About Time,” Music and lyrics by Shelly Markham & Paul Rolnick

SPECIAL MUSICAL MATERIAL:

“My Kind Of Guy,” Music and lyrics by Bill Zeffiro

RECORDING (LaMott Friedman Award):

Stacy Sullivan, “It's a Good Day – A Tribute to Miss Peggy Lee”

SHOW OF THE YEAR:

Ann Hampton Callaway – The Streisand Songbook, Directed by Dan Foster at 54 Below, Boston Pops, Seneca Hotel (Niagara Falls)

MAC and Lifetime Achievement Award winner David Friedman got a nice mention form Kathy Lee Gifford on the Today show.  Check it out here!