Lennie Watts will direct the evening with musical direction by Steven Ray Watkins; Christine Pedi will host.
In honor of the silver anniversary of the MAC Awards, MAC, according to press notes, will shine its spotlight on "our wonderful and talented community of performers, clubs, members and people behind the scenes who make the magic happen each night." MAC will commemorate 25 years of award winners throughout the show.
The evening's special honorees are Annie Ross, who will be presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award; and George Sanders, who will receive the Board of Directors Award.
Currently scheduled to appear are Jane Monheit, Johnny Rodgers, Helen Baldassare, Julie Gold, Uptown Express, Rick Jensen, Ritt Henn and Sharon McNight.
The 2011 MAC Award nominees follow: FEMALE VOCALIST
Deb Berman, All in Good Time
Metropolitan Room, Don't Tell Mama
Carole J. Bufford, Carole J. Bufford Sings Randy Newman; intro; A Christmas Carol…with an E!
Don't Tell Mama, Metropolitan Room, Urban Stages
Jackie Fornatale, Get Ready – Jackie Fornatale Sings Motown
Don't Tell Mama, Laurie Beechman
Gretchen Reinhagen, Gretchen Sings Janis Joplin's "Pearl"
Don't Tell Mama
Sarah Rice, Screen Gems: Songs of Old Hollywood
Laurie Beechman
MALE VOCALIST
Kevin Dozier, Take Me to the World
Feinstein's, Laurie Beechman, Don't Tell Mama
Stearns Matthews, this will be…; I'll Be Stearns for Christmas
Laurie Beechman
Tony Middleton, Memories of Nat; untitled shows
Kitano, Iridium, La Mediterranée, Black Duck
Todd Murray, Croon
Feinstein's, Metropolitan Room
MAJOR ARTIST
Eric Comstock & Barbara Fasano, This Thing Called Love; Eric Comstock & Barbara Fasano in Concert
Oak Room at the Algonquin, The Royal Room at the Colony (Palm Beach), Cooperstown Music Festival, El Morro Theater (Gallup, NM), Café Sabarsky
Eric Michael Gillett, Hooray for Love: Gillett Sings Arlen
Laurie Beechman, Feinstein's
Karen Oberlin, Heart & Soul – A Centenary Celebration of Frank Loesser; A Wish: Songs of Hope, Heart and Humor for the New Year
Oak Room at the Algonquin, The Royal Room at the Colony (Palm Beach); Feinstein's
Julie Reyburn, Live at Feinstein's; Summer Night; So Many People…a Sondheim Show
Feinstein's, Laurie Beechman, Urban Stages
CELEBRITY ARTIST
Karen Mason, Karen Mason in Concert 2010
Metropolitan Room, Iridium, Backstage Dopo Teatro, Ryles Jazz Club (Boston), Drake Hotel (San Francisco), Metropolis (Chicago)
Marilyn Maye, Her Own Kind of Broadway; The Merriest; In Love Again
Metropolitan Room, Feinstein's
Sharon McNight, The First 30 Years: From Moose Hall to Carnegie Hall
Metropolitan Room; Yale Cabaret Series
KT Sullivan & Mark Nadler, Gershwin…Here to Stay
Oak Room at the Algonquin
NEW YORK DEBUT – FEMALE
Liz Lark Brown, Tarnished
Metropolitan Room
Kim Grogg, Kim Grogg Sings Dusty Springfield: Stay Awhile; Kim Grogg is Feelin' Groovy
Don't Tell Mama
Nikki MacCallum, Matchmaker Matchmaker I'm Willing to Settle! A Musical Guide to Internet Dating
Laurie Beechman, Duplex
NEW YORK DEBUT – MALE
Cornelius Bates, My Brazilian Romance – A Tribute to the Music from Brazil
Metropolitan Room
Sean Harkness
Metropolitan Room, Top of the Rock
Eddie Peterson, Greetings from America – The Songs of Randy Newman
Don't Tell Mama
COMEDY / MUSICAL COMEDY PERFORMER – FEMALE
Mary Dimino
Broadway Comedy Club, Don't Tell Mama, Stand-Up New York
Colleen McHugh, Calendar Girl
Duplex
Amy Wolk, Amy Wolk Sings Divine Madness
Don't Tell Mama
COMEDY / MUSICAL COMEDY PERFORMER – MALE
Adelmo Guidarelli, Operation Adelmo – The Clown Prince of Opera; The Adelmo Guidarelli Christmas Special
Duplex, Don't Tell Mama, Triad, Brook Arts Center
Justin Sayre, The Meeting
Duplex, Le Poisson Rouge
Oron Stenesh, The Big 3-0
Duplex
DUO/GROUP
Scott Coulter, Steven Ray Watkins, Lennie Watts, 3Play The 70s
Don't Tell Mama
Marquee Five, 8-Track Throwback
Don't Tell Mama
Uptown Express, Point It Home; New Year's Eve with Uptown Express
Tim McLoone's (Asbury Park), Laurie Beechman, Bob Egan's New Hope
VARIETY PRODUCTION/RECURRING SERIES
Cabaret Cares, Produced by Joseph Macchia
Laurie Beechman
Sondheim Unplugged, Written, produced, directed, and hosted by Phil Geoffrey Bond
Laurie Beechman, Don't Tell Mama
Wednesday Night at the Iguana, Produced and hosted by Dana Lorge
Iguana
OPEN MIC
Mostly Sondheim, Programmed by Brian Nash, Emily McNamara, Ben Cameron
Duplex
Our Way, Your Way, Broadway (aka Show Tune Room), Produced and hosted by Michael Kirk Lane
Don't Tell Mama
Salon, Created and hosted by Mark Janas, produced by Tanya Moberly
Etcetera Etcetera
HOST – VARIETY SHOW/SERIES OR OPEN MIC
Raissa Katona Bennett, The Concerts at Tudor City Greens
Tudor City Greens
Phil Geoffrey Bond, Sondheim Unplugged
Laurie Beechman, Don't Tell Mama
Mark Janas, Salon
Etcetera Etcetera
Dana Lorge, Wednesday Night at the Iguana
Iguana
SPECIAL PRODUCTION
Faye Lane's Beauty Shop Stories, Created and performed by Faye Lane, directed by Jay Rogers, produced by Adam Magazine
La Mama ETC, Huron Club at Soho Playhouse
My Queer Youth, Written and performed by Phil Geoffrey Bond, directed by Michele Pawk
Laurie Beechman
Scared Skinny, Written and performed by Mary Dimino
Paradise Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Source
PIANO BAR/RESTAURANT SINGING ENTERTAINER
Liz Lark Brown
Don't Tell Mama
Anne Steele
Don't Tell Mama, Brandy's
Kristine Zbornik
Don't Tell Mama
PIANO BAR/RESTAURANT INSTRUMENTALIST
Nate Buccieri
Don't Tell Mama, Brandy's
Gerry Dieffenbach
Duplex, Don't Tell Mama
Jerry Scott
Butler's
MUSICAL DIRECTOR
Sean Harkness
Deb Berman (Metropolitan Room, Don't Tell Mama), Terese Genecco Sings Elvis (Don't Tell Mama, Triad, Rrazz Room)
Mark Janas
Julie Reyburn (Feinstein's, Laurie Beechman, Urban Stages), Kevin McMullan (Laurie Beechman), Tanya Moberly (Don't Tell Mama), Len Cariou (Ripley Greer)
Alex Rybeck
Liz & Ann Hampton Callaway: Boom! (Town Hall), Todd Murray (Feinstein's, Metropolitan Room), Kevin Dozier (Feinstein's, Laurie Beechman, Don't Tell Mama), Liz Callaway: New Year's Eve (Metropolitan Room), Donna McKechnie (Laurie Beechman), Faith Prince (Caramoor)
Tracy Stark
2010 MAC Awards (B.B. King), Marcus Simeone: Haunted (Metropolitan Room), Gretchen Reinhagen (Don't Tell Mama)
DIRECTOR
Eric Michael Gillett
Karen Akers (Oak Room at the Algonquin), Karen Oberlin (Oak Room at the Algonquin), Jarrod Spector (Metropolitan Room, Oak Room at the Plaza)
Peter Napolitano
Janice Hall (Metropolitan Room, Urban Stages), Barbara Porteus (Feinstein's), Helena Grenot (Don't Tell Mama), Adam Shapiro (Duplex)
Lennie Watts
Julie Reyburn (Feinstein's, Laurie Beechman), Kevin Dozier (Feinstein's, Laurie Beechman, Don't Tell Mama), Liz Lark Brown (Metropolitan Room), Jackie Fornatale (Don't Tell Mama, Laurie Beechman)
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
Denise Andersen
Ricky Ritzel & Spider Saloff; Lennie Watts, Steven Ray Watkins, Scott Coulter; Stephen Wallem & Edie Falco (Don't Tell Mama)
David Colbert
Karen Finley, Sarah Rice, Coco Peru (Laurie Beechman)
Randy Lester
Steven Brinberg: Simply Barbra, Marquee Five, Eric Michael Gillett Presents Cookie Stark (Don't Tell Mama)
SONG
"After Hours"
Music by Derek Gregor, Lyrics by Sam Carner
"And I'm Leaving Today"
Music by Alex Rybeck, Lyrics by Todd Murray
"Don't Break My Heart on New Year's Eve"
Music by Brian Cimmet, Lyrics by Amanda Yesnowitz
"Haunted"
Music by Tracy Stark, Lyrics by Marcus Simeone
"More Than I Am"
Music by Hyeyoung Kim, Lyrics by Michael L. Cooper
SPECIAL MUSICAL MATERIAL
"All of My Friends"
Music and lyrics by Drew Fornarola
"Christmas in Michigan"
Music and lyrics by Mary Liz McNamara
"Just Adjust Your Dreams"
Music and lyrics by Michael Hadge
"Sing, But Don't Tell"
Music by Derek Gregor, Lyrics by Sam Carner
"We Are the Meek"
Music and lyrics by Garry Novikoff
RECORDING
Annie Kozuch
"Here With You"
Karen Oberlin
"Live at the Algonquin – The Songs of Frank Loesser"
Anne Steele
"Strings Attached"
Uptown Express
"Take You There"
Julian Yeo
"Homage"
Julie Miller produces.
Tickets, priced $50-$160 plus a two-drink minimum, are available by visiting http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/163415 or www.macnyc.com.
