And the Nominees Are… Here’s the Complete List for the 2023 MAC Award Honors

Here are the nominees:

FEMALE VOCALIST

CELIA BERK
 On My Way To You: Improbable Stories That Inspired An Unlikely Path
   Laurie Beechman
DAWN DEROW 
Dawn Derow Sings Eydie Gormé; My Ship CD Release, Backyard Troubadors 
Laurie Beechman, 54 Below, Green Room 42, Post Office Café (Provincetown), Mohonk Mountain House (New Paltz), Cotuit Center for the Arts (Cotuit, MA)
JOSEPHINE SANGES
 The Funny Girl in Me–Josephine Sanges Sings Fanny Brice 
Laurie Beechman
GERRILYN SOHN 
If Joe Allen’s Walls Could Sing & Other Hidden Gems 
Don’t Tell Mama
LISA VIGGIANO 
Lisa Viggiano Sings the Jane Olivor Songbook
 Laurie Beechman, Don’t Tell Mama

MALE VOCALIST

TIM CONNELL
 Dreamin’ Again; Lucky Me!; …and so it goes…
 Pangea
RIAN KEATING Rian Keating Sings Jacques Brel
 Don’t Tell Mama
FRANK MCDONOUGH 
Two Strong Hands; Legends of Las Vegas 
Don’t Tell Mama
SETH SIKES 
I’ll Be Seeing You; Seth Sikes Sings Barbra Streisand; New Year’s Eve with Seth Sikes!; Exclusive Memorial Day Show with Seth Sikes!
 54 Below, The Pines Rehobeth Beach, The Arts Project of Cherry Grove

MAJOR ARTIST

TANYA MOBERLY
 Moberly at Mama’s Monthly
 Don’t Tell Mama
SIDNEY MYER
 Pangea
DAVID SABELLA
 Amanda Reckon with Returns
 Pangea
LENNIE WATTS 
Escape
 Don’t Tell Mama

NEW YORK DEBUT–FEMALE

SARAH CARSON 
England and America – A Transatlantic Love Story
 Don’t Tell Mama
SHANNON DALEY
 Anybody Have a Map?
 Don’t Tell Mama
LINDA KAHN
 “Say Yes!” 
Laurie Beechman
ANN TALMAN 
Elizabeth Taylor and the Shadow of Her Smile
 54 Below

NEW YORK DEBUT–MALE

DANNY BOLERO 
They Call Me…Cuban Pete: The Music and Genius of Desi Arnaz
 Don’t Tell Mama
JEFF FLASTER
 Take the Moment
 Don’t Tell Mama
DAME EDNA’S HONORARY UNDERSTUDY SCOTT F. MASON
 One Dame Funny Night at DTM; Mouth to Mouth with the Dame
 Don’t Tell Mama

CELEBRITY ARTIST

ANN HAMPTON CALLAWAY
 54 Below
LIZ CALLAWAY
 To Steve With Love: Liz Callaway Celebrates Sondheim 
54 Below
NATALIE DOUGLAS
 Many different shows
 Birdland Jazz Club, The Triad, The Players (NYC) and many clubs in London and throughout the U.S.
JEFF HARNAR 
I Know Things Now: My Life in Sondheim’s Words 
Laurie Beechman
GABRIELLE STRAVELLI
 Birdland

ICON

PATTI LuPONE
 54 Below
BRIAN STOKES MITCHELL
 54 Below
VANESSA WILLIAMS
 54 Below

DUO/GROUP

ELENA BENNETT AND FRED BARTON 
Swing Out Under the Moon!
 Pangea
HELANE BLUMFIELD AND BOBBY PEACO
 me and bobby peaco
 Don’t Tell Mama
THOSE GIRLS (Eve Eaton, Rachel Hanser, Karen Mack, Wendy Anne Russell)
 Those Girls Sing the Broadway, Vol 1
 Laurie Beechman, Don’t Tell Mama

MAJOR DUO/GROUP

KLEA BLACKHURST, JIM CARUSO, BILLY STRITCH
 A Swinging Birdland Christmas
 Birdland
LIZ CALLAWAY AND ANN HAMPTON CALLAWAY
 As Long as We’re Together
 54 Below
ERIC COMSTOCK AND BARBARA FASANO
 Birdland

PIANO BAR INSTRUMENTALIST

NATE BUCCIERI
 Don’t Tell Mama, Brandy’s, The Duplex
BRANDON JAMES GWINN
 Marie’s Crisis
WILLIAM TN HALL
 Don’t Tell Mama, Brandy’s
PADDY ON THE PIANO 
Don’t Tell Mama, The Duplex
JOE REGAN
 Don’t Tell Mama

PIANO BAR/RESTAURANT SINGING ENTERTAINER – FEMALE

ELAINE BRIER
Don’t Tell Mama
LIZ LARK BROWN
 Stonewall Inn, Brandy’s
MARIA GENTILE
 The Duplex, Stonewall Inn, Brandy’s
TARA MARTINEZ
 Don’t Tell Mama
LAURA PAVLES
 Don’t Tell Mama

PIANO BAR/RESTAURANT SINGING ENTERTAINER – MALE

DAVID FOLEY JR.
 Stonewall Inn, Brandy’s
JUSTIN GREGORY LOPEZ
 Brandy’s
JOSEPH REDD 
Don’t Tell Mama
JON SATROM
 Don’t Tell Mama, Brandy’s
MILES WHITAKER 
Stonewall Inn

ENSEMBLE INSTRUMENTALIST

DON KELLY, drums and percussion
 Those Girls/Those Girls Sing The Broadway, Vol. 1 (Laurie Beechman, Don’t Tell Mama), Marnie Klar/Marnie Klar Sings Carly Simon (Don’t Tell Mama), Amy Beth Williams/Great Ladies, Great Songs (Don’t Tell Mama), Sarah Carson/England and America (Don’t Tell Mama)
MATT SCHARFGLASS, bass
 Turn the Beat Around: 54 Below Celebrates Studio 54 (54 Below), Lennie Watts/Escape (Don’t Tell Mama), Kevin Smith Kirkwood/Classic Whitney: Alive! (Joe’s Pub)
SKIP WARD, bass
 Kim David Smith/Mostly Marlene (Joe’s Pub), Matsuki and Toroian’s Jazz Brunch Open Mic (Pangea), Amanda Ferguson/Ladies of the 80’s (Pangea), Sue Matsuki and Gregory Toroian/38 Seasons of Love (54 Below)

RECURRING SERIES

JIM CARUSO’S CAST PARTY
 Created, produced, and hosted by Jim Caruso
 Birdland
THE LINEUP WITH SUSIE MOSHER
 Produced by Susie Mosher and Hope Royaltey
 Birdland Theater
SALON 
Founder, Artistic Director, Host: Mark Janas; Executive Producer: Tanya Moberly
 Don’t Tell Mama

EMCEE

JIM CARUSO
Jim Caruso’s Cast Party
 Birdland
SUE MATSUKI AND GREGORY TOROIAN 
Matsuki & Toroian’s Jazz Brunch Open Mic
 Pangea
SUSIE MOSHER
 The Lineup with Susie Mosher 
Birdland

SPECIAL PRODUCTION

HOLD ON TIGHT 
Produced, written, and performed by Meg Flather, Directed by Lennie Watts, Musical Direction by Tracy Stark
 Don’t Tell Mama, Theater Row, Teatro Latea
JOE ICONIS AND FAMILY – ALBUM
 Curated and hosted by Joe Iconis
 54 Below
IN THIS TRAVELING HEART
 Written by and performed by Rian Keating, Directed by Tanya Moberly, Musical direction by Jeff Cubeta
 Don’t Tell Mama
WOULDA, COULDA, SHOULDA – MY (ALMOST) LIFE ON THE WICKED STAGE
 Written by and starring Mary Lahti; Directed by Lennie Watts; Music director Paul Greenwood
 Don’t Tell Mama, Laurie Beechman

DIRECTOR

JEFF HARNAR 
Linda Kahn/Say Yes! (Laurie Beechman), Theresa Lee/Riding the Bus to the Red Carpet (Triad, Don’t Tell Mama), Becca Kidwell/Together Inside (Don’t Tell Mama), Margo Brown and Lisa Dellarossa/You’re Nothing Without Me (Don’t Tell Mama), Josephine Sanges/The Funny Girl in Me (Laurie Beechman)
LINA KOUTRAKOS 
Deborah Stone/Chiaroscuro (Pangea, Laurie Beechman), Ann Talman/Elizabeth Taylor and the Shadow of Her Smile (54 Below), The Doris Dear Christmas Special (The Triad), Dorian Woodruff/The Lyrics of Alan and Marilyn Bergman (Pangea)
TANYA MOBERLY
 Marnie Klar Sings Carly Simon (Don’t Tell Mama), Scott F. Mason/ Mouth to Mouth with The Dame (Don’t Tell Mama), Rian Keating Sings Jacques Brel (Don’t Tell Mama), Gracie Lee Brown/Say Goodnight, Gracie (Don’t Tell Mama), Jeff Flaster/Take the Moment (Don’t Tell Mama)
LENNIE WATTS
 Meg Flather/Hold On Tight (Don’t Tell Mama, Theater Row, Teatro Latea), Those Girls/Those Girls Sing the Broadway Vol 1 (Laurie Beechman, Don’t Tell Mama), Mary Lahti/Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda (Laurie Beechman, Don’t Tell Mama), Sarah Carson/England and America (Don’t Tell Mama), Gerrilyn Sohn/If Joe Allen’s Walls Could Sing (Don’t Tell Mama)

MUSICAL DIRECTOR

JOHN M. COOK
 Josephine Sanges/The Funny Girl in Me (Laurie Beechman), Deborah Stone/Chiaroscuro (Pangea, Laurie Beechman), Cindy Firing/You and I-A Tribute to Barbara Cook (Laurie Beechman), Josephine Sanges and Cindy Firing/Carry On (Don’t Tell Mama); Margo Brown & Lisa Dellarossa/You’re Nothing Without Me (Don’t Tell Mama)
YASUHIKO FUKUOKA: 
Sean Patrick Murtagh/The Mario 101 Release Party (Green Room 42), Robbie Rozelle/The Inevitable Return! (Birdland), Lisa Viggiano Sings the Jane Olivor Songbook (Laurie Beechman, Don’t Tell Mama), Gerry Geddes/Fabulous First Fridays (Pangea), The MAC Awards (Symphony Space)
TRACY STARK
 Sidney Myer (Pangea), Kim David Smith/Mostly Marlene, A Wery Weimar Christmas (Joe’s Pub, Neue Gallery, Club Cumming), Meg Flather/Hold On (Don’t Tell Mama, Theater Row), MargOH Channing/Simply MargOH (Pangea), Alex De Suze/Late Bloomer (Don’t Tell Mama)
BILLY STRITCH
 Marilyn Maye (Birdland, 54 Below), Gabrielle Stravelli (Birdland), Linda Eder (54 Below), Jim Caruso’s Cast Party (Birdland)
STEVEN RAY WATKINS
 Those Girls Sing the Broadway, Vol 1 (Laurie Beechman, Don’t Tell Mama), Moberly at Mama’s Monthly (Don’t Tell Mama), Gerrilyn Sohn/If Joe Allen’s Walls Could Sing (Don’t Tell Mama), Marnie Klar Sings Carly Simon (Don’t Tell Mama), Sarah Carson/England and America (Don’t Tell Mama)

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR

ADAM DeCARLO 
Lisa Viggiano/Lisa Viggiano Sings the Jane Olivor Songbook (Don’t Tell Mama), Meg Flather/Hold On Tight (Don’t Tell Mama, Gerrilyn Sohn/If Joe Allen’s Walls Could Sing (Don’t Tell Mama), Mama’s Boys/Mama’s Boys Love the 80’s (Don’t Tell Mama)
ALISON NUSBAUM
 Frank McDonough/Two Strong Hands (Don’t Tell Mama), Susan Neuffer/An Elpee Worth of Todd (Don’t Tell Mama), Meri Ziev/New Words (Don’t Tell Mama), Leslie Orofino/Laughing at Life (Don’t Tell Mama)
JEAN-PIERRE PERREAUX
 Jeff Harnar/I Know Things Now: My Life in Sondheim’s Words (Laurie Beechman), Marta Sanders/LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT Or Whatever Happened to That Nice Quaker Girl (Laurie Beechman), Those Girls/Those Girls Sing The Broadway, vol. 1 (Laurie Beechman), Jonny Rosch and Friends (Triad)

SONG

A BRAND NEW SHADE OF BLUE
 Music by John Forster, Lyrics by Tom Toce
I BELIEVE IN RAINBOWS
 Music by Ethan Tarasov, Lyrics by Tom Toce
THE STROLLERS OF POLAND
 Music and lyrics by Tom Toce
TALKING TO THE MOON
 Music by Paul Rolnick, Lyrics by Paul Rolnick and Jane R. Snyder
YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN KIND
 Music by Tracy Stark, Lyrics by Bob Levy

COMEDY/NOVELTY SONG

ALMA
 Music and Lyrics by Billy Recce
DON’T TELL GRETA
 Music and Lyrics by Daniel Cainer
IN THE SPIRIT OF GIVING
 Music and Lyrics by Ritt Henn
STRICTLY FOR SHOW
 Music by Michele Brourman, Lyrics by Tom Toce
THE ZOOM SONG
 Music and Lyrics by John Forster

RECORDING (LaMott Friedman Award)

D.C. ANDERSON
 House Concert
CELIA BERK
 Now That I Have Everything
RENEE KATZ
 Winter Awakenings (featuring DECEMBER SONGS by Maury Yeston)
ANN KITTREDGE 
reIMAGINE
BOB LEVY
 Ballads
REGINA ZONA AND SEAN HARKNESS 
It Must Have Been the Mistletoe

MAJOR RECORDING

JULIE BENKO AND JASON YEAGER
 Hand in Hand
LIZ CALLAWAY
 To Steve With Love: Liz Callaway Celebrates Sondheim
JIM CARUSO AND BILLY STRITCH
 The Sunday Set (Recorded Live at the Birdland Theater)
JEFF HARNAR 
I Know Things Now: My Life in Sondheim’s Words