BroadwayWorld 2019 Cabaret Award Winners Are Announced -

2019 BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards received a record number of nominations and votes this year (BroadwayWorld Regional Awards were also bigger, including over 100 cities across America, Canada, Central and South America, Europe, and Asia). Now the votes have been tabulated and the winners announced. They are:

Best Alternative Cabaret Show
Tammy Faye Starlight – Tammy Faye Starlight Celebrates 40 Years of Marianne Faithful’s Broken English – Pangea

Best Burlesque Show or Act
Le Scandal Cabaret – Le Scandal Cabaret – The Laurie Beechman Theatre

Best Commercial Recording
Ann Hampton Callaway – Jazz Goes to the Movies – Feinstein’s/54 Below

Best Debut Show
Mark William – Come Croon With Me – The Green Room 42

Best Director
Will Nunziata – Peggy Lee In Her Own Words – The Green Room 42

Best Drag Artist or Impersonator
Paulina, Princess of Power – Lucky Cheng’s – Stage 48

Best Duo Show
Ace Young & Diana DeGarmo Birdland & Birdland Theater

Best Host or Emcee of a Cabaret
Susie Mosher – Susie Mosher’s The Lineup – Birdland

Best Independent Recording
Mark William – Come Croon With Me – The Green Room 42

Best Jazz Vocalist
Spencer Day

Best Musical Comedy Cabaret Show
The Hell’s Kitchenettes – The Hell’s Kitchenettes – The Laurie Beechman Theatre

Best Musical Director
Billy Stritch – Cast Party, Marilyn Maye, Nicolas King, Jim Caruso, Linda Lavin, Countess LuAnn de Lessepps