The 37th MAC Awards were awarded on Tuesday, April 4 at Symphony Space. As previously announced, Ken Page and Ricky Ritzel received Lifetime Achievement Awards and Jillian Laurain received the Hanson Award.
Here are the 2023 MAC Award winners—with photos by Maryann Lopinto
FEMALE VOCALIST: Josephine Sanges
MALE VOCALIST: Rian Keating
MAJOR ARTIST: Sidney Myer
NEW YORK DEBUT – FEMALE: Ann Talman
NEW YORK DEBUT – MALE: Danny Bolero
CELEBRITY ARTIST: Jeff Harnar
DUO/GROUP: Those Girls
MAJOR DUO/GROUP: Liz Callaway & Ann Hampton Callaway
PIANO BAR INSTRUMENTALIST: Nate Buccieri
PIANO BAR/RESTAURANT SINGING ENTERTAINER – FEMALE: Tara Martinez
PIANO BAR/RESTAURANT SINGING ENTERTAINER – MALE: Jon Satrom
ENSEMBLE INSTRUMENTALIST: Matt Scharfglass, bass
RECURRING SERIES: The Lineup with Susie Mosher
EMCEE: Susie Mosher
SPECIAL PRODUCTION: Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda – My (Almost) Life on the Wicked Stage: Written by and starring Mary Lahti
DIRECTOR: Lennie Watts
MUSICAL DIRECTOR: Tracy Stark
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR: Jean-Pierre Perreaux
SONG: “You Should Have Been Kind” Music by Tracy Stark; Lyrics by Bob Levy
COMEDY/NOVELTY SONG: “The Zoom Song” Music & lyrics by John Forster
RECORDING (LAMOTT FRIEDMAN AWARD: Ann Kittredge reIMAGINE
MAJOR RECORDING: Jeff Harnar: I Know Things Now: My Life in Sondheim’s Words