The 37th annual he Bistro Awards gala will be held on Monday, May 16, beginning at 7 pm, at Gotham Comedy Club, produced by Sherry Eaker, who has headed up the event since the awards’ inception in 1985. Twenty-one musical artists will be recognized for their outstanding achievements at Bistro Awards gala on Monday, May 16, at the Gotham Comedy Club.
Three-time Grammy-winning songwriter and performer Jimmy Webb will receive the ASCAP-Bob Harrington Lifetime Achievement Award for his musical and storytelling accomplishments over a career of five-plus decades. Webb is the only person to have won Grammys for music, lyrics, and orchestration; his chart-topping songs include “Up, Up, and Away,” “By the Time I Get to Phoenix,” “Wichita Lineman,” “Galveston,” “Didn’t We,” and “MacArthur Park,” among many others. His singing career has included appearances over the decades at New York City cabaret venues.
Stage and film actor, musical comedian, and star of her own weekly variety show, The Lineup, Susie Mosher will be recognized with an award for excellence in Variety Show Hosting and Performance, and will also host the event.
The evening’s musicians include the award show’s resident maestro, Musical Director Daryl Kojak (piano), along with Sean Conly (bass) and Dwayne “Cook” Broadnax (drums).
For the ninth year in a row, Shellen Lubin will direct the Bistro Awards show. A theatre director, playwright, songwriter, and vocal and acting coach, she has also been at the forefront of attaining parity for women in the arts.
Mark Dundas Wood and Wendy-Lane Bailey are the show’s Associate Producers; Gerry Geddes is Production-Creative Consultant.
Following is a complete list of artists whose work in 2020-2021 has been outstanding, or whose body of work has been consistently exceptional:
JIMMY WEBB / ASCAP-Bob Harrington Lifetime Achievement Award
SUSIE MOSHER / Variety Show Hosting and Performance
BETH LEAVEL / Excellence in Musical Comedy (It’s Not About Me)
FLOTILLA DEBARGE / Consummate Drag Artistry
SALLY WILFERT / Vocal Artistry (How Did I End Up Here?)
THE ROYAL BOPSTERS / Jazz Artistry
BLAINE ALDEN KRAUSS / Ira Eaker Special Achievement Award
QUINN LEMLEY / Unique Biography-Based Cabaret Experience (Rita Hayworth: The Heat Is On!)
CLAUDINE CASSAN-JELLISON, DAVID GAINES, BARRY KLEINBORT for Hey, Frenchy! Stories and Songs from the Pantry / Outstanding Autobiographical Show
BOSSA TAP TRIO (Felipe Galganni, Helio Alves, Jackie Ribas) / Unique Jazz Presentation
AMY JO JACKSON / Creative Characterization (The Brass Menagerie)
ARI AXELROD / Theatrical Artistry in Song (Ari’s Arias)
GAY MARSHALL / Recording (Back on Boogie Street—Songs of Leonard Cohen)
KIM DAVID SMITH / Recording (Kim David Smith—Live at Joe’s Pub)
Tickets range from $75.00 to $275.00. For details about the various ticket categories visit www.BistroAwards.com. For additional information, call or text: 917-239-5467.
Gotham Comedy Club is located at 208 W. 23rd Street, Manhattan
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