FEMALE VOCALIST CELIA BERK Manhattan Serenade Metropolitan Room
SALLY DARLING Totally Noël Don’t Tell Mama
MEG FLATHER Portraits; Carly and Me Don’t Tell Mama
JOSEPHINE SANGES Haven't We Met?; To Ann, with Love Metropolitan Room, Don't Tell Mama
LISA VIGGIANO Night in the City Don't Tell Mama, Laurie Beechman
MALE VOCALIST BOB DIAMOND The Gift of Love Don’t Tell Mama
RICHARD HOLBROOK Richard Sings Rodgers with a Lot of Heart; Always December: A Holiday Musical Celebration Metropolitan Room, Don’t Tell Mama
JEFF MACAULEY Mwah! The Dinah Shore Show; It Was Me; Le Grand Tour Metropolitan Room
STEARNS MATTHEWS Me and the Gersh-twins Laurie Beechman, Metropolitan Room
JIM SPEAKE Sweet Life, the Show Don’t Tell Mama, Laurie Beechman
1 MAJOR ARTIST NATALIE DOUGLAS Human Heart; Stevie Songs; Freedom Songs 2016; A Very Natalie New Year; others Birdland; Duplex, others
SIDNEY MYER Live at the Beechman Laurie Beechman
STACY SULLIVAN A Night at the Troubadour Metropolitan Room
CELEBRITY CHRISTINE ANDREAS Feinstein's/54 Below
MICHAEL FEINSTEIN Feinstein's/54 Below
DONNA MCKECHNIE Feinstein's/54 Below
MARK NADLER Does This Room Make My Act Look Big? Pangea
CAROL WOODS Ain't We Got Fun: The Music of Richard Whiting Metropolitan Room
NEW YORK DEBUT – FEMALE AMORIKA AMOROSO The Whore Next Door Don’t Tell Mama
HANNA BURKE Why Is Everyone Laughing? A Tribute to Madeline Kahn Don't Tell Mama, Metropolitan Room, Duplex
MARY SUE DANIELS Straight Outta ‘Conda Don’t Tell Mama
SALLIE JO HADLEY Bustin’ Loose: The Liberation of Sallie Jo Hadley Don’t Tell Mama
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NEW YORK DEBUT – MALE
MATT DIPASQUALE Neither Here nor There Duplex
TOMMY J. DOSE by.the.book Don’t Tell Mama
CHARLIE ROMO (a.k.a. CHARLIE POVOROMO) Metropolitan Room
SPOKEN WORD ARTIST KAREN FINLEY Unicorn Gratitude Mystery Laurie Beechman
SHAWN MONINGER Because I Can 2: Second Addiction Metropolitan Room
IMPERSONATION/CHARACTERIZATION/DRAG ARTIST MARGOH! CHANNING MargOH! Channing Is Uncorked; MargOH! Channing Is Hung Pangea LADY BUNNY Trans Jester Stonewall Inn
RICK SKYE Liza Live! Don’t Tell Mama
MUSICAL COMEDY PERFORMER LYNDA RODOLITZ Lynda Rodolitz Is Off Her Rocker Don’t Tell Mama
BILLIE ROE Monopoly Metropolitan Room
3 AARON WEINSTEIN Violinspiration Pangea
DUO/GROUP ANITA GILLETTE & PENNY FULLER Sin Twisters Too Feinstein's/54 Below, Metropolitan Room
SALLY MAYES & JEFF HARNAR Double Take Laurie Beechman
THOSE GIRLS (Eve Eaton, Rachel Hanser, Karen Mack, Wendy A. Russell) Those Girls at the Beechman Laurie Beechman
REVUE ALMOST LIKE BEING IN LOVE: AN EVENING OF ALAN JAY LERNER Performed by KT Sullivan and Mark Nadler, directed by Mark Nadler Laurie Beechman
BROADWAY BOOZY BRUNCH Created by Manuel Araujo and Patrick DeGennaro, produced by Don't Tell Mama Don't Tell Mama
RODGERS, HART, AND HAMMERSTEIN Created and written by Marcus Simeone Don’t Tell Mama, Metropolitan Room
RECURRING SERIES IT'S JUST A NUMBER Created, produced, and directed by Bobbie Horowitz Metropolitan Room
RICKY RITZEL’S BROADWAY Created and produced by Ricky Ritzel; staged and choreographed by Jay Rogers and Aaron Morishita Don’t Tell Mama
SALON Mark Janas, founder, artistic director, host; Tanya Moberly, executive producer Etcetera Etcetera
4 EMCEE BERNIE FURSHPAN This Is Your Night Metropolitan Room
TOM GAMBLIN MetroStar Talent Challenge Metropolitan Room
BOBBIE HOROWITZ It's Just a Number Metropolitan Room
NANCY WITTER Nancy Witter's Comedy Variety Series Don't Tell Mama
SPECIAL PRODUCTION THE JOE ICONIS CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR Written and created by Joe Iconis, produced by Jennifer Ashley Tepper, directed by John Simpkins Feinstein's/54 Below
MAMA'S NEXT BIG ACT Produced by Don't Tell Mama and Lennie Watts Don't Tell Mama
METROSTAR TALENT CHALLENGE Produced by Joseph Macchia, Tom Gamblin, Beck Lee, Bernie Furshpan Metropolitan Room
MUSICAL DIRECTOR RICK JENSEN Doris Dear’s Christmas Special (Feinstein's/54 Below), Mary Sue Daniels (Don’t Tell Mama), Bob Diamond (Don’t Tell Mama), Susan Winter (Metropolitan Room)
DARYL KOJAK Laurie Krauz and Daryl Kojak Celebrate 25 Years (Metropolitan Room), Amy Beth Williams (Don’t Tell Mama), 2016 Bistro Awards (Gotham Comedy Club), Leslie Orofino (Metropolitan Room), Rob Davis (Metropolitan Room)
TRACY STARK Sidney Myer (Laurie Beechman), Kim David Smith (Pangea), Sarah Dash (Iridium, Rrazz Room-Philadelphia), Eric Millegan (Don't Tell Mama), MargOH! Channing (Pangea)
5 STEVEN RAY WATKINS Amorika Amoroso (Don’t Tell Mama), Billie Roe (Metropolitan Room), Those Girls (Laurie Beechman), Lynda Rodolitz (Don’t Tell Mama), Tanya Moberly (Tanya Moberly Sings Loggins, Don't Tell Mama)
DIRECTOR BARRY KLEINBORT Anita Gillette & Penny Fuller (Feinstein's/54 Below, Metropolitan Room), Paula Dione Ingram (Metropolitan Room), Adrienne Haan (Adrienne Haan Sings Kurt Weill, Metropolitan Room), Claudine Cassan-Jellison (Don't Tell Mama), Madelaine Warren (Don't Tell Mama)
LINA KOUTRAKOS Doris Dear (Feinstein's/54 Below), Mary Sue Daniels (Don't Tell Mama), Dawn Derow (Winter Songs, Laurie Beechman), Rick Jensen's Birthday Bash (Don't Tell Mama), Patti Bottino Bravo (Metropolitan Room, Don't Tell Mama)
MARK NADLER Stacy Sullivan (Metropolitan Room), Billie Roe (Metropolitan Room), Mark Nadler & KT Sullivan (Almost Like Being in Love, Laurie Beechman)
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR COLLETTE BLACK Bob Diamond, The Gift of Love, Don't Tell Mama Rick Skye, Liza Live!, Don't Tell Mama Susan Neuffer, Apocalypse Wow, Don't Tell Mama Tommy Femia & Rick Skye, Judy & Liza Together Again, Don't Tell Mama
ARMANDO BRAVI Alvin Ing, Got a Lot of Livin' to Do, Duplex John McDaniel & Lennie Watts, Celebrate Me Home, Don’t Tell Mama Natalie Joy Johnson & Brian Nash, Natalie Joy Johnson at The Duplex, Duplex Tim Di Pasqua, Beach in the Blinding Sun Concert, Don’t Tell Mama Tanya Moberly, Tanya Moberly Sings Kenny Loggins with Steven Ray Watkins, Don’t Tell Mama
ADAM DECARLO Tommy J. Dose, by.the.book., Don't Tell Mama Midnight at the Never Get (musical, with Sam Bolen & Mark Sonnenblick), Don't Tell Mama Amorika Amoroso, The Whore Next Door, Don't Tell Mama Lynda Rodolitz, Lynda Rodolitz Is Off Her Rocker, Don't Tell Mama
6 JASON ELLIS Groovin' on a Sunday (Woody Regan and Ann McCormack), Don’t Tell Mama Amy Beth Williams, Carried Away, Don’t Tell Mama Ricky Ritzel’s Broadway Halloween, Don’t Tell Mama Tanya Moberly, Tanya Moberly Sings Amy Ani Ricky Joni with Ritt Henn, Don’t Tell Mama Billy Lykken, Sacred Monster, Don’t Tell Mama
ABBY JUDD Sidney Myer, Live at the Beechman, Laurie Beechman KT Sullivan & Mark Nadler, Almost Like Being in Love, Laurie Beechman Eric Michael Gillett, The Songwriter Projects, Laurie Beechman Those Girls (Eve Eaton, Rachel Hanser, Karen Mack, Wendy Russell), Laurie Beechman
ENSEMBLE INSTRUMENTALIST DONNA KELLY, drums/percussion Lennie Watts, Manilow '73-'83, Laurie Beechman Those Girls, Those Girls at the Beechman, Laurie Beechman Amorika Amoroso, The Whore Next Door, Don't Tell Mama Lynda Rodolitz, Lynda Rodolitz Is Off Her Rocker, Don't Tell Mama
TOM HUBBARD, bass Marilyn Maye, Dizzy's at Jazz at Lincoln Center Carole J. Bufford, ROAR! Music of the 1920's and Beyond, Feinstein's/54 Below Paulo Szot, Feinstein's/54 Below
MATT SCHARFGLASS, bass Jim Speake, Sweet Life, Laurie Beechman Lennie Watts, Manilow '73-'83, Laurie Beechman Lisa Viggiano, Night in the City, Don't Tell Mama Those Girls, Those Girls at the Beechman, Laurie Beechman
KENJI TAJIMA, drums/percussion Tim Di Pasqua, Beach in the Blinding Sun Concert Series, Don't Tell Mama Tim Di Pasqua, The Music and Lyrics Project: Chapter Six, Don't Tell Mama Lisa Viggiano, Night in the City, Laurie Beechman, Don't Tell Mama
PIANO BAR/RESTAURANT SINGING ENTERTAINER – MALE PAUL PILCZ, Don't Tell Mama
TOMMY J. DOSE, Don't Tell Mama
ADAM CHANDLER, Duplex
JOE ARDIZZONE, Brandy's
BOBBY BELFRY, Brandy's
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PIANO BAR/RESTAURANT SINGING ENTERTAINER – FEMALE TARA MARTINEZ, Don't Tell Mama
MICHELLE DOWDY, Don't Tell Mama
LAUREN MUFSON, Brandy's
HEIDI WEYHMUELLER, Brandy's
LAURA PAVLES, Don't Tell Mama
PIANO BAR INSTRUMENTALIST MICHAEL ISAACS, Duplex, Brandy's, Don't Tell Mama
WILLIAM TN HALL, Don't Tell Mama, Duplex
BRIAN NASH, Duplex
DARIUS FROWNER, Duplex
RICK JENSEN, Brandy's
RESTAURANT/LOUNGE ENTERTAINER BILL ZEFFIRO, La Rivista
CLARE COOPER, Don't Tell Mama Happy Hour
PATRICK DEGENNARO, Duplex Happy Hour
RECORDING (LAMOTT FRIEDMAN AWARD) CELIA BERK: "Manhattan Serenade"
SCOTT EVAN DAVIS: "Next"
GINGER MINJ: "Sweet T"
MAJOR RECORDING MARY FOSTER CONKLIN: "Photographs"
NATALIE DOUGLAS: "Human Heart"
TRACY STARK: "Shades of Beautiful – The Tracy Stark Songbook"
SONG BEFORE I FORGET
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FILLING SPACE
MORE THAN FINE
THIRTY-FIVE YEARS
WAITING
COMEDY/NOVELTY SONG THE CHRISTMAS TREE BLUES
THE MOM SONG
SELFIE
SITTING AT THE PIANO
SO MANY REASONS
SHOW OF THE YEAR MARILYN IN FRAGMENTS Laurie Beechman, Metropolitan Room Starring Marissa Mulder; Directed by Sondra Lee; Musical Direction by Jon Weber
MOLLY POPE IN A STAR IS BORN Feinstein's/54 Below Starring Molly Pope; musical direction by Brian Nash; choreographed by Ben Cameron; conceived by Will Nunziata, staged by Molly Pope
MIDNIGHT AT THE NEVER GET Don't Tell Mama, 42West Conceived & Performed by Sam Bolen and Mark Sonnenblick; book, music, and lyrics by Mark Sonnenblick; directed by Max Friedman; production at 42West produced by Michael Chase Gosselin
THE JOE ICONIS CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR Feinstein's/54 Below Written by Joe Iconis; directed by John Simpkins; produced by Jennifer Ashley Tepper; choreographed by Christine O'Grady and Jennifer Werner
SPAMILTON The Triad Created, written, and directed by Gerard Alessandrini; musical arrangements by Fred Barton and Richard Danley; choreography by Gerry McIntyre; produced by Lush Budget Productions, John Freedson, Christine Pedi, and David Zippel, and Gerard Alessandrini
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