The 21st Annual MAC (The Manhattan Association of Cabarets & Clubs) Awards featured direction by Phil Geoffrey Bond.
Board of Directors Awards were presented to Karen Mason, Seth Rudetsky and Lincoln Center's American Songbook Series, and Special Lifetime Achievement Awards were given to Dody Goodman and Jan Wallman. Time Out New York also presented a Special Achievement MAC Award to Leslie Kritzer. Kritzer, who can be seen in the new Broadway musical Legally Blonde, was honored for her much-extended Joe's Pub show, Leslie Kritzer Is Patti LuPone at Les Mouches.
The complete list of the 21st Annual MAC Award winners follows.
Female Vocalist
Barbara Fasano
Male Vocalist
Patrick DeGennaro Major Artist – Female
Lina Koutrakos
Major Artist – Male
Billy Stritch
New York Debut – Female
Esther Beckman
New York Debut – Male
Rob Langeder
Impersonation
Jimmy James (as various divas)
Musical Comedy Performer – Female
Kristine Zbornik
Cabaret Comedy/Musical Comedy Performer – Male
Jay Rogers
Vocal Duo or Group
Eric Comstock & Barbara Fasano
Musical Comedy Duo or Group/Special Production
Thomas Honeck's Dreaming Wide Awake
Revue
Johnny Mercer Sings—The Songs He Didn't Write
Variety Production/Recurring Series
Trudy Mann's Fabulous Open Mic for Singers
Piano Bar/Restaurant Singing Entertainer
Leslie Anderson
Piano Bar/Restaurant/Hotel Lounge Instrumentalist
Jerry Scott
Singer/Songwriter
John Wallowitch
Musical Director
Tedd Firth
Director
Lina Koutrakos
Technical Director
Jean-Pierre Perreaux
Song
"Beautiful Mistake" — music by John Bucchino, lyrics by Amanda McBroom
Special Musical Material
"Not Another Cabaret" – words and music by Jason Wynn
Recording
Barbara Fasano — "Written in the Stars"
Jazz Recording
Mary Foster Conklin — "Blues for Breakfast – Remembering Matt Dennis"
Jazz Vocalist – Female
Laurie Krauz
Jazz Vocalist – Male
John DeMarco
Major Jazz Vocalist
Judy Barnett
Jazz Duo/Group
Barry Levitt Quartet
Stand-Up Comic Female
Poppi Kramer
Stand-Up Comic Male
Michael Brill
Major Stand-Up Comic – Female
Julie Goldman
Major Stand-Up Comic – Male
Greg Giraldo
Comedy/Improv Duo or Group
The Next Big Broadway Musical
2007 Time Out New York "Special Achievement MAC Award"
Leslie Kritzer for Leslie Kritzer Is Patti LuPone at Les Mouches
2007 Hanson Award
Leslie Orofino
2007 Board of Directors Awards
Karen Mason
American Songbook at Lincoln Center
Seth Rudetsky’s Broadway Chatterbox
Lifetime Achievement Awards
Jan Wallman
Dody Goodman