THE 2007 NIGHTLIFE AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Christine Ebersole & Billy Stritch, John Pizzarelli, Jessica
Molaskey,
Demetri Martin, Sarah Silverman, Paula West and Freddy Cole
among cabaret/comedy/jazz big winners
Maureen McGovern, Broadway to Birdland and Metropolitan Room
Win Special Awards!
(For tickets and more information, go to: < http://
www.siegelpresents.com/nightlife-awards/2007.htm>.)
The 2007 Nightlife Award winners, voted by nearly 30 critics and
judges covering cabaret, comedy and jazz have been announced today
with some stunning results. [For the full list of winners and
finalists, see below.]. For the first time, the husband and wife team
of John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey have won, respectively, the
male and female Cabaret Major Engagement awards for their individual
acts. Pizzarelli won for his show at Feinstein's at the Regency, while
Molaskey took home the honors for her solo show at the Algonquin's Oak
Room.
This year's awards, which takes place on Monday, January 29th at 7 PM
at The Town Hall, acknowledges the sharp influx of Broadway stars into
the cabaret world in quality shows at affordable prices with awards to
the two forces that have made that possible: Jim Caruso's Broadway at
Birdland series and the new Metropolitan Room.
A star for more than thirty years, this year's Nightlife Awards honors
Maureen McGovern with a Nightlife Legend Award.
The Nightlife Awards offers a unique approach to celebrating its
winners. Instead of making boring acceptance speeches, they perform!
It's the only "All-Performance" award show in the world. Every year,
the winners come to Town Hall to show why they were chosen. Last year,
Brian Stokes Mitchell, Elaine Stritch, Eartha Kitt and more than a
dozen other stars performed on the stage of Town Hall. And this
year...
While the winners have just been chosen and are in the process of
being reached, the show's producer, Scott Siegel, re****ts that he has
already received confirmation that Christine Ebersole and Billy
Stritch will perform, as will Maureen McGovern, John Pizzarelli and
Jessica Molaskey. So, too will Paula West, Scott Coulter, Tom
Andersen, Tim Di Pasqua, Lisa Asher, and David Colbert. Among guest
stars, it's re****ted that Judy Gold and Tom Wopat will perform, as
well. To find out who will be performing, go to SiegelPresents.com for
regular updates of winners who will be performing and guest stars who
are coming to either perform or present the winners to the audience.
Tickets to the 2007 Nightlife Awards which are priced at $75, $50 and
$25 are available at the Town Hall Box Office (123 West 43rd Street)
from noon to 6 PM every day but Sunday. Tickets are also available at
Ticketmaster.com or by calling TicketMaster at 212-307-4100. For more
information go to SiegelPresents.com
2007 NIGHTLIFE AWARD WINNERS:
CABARET
OUTSTANDING CABARET FEMALE VOCALIST IN A MAJOR ENGAGEMENT
Jessica Molaskey
(Finalists: Diahann Carroll, Eartha Kitt)
OUTSTANDING CABARET MALE VOCALIST IN A MAJOR ENGAGEMENT
John Pizzarelli
(Finalists: Michael Feinstein, Jack Jones)
OUTSTANDING CABARET DUO/GROUP IN A MAJOR ENGAGEMENT
Christine Ebersole & Billy Stritch
(Finalists: Ashford & Simpson, Molaskey & Frishberg)
CABARET FEMALE VOCALIST
Lisa Asher
(Finalists: Lina Koutrakos, Karen Oberlin)
CABARET MALE VOCALIST
Scott Coulter
(Finalists: Patrick DeGennaro, Dane Vannatter)
CABARET MUSICAL COMEDY/CHARACTERIZATION
Lorinda Lisitza
(Finalists: Micaela Leon, Jay Rogers)
CABARET REVUE/GROUP/VARIETY
Tom Andersen, Scott Coulter, Tim Di Pasqua
(Finalists: Eric Comstock/Barbara Fasano, Jamie deRoy & Friends)
PIANO BAR
David Colbert
(Finalists: Elaine Brier, Gerry Deiffenbach)
JAZZ
FEMALE JAZZ VOCALIST
Paula West
(Finalists: Carol Sloane, Annie Ross)
MALE JAZZ VOCALIST
Freddy Cole
(Finalists: Dave Frishberg, Eric Comstock)
JAZZ SOLOIST
Cedar Walton
(Finalists: Paul Motian, Toots Thielemans)
JAZZ COMBO
Ben Riley's Monk Legacy Band
(Finalists: Roy Haynes, Microscopic Septet)
COMEDY
MALE STANDUP
Demetri Martin
(Finalists: David Attell, Zach Galiafi****as)
FEMALE STANDUP
Sarah Silverman
(Finalists: Jessica Kirson, Lisa Lampanelli)
COMEDY UNIQUE/GROUP
TJ & Dave
(Finalists: Nick Kroll & John Mulaney, Brownhauler & Schaal)
SPECIAL AWARDS
Broadway at Birdland
&
The Metropolitan Room
"For successfully bringing Broadway stars onto cabaret stages in
quality shows at affordable prices."
NIGHTLIFE LEGEND
Maureen McGovern
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