The 2012 (and first ever!) BroadwayWorld New York City Cabaret Awards were presented to some of our favorite artists, and many of them performed at the Awards Show held at the Metropolitan Room on Thursday February 21, 2013.
The complete list of BroadwayWorld.com 2012 New York Cabaret Award Winners:
Cabaret Show of the Year (Male or Female):
Ann Hampton Callaway - The Streisand Songbook at 54 Below
Best Cabaret Show Revue:
KT Sullivan & Karen Kohler - Vienna to Weimer at The Triad
Best CD Release (Solo, Duo or Group):
Colleen McHugh - Pret-A-Porter
Best Director:
Collette Black - Jackie Kristel: A Girl You Should Know at Don't Tell Mama
Best Performance by a Duo/Group:
Marilyn Maye and Michael Feinstein - Swingin' The Night Away at Feinstein's
Best Female Celebrity Vocalist:
Betty Buckley - The Other Woman at Feinstein's
Best Female Debut Show:
Stacie Perlman - The Story Underneath at the Metropolitan Room
Best Female Vocalist:
Colleen McHugh - Calendar Girl at the Duplex
Best Host of Variety Show/Recurring Series or Open Mic:
Jim Caruso - Cast Party at Birdland
Best Instrumentalist (Non Piano):
Will Anderson (Clarinet/Saxophone) - Carole J. Bufford: Speak Easy. at the Metropolitan Room
Best Jazz Vocalist (Male or Female):
Jane Monheit - at the Blue Note
Best Male Celebrity Vocalist:
Ben Vereen - Steppin' Out at 54 Below
Best Male Debut Show:
Steve Doyle - Home to You at 54 Below
Best Male Vocalist:
William Blake - Echoes of Etta: Tribute to Etta James at Birdland
Best Musical Comedy Performance:
Alison Nusbaum - Ladies! A Raucous Homage to Mel Brooks Broads at Don't Tell Mama
Best Musical Director:
Billy Stritch - Marilyn Maye By Request at the Metropolitan Room
Best Original Song for a Cabaret Show:
Scott Evan Davis - Cautiously Optimistic: If We Say Goodbye at Don't Tell Mama
Best Singer/Songwriter Show--Original Material:
Jason Robert Brown - at 54 Below
Best Tribute Show (Male or Female):
Ann Hampton Callaway - The Streisand Songbook at 54 Below
Best Variety Show/Recurring Series/Open Mic:
Cast Party at Birdland (Jim Caruso, Producer)
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