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"BEST CABARET OF 2000" AWARDS
Here they
are at long last - the CABARET HOTLINE ONLINE Best in Cabaret Picks
for the year 2000. Please note that these are awarded only to shows
that I have actually attended (sometimes more than once). By my
records, I attended 565 cabaret events in 2000, and when you add
in the Cabaret Conventions I attended both in NYC and San Francisco,
the multi-performer cabaret events I went to in Washington DC, Provincetown
and Boston, plus benefits and other multi-performer revues and shows,
I probably saw more than 800 actual performers last year. I do not
pretend that this list is complete - even with all the performers
seen last year, there were many shows that I did not have time to
attend.
Within each
category, the names appear in alphabetical order - with the
best listed first and runners-up follow in a lighter
shade of blue.
SPECIAL
CABARET EVENT
"All
in the Family" - Judy Kreston & David Lahm - JUDY'S CHELSEA
"This Life - The Songs of Portia Nelson" - DON'T TELL MAMA
CABARET
REVUE
"At The Movies" - SCULLERS JAZZ CLUB, BOSTON
"Bed Boys & Beyond" - THE DUPLEX
"Around the World in a Bad Mood" - ROSE'S
TURN
"Butch It Up" - THE DUPLEX
"Three Italians" - ARCI'S PLACE
MAJOR
FEMALE VOCALIST
Baby Jane Dexter - FIREBIRD CAFE
Amanda McBroom - JOE'S PUB
Julie Wilson - ALGONQUIN OAK ROOM
Karen Mason - ARCI'S PLACE
Sally Mayes - FIREBIRD CAFE
Wesla Whitfield - ARCI'S PLACE
MAJOR
MALE VOCALIST
Tom Andersen - FIREBIRD CAFE
Michael Feinstein - FEINSTEIN'S AT THE REGENCY
Billy Stritch - FIREBIRD CAFE
Charles Cermele - ARCI'S PLACE & FIREBIRD
Tom Postilio - ARCI'S PLACE
Steve Ross - FIREBIRD CAFE
FEMALE
VOCALIST
Audrey Lavine - JUDY'S CHELSEA & FIREBIRD CAFE
Jeanne MacDonald - FIREBIRD CAFE
Teri Lynn Paul - WESTBANK/LAURIE BEECHMAN
Lisa Richard - CINEGRILL & DON'T TELL MAMA
Lorna Dallas - FIREBIRD CAFE
Annie Hughes - JUDY'S CHELSEA
Julie Nemitz - DON'T TELL MAMA
Leslie Orofino - ALGONQUIN OAK ROOM
MALE
VOCALIST
Scott Coulter - DON'T TELL MAMA
Jack Donahue - FIREBIRD CAFE
Eric Michael Gillett - JUDY'S CHELSEA
FEMALE
POP/JAZZ VOCALIST
Lisa Asher - ARCI'S PLACE
Mary Foster Conklin - DON'T TELL MAMA
Natalie Douglas - FIREBIRD CAFE
Karen Mack - DON'T TELL MAMA
MALE
POP/JAZZ VOCALIST
Bobby Belfry - DON'T TELL MAMA
Mitch Ellis (Jony Mitchell Show) - JUDY'S CHELSEA
Lennie Watts - DON'T TELL MAMA
Anthony Gaglione - JUDY'S CHELSEA
Coby Kole - DON'T TELL MAMA
Parker Scott - DON'T TELL MAMA
FEMALE
DEBUT
Julie Reyburn - JUDY'S CHELSEA
MALE
DEBUT
Kane Alexander - DON'T TELL MAMA & FIREBIRD CAFE
Patrick Boyd - DON'T TELL MAMA
Craig Rubano - WESTBANK/LAURIE BEECHMAN
John DePalma - DON'T TELL MAMA
Colm Reilly - JUDY'S CHELSEA
Sam Servello - DON'T TELL MAMA
Marcus Simeone - DON'T TELL MAMA
FEMALE MUSICAL COMEDY
Leslie Anderson - JUDY'S CHELSEA
Helen Baldassare - DON'T TELL MAMA & ROSES TURN
Kaye Ballard - ARCI'S PLACE
Sharon McNight - DON'T TELL MAMA
Gina Caruso - DON'T TELL MAMA
Anita Michaels - JUDY'S CHELSEA
Phyllis Pastore - DON'T TELL MAMA
MALE
MUSICAL COMEDY
Jim Caruso with Billy Stritch - ARCI'S PLACE
John Flynn - DON'T TELL MAMA
Ron Seykell - DON'T TELL MAMA
Sammy Goldstein - DON'T TELL MAMA
Anthony Santelmo, Jr. - JUDY'S CHELSEA & DON'T TELL MAMA
Thomas - DON'T TELL MAMA
COMEDY/IMPROVISATION
Julie Halston - FIREBIRD CAFE
Angela LaGreca's Monday Night Madness - DON'T TELL MAMA
Next Big Broadway Musical - DON'T TELL MAMA
Poole Party - DON'T TELL MAMA
Blond Leading Blond - DON'T TELL
MAMA
Paul J. Williams - DON'T TELL MAMA
CHRISTMAS
SHOW
D. Jay Bradley - DON'T TELL MAMA
Mary Foster Conklin, Phyllis Pastore & John McMahon - JUDY'S CHELSEA
Mark Leggieri, Stephanie Cheek
& Jason Sirois - JUDY'S CHELSEA
Phillip Officer - FIREBIRD CAFE
IMPERSONATION
James Beaman - FIREBIRD CAFE & DON'T TELL
MAMA
Tommy Femia - DON'T TELL MAMA
Richard Skipper - DON'T TELL MAMA
CHARACTERIZATION
Wynne Creasy - MR. HENRY'S OF CAPITOL HILL
Daniel Isengart - JUDY'S CHELSEA
Go Mahan - JUDY'S CHELSEA
Mark McCombs - DON'T TELL MAMA
MOST
IMPROVED IN 2000
Tennie Leonard - JUDY'S CHELSEA
Susan Matsuki - DON'T TELL MAMA
Pam Munter - ALGONQUIN OAK ROOM
MariEileen O'Brien - DON'T TELL MAMA
SINGER/SONGWRITER
SHOW
Marcy Heisler & Zina Goldrich - DON'T TELL
MAMA
Steven Lutvak - ARCI'S PLACE
Tim DiPasqua - DON'T TELL MAMA
John Bucchino - FIREBIRD CAFE
David Friedman - FIREBIRD CAFE
Julie Gold - FIREBIRD CAFE
Christine Lavin - FIREBIRD CAFE
DIRECTOR
Tom Mills
Lennie Watts
TECHNICAL
DIRECTOR
Michael Barbieri for Julie Reyburn's "Fate
is Kind" Show - JUDY'S CHELSEA
IN
A CLASS OF ITS OWN - SPECIAL AWARD
Seth Rudetsky's "Broadway Chatterbox" - DON'T
TELL MAMA
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