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 Christine Ebersole singing from her award winning show at the Metropolitan Room and a little show called "Grey Gardens" She is sure to win a Tony this year for her incredible work in "Grey Gardens"  Freddy Cole was so charming! He made me realize my love of jazz!  Liza with a Z makes a surprise visit (She really is TERRIFIC)  Lennie Watts gets award from friend Mary Bond Davis (Hairspray)  Jersey Boy Daniel Reichard  Paula West stops the show! She is fantastic!  Country music star Larry Gatlin  Maureen McGovern was honored with a lifetime achievement award Barbara and Scott Siegel, the prolific theater authors and journalists, hosted the event with their production company Siegel Presents and gathered together over thirty of their compatriots to nominate and vote for the best and brightest of cabaret, jazz, and comedy club performance in New York City! Cabaret has always been very close to my heart and happily, I've been covering a lot of it lately, so much so in fact, that I had seen many of the shows that went home with awards this year—Christine Ebersole's, Lisa Asher's and many more! The performers also were instructed not only to refrain from giving acceptance speeches, and instead did what they did best and busted out selections from their prodigious ouevre. Here's the complete list of winners (with the finalists they were up against) for this year: 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 Duo/Group Cabaret Performance in a Major Engagement: Christine Ebersole & Billy Stritch (Finalists: Ashford & Simpson, Molaskey & Frishberg) Outstanding Cabaret Female Vocalist: Lisa Asher (Finalists: Lina Koutrakos, Karen Oberlin) Outstanding Cabaret Male Vocalist: Scott Coulter (Finalists: Patrick DeGennaro, Dane Vannatter) Outstanding Cabaret Musical Comedy/Characterization Performance: Lorinda Lisitza (Finalists: Micaela Leon, Jay Rogers) Outstanding Cabaret Revue/Group/Variety Performance: Tom Andersen, Scott Coulter, Tim Di Pasqua (Finalists: Eric Comstock/Barbara Fasano, Jamie deRoy & Friends) Outstanding Cabaret Piano Bar Performance: David Colbert (Finalists: Elaine Brier, Gerry Deiffenbach) Outstanding Female Standup Comedian: Sarah Silverman (Finalists: Jessica Kirson, Lisa Lampanelli) Outstanding Male Standup Comedian: Demetri Martin (Finalists: David Attell, Zach Galiafinakas) Outstanding Unique/Group Comedy Performance: TJ & Dave (Finalist: Nick Kroll & John Mulaney, Braunholer & Schaal) Outstanding Female Jazz Vocalist: Paula West (Finalists: Carol Sloane, Annie Ross) Outstanding Male Jazz Vocalist: Freddy Cole (Finalists: Dave Frishberg, Eric Comstock) Outstanding Jazz Soloist: Cedar Walton (Finalists: Paul Motian, Toots Thielemans) Outstanding Jazz Combo Performance: Ben Riley's Monk Legacy Septet (Finalists: Roy Haynes, Microscopic Septet) Deserving applause should go to the Siegels, our gracious hosts, for yet again recognizing these talented acts and promoting the arts of cabaret, comedy and jazz that keep this city alive and hopping after dark. I love it all and had a great time at the event and highly advise that you fans like me make a date with this next year. For more information on the Nightlife Awards you can go to: siegelpresents.com/nightlife-awards/2007.htm Scott Siegel starts his "Town Hall Broadway by the Year" series Feb. 26 with the famous musicals of 1928 featuring songs from "The Three Musketeers", "The Greenwich Village Follies", "Present Arms", "Blackbirds of 1928", "Grand Street Follies", "The New Moon", "Paris", "Animal Crackers", "Whoopee" and more, performed by such luminaries as Joyce Chittick and Malcolm Gets. For more theater coverage by Corine Cohen, visit corinescorner.com
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