BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards Update 12/13 - Laura Benanti on Top!

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Here are the current standings for Cabaret:

Best Band/Orchestra for a Show (Three or More Musicians)
Michael Thomas Murray, Oscar Bautista, Frank Canino, Mike Shapiro, Jay Leslie - William Blake: Echoes of Etta at Joe's Pub 21%
Tracy Stark, Peter Calo, Saadi Zain, David Silliman, Jonathan Kantor - Billie Roe: 1978 NYC Underground (Tom Waits) 15%
Ted Rosenthal, Dean Johnson, Tim Horner, Randy Sandke, Dick Oatts - Ann Hampton Callaway: Sarah Vaughan--From Sassy to Divine 12%
Bill Heller, Jim Cammack, John Hurley, Frank Bellucci - Champagne Pam: Daddy's Little Girl 9%

Best Cabaret Show Director
Lennie Watts - 1978 New York City Underground (Billie Roe) 18%
Dan Foster - Sibling Revelry (Ann Hampton Callaway & Liz Callaway) 17%
Susan Winter - Daddy's Little Girl (Champagne Pam) 11%
Joe Langworth - Paulo Szot at 54 Below 11%

Best Cabaret Show Revue
Tales of Joni: 54 Sings Mitchell - 54 Below 19%
Ahrens & Flaherty: 30th Anniversary Celebration - 54 Below 16%
Broadway Swings - 54 Below 12%
Our Sinatra: A Musical Celebration - 54 Below 12%

Best CD Release (Solo, Duo or Group)
Jane Monheit: The Heart of the Matter 24%
David Friedman: Let Me Fly: David Sings His Own Songs 21%
Nina Hennessey: With a Song 14%
Janis Siegel: Nightsongs--Late Night Interlude CD 11%

Best Duo or Group Show
Ann Hampton Callaway & Liz Callaway - Sibling Revelry - 54 Below 33%
Betsy Wolfe and Adam Kantor - The Last Five Years - 54 Below 14%
Jim Caruso and Billy Stritch - Sunday Nights at Bemelman's Bar - Carlyle Hotel 14%
John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey - Children and Art - Cafe Carlyle 10%

Best Female Celebrity Vocalist
Laura Benanti - Constant Search of Right Kind of Attention - 54 Below 28%
Patti LuPone - Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda - 54 Below 21%
Ann Hampton Callaway - Sarah Vaughn: From Sassy to Divine - Dizzy's Jazz Club 9%
Marilyn Maye - Maye-den Voyage - 54 Below 9%

Best Female Jazz Vocalist
Jane Monheit - at Birdland and 54 Below 31%
Joanne Tatham - Soundtrack New York - Metropolitan Room/Cafe Carlyle 15%
Annie Ross - at the Metropolitan Room 13%
Mary Foster Conklin - Life Is a Bitch: Fran Landesman - Metropolitan Room 12%

Best Female Vocalist
Amy Wolk - Wolk On the Wild Side - The Duplex 14%
Morgan James - An Evening With . . . - 54 Below 14%
Billie Roe - 1978 New York City Underground - Metropolitan Room 12%
Barbara Porteus - Up On The Roof - Don't Tell Mama 10%

Best Host/Producer for Variety Show/Recurring Series or Open Mic
Susie Mosher - Backstage - 54 Below 24%
Jim Caruso - Cast Party - Birdland 24%
Phil Geoffrey Bond - Sondheim Unplugged - 54 Below 11%
Raissa Katona Bennett - The Concerts for City Greens - Tudor City 9%

Best Male Celebrity Vocalist
Norbert Leo Butz - Girls, Girls, Girls - 54 Below 24%
Paulo Szot - An Evening With . . . - 54 Below 14%
Matthew Morrison - Up Close and Personal - 54 Below 13%
Peter Gallagher - How'd All You People Get in My Room - Feinstein's 10%

Best Male Vocalist
Jonathan Whitton - Black Sheep Carnival - Don't Tell Mama 18%
Stearns Matthews - The Importance of Being STEARNSest - Don't Tell Mama 16%
Nicolas King - Live - Don't Tell Mama/Iridium 10%
T. Oliver Reid - Drop Me Off In Harlem - Feinstein's 9%

Best Musical Comedy Performance (Male or Female)
Jackie Hoffman - Old Woman, New Material - 54 Below 31%
Amy Wolk - Wolk On the Wild Side - The Duplex 18%
Adam Shapiro - Guide to the Perfect Breakup - The Duplex 15%
Carly Sakolove - I Hear Voices - The Duplex 15%

Best Musical Director
Alex Rybeck - Ann Hampton Callaway & Liz Callaway: Sibling Revelry 19%
Michael Thomas Murray - William Blake/Echoes of Etta II and Birthday Bash 18%
Tracy Stark - Billie Roe/1978 NYC Underground/Tom Waits 13%
Barry Levitt - Adam Shapiro/Guide to the Perfect Breakup 8%

Best One-Show Special Event (Performer or Group)
William Blake's Birthday Bash - Birdland 22%
Terri White: Blues to Broadway - 54 Below 16%
One Night of Peace and Music: A Tribute to Woodstock - 54 Below 13%
Natalie Douglas: Scrapbook 2.0 - Birdland 10%

Best Original Song for a Cabaret Show
Jason Robert Brown - Twenty Six Names (Tribute to Sandy Hook Victims) 32%
Amy Wolk/William TN Hall - That's My Dad for A Wolk On the Wild Side 20%
Barry Levitt/Peter Napolitano - Guide to the Perfect Breakup for Adam Shapiro 14%
Scott Evan Davis - I Can Be for Picture Perfect 10%

Best Tribute Show (Male or Female)
Ann Hampton Callaway - Sarah Vaughn: From Sassy to Divine - Dizzy's Jazz Club 38%
Billie Roe - Tom Waits: 1978 NYC Underground - Metropolitan Room 17%
Ricky Ritzel - Sings Elaine Stritch - Don't Tell Mama 16%
Marissa Mulder - Tom Waits: In His Words . . . - Metropolitan Room 10%

Best Variety Show/Recurring Series
Sondheim Unplugged - 54 Below 31%
Backstage - 54 Below 22%
The Concerts for City Greens - Tudor City 11%
Cabaret Cares - Laurie Beechman 9%

Cabaret Show of the Year (Male or Female)
Patti LuPone - Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda - 54 Below 44%
Ann Hampton Callaway - Sarah Vaughan: From Sassy to Divine - Dizzy's Jazz Club 19%
Paulo Szot - An Evening With . . . - 54 Below 13%
Marilyn Maye - Maye-den Voyage - 54 Below 12%