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This is the final chance to vote for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve! The deadline to vote is December 31, 2025 at midnight.
The 2025 Awards honor regional productions, touring shows, and more which had their first performance between October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025. Winners will be announced in January.
This year the BroadwayWorld Awards include over 100 cities across America, Canada, Central and South America, Europe, and Asia.
2025 BroadwayWorld Cabaret Standings
Best Alternative Cabaret Show A VERY JEWISH CHRISTMAS STORY - Don't Tell Mama 59%
MESHELLE & MIKE TROY - Joe's Pub/Public Theater 41%
Best Big Band/Swing Show JENNIFER PACE QUINTET - SWING 46 Jazz club 54%
THE JAZZ CATZ - El Barrio's Artspace 46%
Best Burlesque Show QUEERLESQUE - Club Cumming 62%
BROLESQUE - Balcon 38%
Best Comedy Act INDULGENCE WITH LUCY DARLING - The Triad 28%
RITA RUDNER - 54 Below 25%
Rachel Green: I'VE GOTTA BE ME - The Green Room 42 21%
GIANMARCO SORESI: Theater Adult - The Green Room 42 18%
MICHAEL JOHN CISZEWSKI: TGIF (TESTING GAY IDEAS, FUNNY) - The People's Improv Theatre 8%
Best Debut Show - One Night Only Joseph C. Townsend: Hummingbird - 54 Below 31%
SAM BRACKLEY: Gaiety & Glamour - The Green Room 42 28%
ASHLEY WOOL: THE BROADWAY ERA - Laurie Beechman Theatre 25%
MAMA ALTO: TRANSCENDENT - Joe's Pub 16%
Best Debut Show - Run of Shows ETHAN MATHIAS - OUTSIDE THE LINES - Don't Tell Mama 27%
ANNE-MARIE KAVULA: SONGS FOR A MIDLIFE CRISIS - Joe's Pub, Beechman 25%
BRENT COMER - 54 Below 22%
MACON PRICKETT, MACON HIS OWN WAY! - 54 Below 15%
CHAD PETERSON: LATE BLOOMER - Don't Tell Mama 10%
Best Director
Anthony Allocca - A SHARP APPLAUDS… - GREEN ROOM 42 14%
Frank Silletti - AVA NICOLE FRANCES:THE DREAM THAT I SEE - The Green Room 42 13%
Faith Prince - MICHAEL KIRK LANE: RIGHT WHERE I BELONG; RACHEL MATZ HUNTER IN TAKE TWO - Beechman 7%
Lennie Watts - ETHAN MATHIAS - OUTSIDE THE LINES - Don't Tell Mama 7%
Antoinette DiPietropolo - THE RANDY ANDYS Spring Swing; THE RANDY ANDYS HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR - The Green Room 42 6%
Jeff Harnar - CRAIG RUBANO: TAKE THE MOMENT; FOR THE RECORD: CELIA BERK; LOST IN HIS ARMS (RENEE KATZ SINGS IRVING BERLIN;) MERELY MARVELOUS (JUDI MARK SINGS GWEN VERDON) - Laurie Beechman Theater 5%
Adam Magnacca - GAITY & GLAMOUR, CABARET SUPERSTAR - The Green Room 42 5%
Charles Kirsch - 54 BELOW SINGS COCO; Backstage Babble Live - 54 Below 4%
Tanya Moberly - FRANK SINGS FRANK - Don't Tell Mama 4%
Samantha Roberts - 54 CELEBRATES THE MUSIC OF FRANK WILDHORN, 54 SINGS FRANKIE VALLI AND THE FOUR SEASONS (ENCORE), BATTLE ROYALE, TO ALL WHO COME TO THIS HAPPY PLACE: WELCOME - 54 below 3%
Walter Willison - HIGH SPIRITS 60TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT; Grand Hotel: The 35th Anniversary Original Broadway Cast Reunion Concert - 54 Below 3%
David Sabella - SING HAPPY: THE WONDERFUL WOMEN OF KANDER & EBB - The Triad 3%
Michael Kirk Lane - ANNE-MARIE KAVULA, NOEL MACNEAL, LEAH CROCETTO - 54 Below, Joe's Pub, Beechman 3%
Caleb McCarroll & Cullen Curth - REP BOOK ROULETTE - Green Room 42 3%
James Beaman - WHAT A MAN! GOLDIE DVER SINGS ANTHONY NEWLEY - Don't Tell Mama 2%
Lina Koutrakos - DORIAN WOODRUFF: FOREVER ME WITH LOVE - Chelsea Table & Stage 2%
Rebecca Aparicio - DON’T FORGET ME - Green Room 42 2%
Sivan Raz - 54 SINGS ANCIENT GREECE, CHOOSE-YOUR-OWN-SETLIST, PANTHE-ON! - Needs More Work Productions at 54 Below 2%
Robbie Rozelle - MATTHEW ROSENSTEIN: MAKE ME FRENCH - The Laurie Beechman Theatre 2%
Liam Collins - I’VE BEEN ROBBED!!! - The Green Room 42 1%
Matthew B Cullen - LET'S BE BAD - 54 Below 1%
Mitchell Walker - NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD: ALIVE IN CONCERT, FIVE TOWNS COLLEGE CABARET - The Laurie Beechman Theatre 1%
Kevin Davis - ONE IN A MILLION IN CONCERT - Don't Tell Mama 1%
Best Drag Artist or Impersonator
Alexis Michelle - 50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER - Joe's Pub 56%
Irene Michaels & Twizm Whyte Piece - GET OUT AWARDS - The Dickens 24%
Xana Dume - THE BRAZILIAN BOMBSHELL - The Duplex 21%
Best Duo Show
Laura & Linda Benanti - MOTHERS KNOW BEST - 54 Below 63%
Billy Stritch & Jim Caruso - LIVE AT BEMELMANS - The Carlyle Hotel, NYC 37%
Best Ensemble Soloist
Elizabeth Fox - 54 SINGS ANCIENT GREECE; The Comeback Cabaret - 54 Below; Don't Tell Mama 25%
Melissa Foreman - 54 SINGS FRANKIE VALLI AND THE FOUR SEASONS (ENCORE); The Music of Frank Wildhorn - 54 Below 17%
Cameron Moser - TO ALL WHO COME TO THIS HAPPY PLACE: WELCOME; 54 Sings Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons - Chelsea Table & Stage 15%
Jay Aubrey Jones - 54 BELOW SINGS COCO; Here’s Love to The Music Man: A Celebration of Songwriter Meredith Willson - 54 Below 15%
Ndanu Mutisya - TO ALL WHO COME TO THIS HAPPY PLACE: WELCOME; The Music of Frank Wildhorn; 54 Sings Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons - Chelsea Table & Stage 15%
Sivan Raz - 54 SINGS ANCIENT GREECE, CHOOSE-YOUR-OWN-SETLIST, PANTHE-ON! - Needs More Work Productions at 54 Below 13%
Best Group Show A SWINGING BIRDLAND CHRISTMAS - Birdland 45%
TAKE TWO - Don't Tell Mama 36%
THE SKIVVIES FILM STRIPS - Joe's Pub 19%
Best Host or Emcee
Susie Mosher - THE LINEUP WITH SUSIE MOSHER - Green Room 42 25%
Lauren Dodds - REP BOOK ROULETTE - The Green Room 42 13%
Jim Caruso - JIM CARUSO'S CAST PARTY - Birdland 10%
Charles Kirsch - BACKSTAGE BABBLE - 54 Below 9%
Annelise Baker - CABARET SUPERSTAR - The Green Room 42 6%
Walter Willison - HIGH SPIRITS 60TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT; Grand Hotel: The 35th Anniversary Original Broadway Cast Reunion Concert - 54 Below 5%
Samantha Roberts - 54 SINGS FRANKIE VALLI AND THE FOUR SEASONS (ENCORE); REPLAY: THE MAYBE MAN; TO ALL WHO COME TO THIS HAPPY PLACE: WELCOME - 2025 5%
Lena Moy-Borgen - MAMA'S NEXT BIG ACT - Don't Tell Mama 4%
Daphne Always - DAPHNE ALWAYS & HER BRILLIANT FRIENDS - Club Cumming 4%
GOLDIE DVER - SNEAK PEEK - Don't Tell Mama 4%
Julie Biancheri - A DREAM (ROLE) COME TRUE - Don’t Tell Mama NYC 2%
JaeXO - DECADE BY DECADE SERIES, SPOOKY SPECTACULAR - Green Room 42 2%
Seth Bisen-Hersh - SETH'S TALENT SHOW - Don't Tell Mama 2%
Michelle Dowdy, Castrata, Sam Benedict - RED IDOL - Red Eye NY 2%
Stephen DeAngelis - AT THIS PERFORMANCE... - The Green Room 42 2%
Liam Collins - I’VE BEEN ROBBED!!! - The Green Room 42 2%
Kevin Winebold - KEVIN ON THE KEYS - The Green Room 42 2%
Laren Dodds & Lucas Babcock - REP BOOK ROULETTE - The Green Room 42 1%
Best Jazz Show, Instrumental QUINTIN HARRIS TRIO - Birdland Jazz Club 58%
EMMET COHEN PRESENTS MILES & TRANE CENTENNIAL - Birdland 25%
THE NONET PROJECT “CHAMPIAN FULTON & KLAS LINDQUIST PRESENT THE NONET” - Birdland Jazz Club 17%
Best Jazz Show, Vocal JENNIFER PACE QUINTET - swing 46 jazz club 35%
Best Musical Director
Michael Collum - AVA NICOLE FRANCES:THE DREAM THAT I SEE - The Green Room 42 11%
Cullen Curth - REP BOOK ROULETTE - The Green Room 42 10%
Billy Stritch - CAST PARTY - Birdland 8%
Tracy Stark - ETHAN MATHIAS - OUTSIDE THE LINES, RYAN JAMES MONROE: WHAT IF YOU FLY? - Don't Tell Mama 8%
Adam Magnacca - GAIETY & GLAMOUR STARRING SAM BRACKLEY, CABARET SUPERSTAR - The Green Room 42 7%
Alex Rybeck - CONFESSIONS OF A NEW YORKER (JEFF HARNAR) - Birdland & 54 Below 7%
Ron Drotos - DORIAN WOODRUFF: FOREVER ME WITH LOVE - Chelsea Table & Stage 6%
Yasuhiko Fukuoka - CITATION NEEDED, GET WHAT YOU WANT, NOT BROADWAY'S MARK MACKILLOP, MICHAEL KIRK LANE: RIGHT WHERE I BELONG - 54 Below, Chelsea Table + Stage, Marjorie S. Deane Little Theatre 4%
Ashley Grace Ryan - LET’S BROADWAY - The Green Room 42 and Sid Gold’s 4%
Adam Magnacca - CABARET SUPERSTAR - The Green Room 42 4%
Brandon James Gwinn - RYAN RAFTERY'S THE BALLAD OF JON BENET RAMSEY - Joe's Pub 3%
Jason Yeager - ALL JULIE BENKO CONCERTS AND SHOWS - Birdland 3%
Molly Guarton - MICHAEL I HABER: A HAPPY HABER HOLIDAY - The Red Eye NYC 3%
Nattalyee Randall - YOUNG, GIFTED, & BROADWAY CELEBRATES BLACK HISTORY MONTH; YOUNG, GIFTED, & BROADWAY: BACK TO SCHOOL – BACK TO BROADWAY! - 54 Below 2%
Katy Pfaffl - A VERY JEWISH CHRISTMAS STORY - Don't Tell Mama 2%
Karen Akers - 'COME WITH ME TO PARIS' - Birdland 2%
JULIE HALSTON - Birdland 2%
AYANA BEY - IN PURSUIT OF JOY - The Green Room 42 2%
AYANNA NICOLE THOMAS: IN HER KEY - Laurie Beechman Theatre 2%
Carol Sue Gershman: SOMETHING NEW JUST FOR YOU - 54 below 1%
Frank McDonough - FRANK SINGS FRANK - Don't Tell Mama 1%
NOEL MACNEAL: HEY THIS WAS REALLY FUN - 54 Below 1%
FRANKIE MORENO - Birdland 1%
ONE IN A MILLION IN CONCERT - Don't Tell Mama 1%
LEAH CROCETTO: A QUIET THING - 54 Below 1%
LYRICS FOR A CAUSE - Laurie Beechman Theatre 1%
Best Tech Design, Lighting
Sheridan Glover - REP BOOK ROULETTE, PANTHE-ON!, AVA NICOLE FRANCES:THE DREAM THAT I SEE, and various other shows - The Greenroom 42 36%
Kelly Wohlford - WHAT A MAN! GOLDIE DVER SINGS ANTHONY NEWLEY - Don't Tell Mama 19%
Amanda Raymond - 54 SINGS ANCIENT GREECE - Needs More Work Productions at 54 Below 18%
Alison Nusbaum - CHOOSE-YOUR-OWN-SETLIST - Needs More Work Productions at Don’t Tell Mama 12%
Matt Lazarus - RYAN JAMES MONROE: A PRIDE CELEBRATION - Chelsea Table & Stage 7%
Best Tech Design, Sound
Sheridan Glover - REP BOOK ROULETTE, PANTHE-ON!, AVA NICOLE FRANCES:THE DREAM THAT I SEE, and various other shows - The Green Room 42 36%
Kelly Wohlford - WHAT A MAN! GOLDIE DVER SINGS ANTHONY NEWLEY - Don't Tell Mama 22%
Amanda Raymond - 54 SINGS ANCIENT GREECE, HIGH SPIRITS 60TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT - Needs More Work Productions at 54 Below 21%
Alison Nusbaum - CHOOSE-YOUR-OWN-SETLIST - Needs More Work Productions at Don’t Tell Mama 15%
Eric Ripps - RYAN JAMES MONROE: A PRIDE CELEBRATION; RYAN JAMES MONROE: WHAT IF YOU FLY? - Chelsea Table & Stage 7%
Best Tribute Show A SHARP APPLAUDS - The Green Room 42 20%
LIZ CALLAWAY, THE WIZARD AND I - 54 Below 19%
BETH LEAVEL SINGS SONDHEIM - 54 Below 17%
WHAT A MAN! GOLDIE DVER SINGS ANTHONY NEWLEY - Don't Tell Mama 17%
HATS OFF TO LIZA - Triad 8%
TONY YAZBECK, TONY YAZBECK CELEBRATES TONY BENNETT - 54 Below 7%
Dawn Derrow - SING HAPPY - THE WONDERFUL WOMEN OF KANDER & EBB - Triad Theater NYC 7%
MERELY MARVELOUS (JUDI MARK SINGS GWEN VERDON) - Triad Theater & Don’t Tell Mama 4%
Best Vocalist
Scarlett London Diviney - YOUNG, GIFTED, & BROADWAY CELEBRATES BLACK HISTORY MONTH - 54 Below 11%
Jake Pedersen - REP BOOK ROULETTE - The Green Room 42 10%
Ari Axelrod - A PLACE FOR US - 54 Below 9%
Jeff Harnar - 'THE 1959 BROADWAY SONGBOOK', CONFESSIONS OF A NEW YORKER - Birdland 7%