Winners Announced For The 2025 BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards

Winners have been announced for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Cabaret Awards! 

The 2025 Awards honor shows which had their first performance between October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025. This year the BroadwayWorld Regional Awards were bigger and better than ever, including over 100 cities across America, Canada, Central and South America, Europe, and Asia!

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2025 BroadwayWorld Cabaret Award Winners

Best Alternative Cabaret Show
A VERY JEWISH CHRISTMAS STORY - Don't Tell Mama

Best Big Band/Swing Show
JENNIFER PACE QUINTET - SWING 46 Jazz club

Best Burlesque Show
QUEERLESQUE - Club Cumming

Best Comedy Act
INDULGENCE WITH LUCY DARLING - The Triad

Best Debut Show - One Night Only
Joseph C. Townsend: Hummingbird - 54 Below

Best Debut Show - Run of Shows
ETHAN MATHIAS - OUTSIDE THE LINES - Don't Tell Mama

Best Director
Frank Silletti - AVA NICOLE FRANCES:THE DREAM THAT I SEE - The Green Room 42

Best Drag Artist or Impersonator
Alexis Michelle - 50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER - Joe's Pub

Best Duo Show
Laura & Linda Benanti - MOTHERS KNOW BEST - 54 Below

Best Ensemble Soloist
Elizabeth Fox - 54 SINGS ANCIENT GREECE; The Comeback Cabaret - 54 Below; Don't Tell Mama

Best Group Show
A SWINGING BIRDLAND CHRISTMAS - Birdland

Best Host or Emcee
Susie Mosher - THE LINEUP WITH SUSIE MOSHER - Green Room 42

Best Jazz Show, Instrumental
QUINTIN HARRIS TRIO - Birdland Jazz Club

Best Jazz Show, Vocal
JENNIFER PACE QUINTET - swing 46 jazz club

Best Musical Director
Michael Collum - AVA NICOLE FRANCES:THE DREAM THAT I SEE - The Green Room 42

Best Open-Mic Show
JIM CARUSO'S CAST PARTY - Birdland

Best Original Song
Randy Edelman - 21 AGAIN (from Waltzing on a High Wire) - Carnegie Hall

Best Piano Bar Entertainer, Instrumental,
Quintin Harris - QUINTIN HARRIS DUO/TRIO - The Wallace Lounge

Best Piano Bar Entertainer, Vocalist
Anna Anderson - OPEN MIC NIGHTLY - Don’t Tell Mama, Brandy’s

Best Record Producer
ROBBIE ROZELLE & MICHAEL FINKE, PRODUCER - GET WHAT YOU WANT: THE SONGS OF MICHAEL FINKE - 2025

Best Recording, Commercial
'AVALON' ON JIM CARUSO'S THE SWING SET, WITH JANE MONHEIT & BILLY STRITCH, CLUB44 RECORDS - 2025

Best Recording, Independent
MARK WILLIAM: IF I CAN DREAM LIVE FROM THE GREEN ROOM 42 - 2025

Best Revue or Recurring Series
THE LINEUP WITH SUSIE MOSHER - Green Room 42

Best Rock Show
Fenix Rising Series (Fenix360) - The Bitter End

Best Show
Julie Benko - A STAR IS BORN - Cafe Carlyle

Best Show Musician, Non-Musical Director
Jon Weber - Violin - THE DREAM THAT I SEE - The Green Room 42

Best Show, Celebrity
CAROLE DEMAS: FIREFLY - 54 Below

Best Special Event, Multiple
IRENE MICHAELS – PAUSE FOR PEACE - Times Square, NYC

Best Special Event, Solo
THE MUSIC OF RANDY EDELMAN - Carnegie Hall

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

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

Best Tribute Show
LIZ CALLAWAY, THE WIZARD AND I - 54 Below

Best Vocalist
Scarlett London Diviney - YOUNG, GIFTED, & BROADWAY CELEBRATES BLACK HISTORY MONTH - 54 Below

Winners can download graphics here.