2023 Award Winner: Ann Morrison

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Solo Musical  Merrily from Center Stage Ann Morrison has been an actor, singer, writer, director, and educator for 40 years. She starred in original roles on Broadway (Merrily We Roll Along, LoveMusik), on London’s West End (Peg), and Off-Broadway (Goblin Market)—and she’s taken leading roles at regional theatres throughout the country. As a solo artist, she...

2023 Award Winner: Ann Talman

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Musical Memoir Elizabeth Taylor and the Shadow of Her Smile Ann Talman is an actress/singer, storyteller, and documentary filmmaker. She made her stage debut in the Broadway revival of The Little Foxes with Elizabeth Taylor, portraying her daughter. She toured with Ms. Taylor for 18 months, and they remained friends for life—thus the inspiration for...

2023 Award Winner: Josephine Sanges

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Tribute Show The Funny Girl in Me Bistro Award winner Josephine Sanges is a MAC Award and Broadway World winner and the recipient of the Mabel Mercer Foundation’s Margaret Whiting Award. Together with musical director John M. Cook, Josephine has performed several critically acclaimed shows, including a tribute to jazz singer Ann Hampton Callaway, as...

2023 Award Winner: Scott F. Mason

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Comedic Characterization One Dame Funny Night Scott F. Mason has an artistic résumé that spans over 30 years. He was a member of the National Dramatists Guild, having written over 25 plays, including the books for two shows with his musical theatre partner, Joyce Hill Stoner, that were presented at Don’t Tell Mama in the...

2023 Award Winner: Danny Bolero

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Musical Characterization They Call Me Cuban Pete Danny Bolero is being honored with a Bistro Award for his one-man show, They Call Me Cuban Pete. He made his Broadway debut in the 1993 revival of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, returned to Broadway in the Tony Award–winning In the Heights, and came back again for last...

2023 Award Winner: Beverley Church Hogan

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Jazz Recording Sweet Invitation Vocalist Beverley Church Hogan’s career was just on the verge of really taking off when life decided it had different plans for her. The Montreal native moved to Los Angeles to pursue her burgeoning singing career, and at the age of 21 was offered a recording contract with Capitol Records. The...

2023 Award Winner: Mark Winkler

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Singer/Songwriter Recording Mark Winkler is a platinum award–winning singer/lyricist who has had more than 250 of his songs recorded, by such artists as Dianne Reeves, Liza Minnelli, Jane Monheit, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Kenny Rankin, and Claire Martin. His latest release, Late Bloomin’ Jazzman, was released in the spring of 2022 and reached # 7 on...

2023 Award Winner: Tawanda

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Jazz Vocalist Tawanda Suessbrich-Joaquim, known as “Tawanda,” was a winner in the 2021 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition and is considered a leader among the current crop of young jazz vocalists. Tawanda is a proud first-generation American with a German mother and a father from Mozambique. Growing up, she was exposed to an array of...

2023 Award Winner: Tim Connell

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Outstanding Vocalist 2022 was a creatively prolific year for Tim Connell, who debuted three critically acclaimed cabaret shows at Pangea: Dreamin’ Again!, Lucky Me!, and his most recent show, ...and so it goes..., which played to sold-out houses. He has appeared at the Mabel Mercer Foundation’s Annual NY Cabaret Convention (2019 and 2022). He made...

2023 Award Winner: Therese Lee

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Autobiographical Show Riding the Bus to the Red Carpet Therese Lee is a versatile performer who has sung in every genre from opera and art song (in five languages) to operetta and musical theatre (including Katisha in The Mikado and Arlene in Baby) and the Great American Songbook. She has a BA in music from...