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