Jeff Harnar

Jeff Harnar is an American cabaret singer and recording artist.
Appearances.
CARNEGIE HALL:
Carnegie Hall appearances include the Cole Porter Centennial (1991) and Noel Coward Centennial (1998).
Carnegie Weill Recital Hall appearances include “A Talent To Amuse,” a Noel Coward Celebration Hosted by Sheridan Morley (1992); The Mabel Mercer Foundation’s celebrations of Cole Porter (2015) and Jimmy Van Heusen (2017) and a sold-out solo concert in 1993.
Carnegie Zankel Hall appearances include Michael Feinstein’s celebration of Jule Styne (2012).
TELEVISION:
“The 1959 Broadway Songbook” (PBS);
“Remember: Songs of the Holidays” with KT Sullivan (PBS); as the Singing Narrator of “Gershwin on Ice” starring Dorothy Hamill (A&E); CBS This Morning (Rodgers & Hammerstein Centennial) and “American Songbook Live from NJPAC: Stephen Sondheim” with KT Sullivan (PBS)
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS 
“I Got Rhythm: Mickey & Judy’s Hollywood” co-starring Shauna Hicks with The San Diego, Raleigh North Carolina, Spokane, Des Moines, Albany, Middletown Ohio Symphony Orchestras and at New York’s Town Hall with the Barry Levitt Orchestra.
MAJOR CABARET ENGAGEMENTS: 
NEW YORK: The historic Oak Room at The Algonquin Hotel; Feinstein’s/54 Below; Feinstein’s at The Regency, The Ballroom; The Firebird Cafe, The Russian Tea Room, and The Laurie Beechman Theater.
LOS ANGELES: The Cinegrill at The Hollywood Roosevelt 
SAN FRANCISCO: The Plush Room at The York Hotel
CHICAGO: Talouse, Davenport’s, The Mayfair Hotel
FLORIDA: The Colony Hotel in Palm Beach, The Delray Beach Playhouse, Mizner Cultural Park in Boca Raton, The Asolo Repertory Theater in Sarasota
OFF-BROADWAY
“The 1959 Broadway Songbook” 59e59 Theatres
FILM:
The Nightclub Singer in “A Portrait if James Dean” (2012, Iconoclast)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1705113/videoplayer/vi294625561
PERFORMING ARTS CENTERS:
The Kravis (Palm Beach FL); NJPAC (New Jersey); Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center (NY), The Bay Street Playhouse (Sag Harbor, NY), The Signature Theater (Arlington VA); The Arts Garage (Delray Beach, FL); The Crest Theater (Delray Beach, FL); BlackRock Center For the Arts (Germantown, MD)
TOURING
As the Singing Narrator of “Gershwin on Ice” starring Dorothy Hamill: The Orpheum Theater in Memphis, The Hilton Atlantic City; and Foxwoods Casino (1998)
OPENING ACT:
For the McGuire Sisters at The Carousel Dinner Theater Akron, OH (1991)
For Julie Wilson (1996), Vivian Reed (2005) and Barbara Carroll (2008) at Guild Hall in East Hampton, NY
CRUISE LINES: 
Include Regent, Oceania, Cunard, Crystal, Holland America, Celebrity, Norwegian, Royal Caribbean and Royal Viking
Awards.
Harnar is the 2012 Winner of The Noël Coward Foundation Cabaret Award. Harnar is a two-time winner of the Manhattan Association of Cabaret Award (MAC) as Best Male Vocalist and three times been honored with the BackStage Bistro Award (Newcomer, Male Vocalist, Best Show).
Jeff Harnar is a multi-Award-winning performer and Director:
AS A PERFORMER
THE NOEL COWARD FOUNDATION AWARD (2012)
BROADWAY WORLD CABARET AWARDS
Best Male Vocalist 2014
Best Male Vocalist 2015
Best Male Vocalist 2017
MANHATTAN ASSOCIATION OF CABARET AWARD (MAC AWARD)
Best Male Vocalist 1988
Best Male Vocalist 1990
Outstanding Revue 2016 - “Another Hundred People” with KT Sullivan
Major Male Artist 2017
BISTRO AWARD
Best Newcomer 1987
Outstanding Male Vocalist 1988
Outstanding Show 1989 - “Carried Away: Jeff Harnar sings Comden & Green
Outstanding Show 2006 - “A Collective Cy”
Outstanding Revue 2016 - “Another Hundred People” with KT Sullivan
THE DONALD F. SMITH AWARD (2015)
AS A DIRECTOR
BROADWAY WORLD CABARET AWARD
Best Director 2018
MANHATTAN ASSOCIATION OF CABARET AWARD (MAC AWARD)
Best Director 2017
Best Director 2018
BISTRO AWARD
Outstanding Director 2017
Directing.
Jeff Harnar’s work as a Director has garnered him two Broadway World Cabaret Awards, two Manhattan Association of Cabaret (MAC) Awards and a Back Stage Bistro Award and a Broadway World Award for Best Show.
Major Directing projects include:
TOVAH FELDSHUH:
“Tovah is Leona!”
Feinstein’s 54 Below
The Guild Hall (East Hampton NY)
Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center (NY)
MAC Award Celebrity Artist nomination (Tovah Feldshuh)
MAC Award Best Director
Broadway World Award Best Director
“Aging is Optional”
Feinstein’s 54 Below
Feinstein’s at The Niko (San Francisco)
The Razz Room (Philadelphia PA)
RITA GARDNER:
“Much More: A Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt Songbook”
The Laurie Beechman Theater
MAC Award Best Director
DAWN DEROW
“My Ship: Songs from 1941”
The Laurie Beechman Theater
The Cape May Playhouse
The Crown & Anchor (Provincetown MA)
MAC Award Female Vocalist Dawn Derow
Bistro Award Best Director
“The House That Built Me”
The Laurie Beechman Theater
JOSEPHINE SANGES
“Come Rain or Come Shine:
"Josephine Sanges sings Harold Arlen”
The Laurie Beechman Theater
Davenport’s (Chicago IL)
MAC Award Female Vocalist (Josephine Sanges)
CELIA BERK:
“You Can’t Rush Spring”
The Metropolitan Room
Broadway World Cabaret Award Best Show
MAC Award New York Debut (Celia Berk)
Margaret Whiting Award (Celia Berk)
“Manhattan Serenade”
The Metropolitan Room
MARGO BROWN
“Margo sings Mercer”
The Metropolitan Room
Don’t Tell Mama
Broadway World Award New York Debut (Margo Brown)
ANNA BERGMAN:
“You’re All The World To Me”
Feinstein’s 54 Below
“You and The Night and The Music”
Feinstein’s at The Regency
JUDI MARK:
“Dancing Through Life”
The Triad
The Laurie Beechman Theater
YALE UNIVERSITY
“Puttin’ on The Ritz” (2019)
An Irving Berlin Gala starring Karen Akers, Klea Blackhurst, Nicolas King, Todd Murray and Anna Bergman
"IT'S DELOVELY" (2014)
A Cole Porter Gala starring Karen Akers, Sally Mayes, Steve Ross, T. Oliver Reid and Anna Bergman
The show had an encore performance at The Westhampton Beach Perfect Arts Center
THE AMERICAN SONGBOOK IN LONDON (2006, 2007, 2008)
Jeff was Artistic Director and Host of three seasons of “The American Songbook in London” at The Jermyn Street Theater and Pizza on The Park.  Under this banner artists such as Julie Wilson, Andrea Marcovicci, Steve Ross, Maureen McGovern, Karen Akers, Liliane Montevecchi, KT Sullivan, Tony DeSare, Maude Maggart and many more appeared.