Jeff Harnar is an Americancabaret singer and recording artist.
Appearances
CARNEGIE HALL: Carnegie Hall appearances include the Cole Porter Centennial and Noel Coward Centennial. Carnegie Weill Recital Hall appearances include “A Talent To Amuse,” a Noel Coward Celebration Hosted by Sheridan Morley ; The Mabel Mercer Foundation’s celebrations of Cole Porter and Jimmy Van Heusen and a sold-out solo concert in 1993. Carnegie Zankel Hall appearances include Michael Feinstein’s celebration of Jule Styne. TELEVISION: “The 1959 Broadway Songbook” ; “Remember: Songs of the Holidays” with KT Sullivan ; as the Singing Narrator of “Gershwin on Ice” starring Dorothy Hamill ; CBS This Morning and “American Songbook Live from NJPAC: Stephen Sondheim” with KT Sullivan 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” https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1705113/videoplayer/vi294625561 PERFORMING ARTS CENTERS: The Kravis ; NJPAC ; Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center, The Bay Street Playhouse, The Signature Theater ; The Arts Garage ; The Crest Theater ; BlackRock Center For the Arts TOURING As the Singing Narrator of “Gershwin on Ice” starring Dorothy Hamill: The Orpheum Theater in Memphis, The Hilton Atlantic City; and Foxwoods Casino OPENING ACT: For the McGuire Sisters at The Carousel Dinner Theater Akron, OH For Julie Wilson, Vivian Reed and Barbara Carroll 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 as Best Male Vocalist and three times been honored with the BackStage Bistro Award. Jeff Harnar is a multi-Award-winning performer and Director: AS A PERFORMER THE NOEL COWARD FOUNDATION AWARD BROADWAY WORLD CABARET AWARDS Best Male Vocalist 2014 Best Male Vocalist 2015 Best Male Vocalist 2017 MANHATTAN ASSOCIATION OF CABARET 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 AS A DIRECTOR BROADWAY WORLD CABARET AWARD Best Director 2018 MANHATTAN ASSOCIATION OF CABARET 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 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 Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center MAC Award Celebrity Artist nomination MAC Award Best Director Broadway World Award Best Director “Aging is Optional” Feinstein’s 54 Below Feinstein’s at The Niko The Razz Room 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 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 MAC Award Female Vocalist CELIA BERK: “You Can’t Rush Spring” The Metropolitan Room Broadway World Cabaret Award Best Show MAC Award New York Debut Margaret Whiting Award “Manhattan Serenade” The Metropolitan Room MARGO BROWN “Margo sings Mercer” The Metropolitan Room Don’t Tell Mama Broadway World Award New York Debut 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” An Irving Berlin Gala starring Karen Akers, Klea Blackhurst, Nicolas King, Todd Murray and Anna Bergman "IT'S DELOVELY" 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 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.
