Tom Toce is a veteran theater and cabaret songwriter. He won the MAC Award for Comedy Song for “Shalom, Santa” in 2014. He most recently made his cabaret debut as a performer in Songwriter in the House, which delighted audiences at the Metropolitan Room in late 2015 and early 2016 and earned Tom a MAC Award nomination in the New York Debut – Male category. He has directed, produced, and hosted two installments of The Harvard-Yale Cantata at 54 Below in NYC. Other recent shows include Mr. Victor’s Cabaret for Hipsters: Songs of the 1990s (director and producer) at the Laurie Beechman Theater, MAC Award Winning Songs at Urban Stages (director, host, and producer) and Living Standards (director and producer), starring Marissa Mulder, at the Metropolitan Room. Hopelessly in Love: The Lyrics of Tom Toce was one of the most successful shows at the Metropolitan Room in 2012 and 2013. The HIL recording was also nominated for a 2014 MAC Award. Tom has written a number of shows for children, and his cabaret songs have been sung and/or recorded by Andrea Marcovicci, Tovah Feldshuh, Maude Maggart, KT Sullivan, and many others. Tom is a two-time Jeopardy! champion (his encyclopedic knowledge of the Great American Songbook helped) and a member of the Jeopardy Hall of Fame, for high score in a single game. More at www.tomtocemusic.com "Tom Toce has a distinct way with the language and writes lyrics with a twist of humor as he explores life's universal sufferings." --John Weatherford, Times Square CHRONICLES "Touching and witty lyrics." --Robert Windeler – BistroAwards.com "The Toce touch with words employs varied techniques and vocabularies while remaining casually conversational and modern. But there’s a nod to past generations of wordsmiths with his caring use of rhyme schemes, surprise twists, passing references to earlier standards, and satisfying verbiage." --Rob Lester, Talkin' Broadway