On Tuesday May 6th the 2008 MAC Awards winners were announced at BB Kings (237 W 42nd St). This years awards honored Maureen McGovern, Gloria Lynne, Lewis Black, Linda Amiel Burns, Bart Greenberg's 'Any Wednesday Series', Bridget Everett, and Kenny Mellmen. For a complete list of the winners and nominees please visit: http://broadwayworld.com/viewcolumn.cfm?colid=27691.
MAC's mission is to advance the art and business of live entertainment. A trade association, its activities are designed to heighten public awareness of the field's contributions and vitality, to honor its creativity, to build its current and future audiences, and to speak out as an influential voice on behalf of MAC members and the industry at large.
Members of MAC include cabaret, comedy and jazz artists, directors, musical directors, technical directors, musicians, club owners, booking managers, composers, lyricists, journalists, publicists, artists' managers, agents, and friends and supporters of live entertainment. The organization was created in 1983.
For more information about MAC please visit www.macnyc.com