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MANHATTAN ASSOCIATION OF
CABARETS announces date of
34th Annual MAC Awards
ANITA GILLETTE to receive
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The Manhattan Association of
Cabarets (MAC) is pleased to make its initial announcement
of the upcoming 34th Annual MAC Awards. The awards
presentation and show will take place on Monday, March 20,
2020 at7:00 pm, at SONY Hall on 46th Street in New York
City.
MAC’s special honorees of the
evening include Tony nominee ANITA GILLETTE, who will
perform live and be presented with MAC’s 2020 Lifetime
Achievement Award. Anita Gillette has more than
fourteen Broadway shows to her credit, including Chapter
Two (Tony Nomination, LA Drama Critics Award), Carnival, Gypsy, Guys
& Dolls, Don’t Drink the Water, All American, Jimmy, They’re
Playing Our Song, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Mr.
President, The Gay Life, Kelly, Show
Boat, and Encores’ Bloomer Girl and 70 Girls
70. In addition, she has been
the highlight performer on many Cabaret stages both
nationally and internationally and has performed her one
woman show After All at venues including Birdland,
Feinstein’s, and in London at the St. James Theatre. In
2019, Anita won the MAC Award in the Celebrity category at
the 33rd Annual MAC Awards
Anita has played major roles in the recent Ed Burns film, The
Fitzgerald Family Christmas. She’s also appeared in Shall
We Dance, Boys on the Side, Larger Than Life, The
Guru, She’s the One, Bob Roberts, The
Great New Wonderful, Hiding Victoria, The Last
Adam, Bum Rap, Charlie Hoboken, and Undertow.
Films for television include A Christmas Memory and Summer
of Ben Tyler. She was a foil
for Johnny Carson for at least 50 Tonight shows. anitagillette.com (Photo
by Russ Weatherford).
MAC will also present its Board
of Directors Award to THE BISTRO AWARDS. From its
beginnings and continuing through current times, The Bistro
Awards has been recognizing, encouraging, nurturing, and
educating cabaret, jazz, and comedy artists for 35 years
through its insightful reviews and its annual awards. The
Bistro Award was established by Bob Harrington in 1985 in
his “Bistro Bits” column in the trade weekly Back Stage,
then under the editorship of Sherry Eaker. Sherry has helmed
The Bistro Awards and produces the annual show and
presentation of the awards each Spring. bistroawards.com
The MAC
Awards show will feature many live performances by the
winners of the vocalist categories of the MAC Awards. The
winners will be announced live at the show on March 30th,
which is open to the public.
The 34th Annual MAC Awards
will be held on Monday, March 30 at 7:00 pm at NYC’s SONY
Hall, 235 W. 46th St. The show is produced by JULIE
MILLER, and directed by LENNIE WATTS, with
musical direction by TRACY STARK. Tickets are
available at www.macnyc.com
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