MAC AWARDS

2008 MAC AWARD WINNERS!

Congratulations!

Maureen McGovern, Lifetime Achievement Award

Gloria Lynne, Outstanding Achievement in Jazz
Lewis Black, Outstanding Achievement in Comedy
Linda Amiel Burns, Board of Directors Award
Bart Greenberg's "Any Wednesday" Series,
Board of Directors Award
Bridget Everett and Kenny Mellmen,
Time Out Special Achievement Award

FEMALE VOCALIST

MALE VOCALIST

     JEANNE MACDONALD, Come Back to Me: Jeanne MacDonald Celebrates Miss Peggy Lee   Bradstan Country Inn, Metropolitan Room 

     MILES PHILLIPS, Quiet Stars, The Unrest Inside Me   Metropolitan Room, Cosmopolitan Club

FEMALE JAZZ VOCALIST

MALE JAZZ VOCALIST

    LAURIE KRAUZ,   Enzo’s Jazz Room, Iridium, Sweet Rhythm

     JACK DONAHUE,   Birdland, Sweet Rhythm, Cornelia Street Café    

MAJOR ARTIST

MAJOR JAZZ ARTIST

     BARBARA BRUSSELL, Out of the Mouths of Babes-Women Who Dared   Metropolitan Room  

      NATALIE DOUGLAS,   Birdland, The Duplex, Matthew's Mug (Vassar College)     

FEMALE CELEBRITY ARTIST

MALE/DUO CELEBRITY ARTIST

     CHRISTINE EBERSOLE,   Metropolitan Room, Birdland 

     STEVE ROSS,   Oak Room at the Algonquin, 59East59  

NEW YORK DEBUT – FEMALE

NEW YORK DEBUT – MALE

     SUZANNE CARRICO, The Art of the Cahn: Music from the Sammy Cahn Songbook   The Triad, Metropolitan Room     

     JONATHAN WHITTON, Perfect Finite   The Triad, The Duplex, Laurie Beechman  

STAND-UP COMIC

POPPI  KRAMER

MAJOR STAND-UP COMIC – FEMALE

MAJOR STAND-UP COMIC – MALE

      SUSIE ESSMAN     

      JIM DAVID

MUSICAL COMEDY  /  IMPERSONATION

DUO OR GROUP

     RAY JESSEL, Songs from the Ridiculous to the Romantic   Don't Tell Mama

     KAREN MACK & MICHAEL HOLLAND, Gashole: Hole-O-Matic   Metropolitan Room, The Duplex    

JAZZ DUO OR GROUP

COMEDY/IMPROV DUO/GROUP

     THE DARYL KOJAK TRIO,   The Triad, Laurie Beechman, Sweet Rhythm, Metropolitan Room      

      CHICAGO CITY LIMITS

    


REVUE  /  SPECIAL PRODUCTION

VARIETY PRODUCTION/
RECURRING SERIES

     MY FRIEND, THE CAT, created by Phil Geoffrey Bond   Laurie Beechman     

     JIM CARUSO'S CAST PARTY, hosted by Jim Caruso   Birdland

PIANO BAR/RESTAURANT SINGING ENTERTAINER – MALE

PIANO BAR/RESTAURANT SINGING ENTERTAINER – FEMALE

      DAVID COLBERT   Helen's

     

      SARAH MUCHO   Rose's Turn, Don't Tell Mama     

PIANO BAR/RESTURANT INSTRUMENTALIST


MUSICAL DIRECTOR

      TRACY STARK   Don't Tell Mama

     STEVEN RAY WATKINS   Lennie Watts, Jim Speake (The Metropolitan Room)

DIRECTOR

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR

     ERIC MICHAEL GILLETT   KT Sullivan, Karen Akers, Lari White (Oak Room at the Algonquin Hotel), Anna Bergman , Raissa Katona Bennett (Metropolitan Room), Maureen Kelley Stewart (Laurie Beechman), Olivia Stevens-Pleasure and Peril:The Songs of Zarah Leander (Helen's)     

    JEAN-PIERRE PERREAUX   Lina Koutrakos, Johnny Mercer A-Z ,Tom Wopat, Jimmy James, Karen Mason (Metropolitan Room)

SONG

SPECIAL MUSICAL MATERIAL

    I REMEMBER
Words by Shaynee Rainbolt & Russell Garcia, Music by Russell Garcia

     ONE STOP SHOPPING
Words by Dan Page, Michele Page, Sue Matsuki and Gregory Toroian, Music by Sue Matsuki & Gregory Toroian
    

RECORDING

JAZZ RECORDING

     TERESE GENECCO
Drunk With Love–Live (A Tribute to Frances Faye)

    JOHN DeMARCO
Pure and Simple
    

 

MAC Awards
The MAC Awards are presented annually to honor achievements in Cabaret, Comedy , and Jazz. The Awards encompass more that two dozen categories such as: vocalists and vocal groups, piano bar and jazz performers, comedy and musical performers, writers of songs and special material, directors, musical directors, recordings, and more. In addition, through special awards, MAC salutes outstanding contributions to the field of live entertainment.