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2025 MAC Awards Information

THE MANHATTAN ASSOCIATION OF CABARETS

announces the 39th Annual MAC Awards

CHARLES BUSCH to receive LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

THE 2025 MAC AWARD NOMINEES ANNOUNCED

The Manhattan Association of Cabarets (MAC) is pleased to announce the upcoming 39th Annual MAC Awards. The awards presentation and show will take place on Thursday, April 10, 2025 at 7:00 pm, at Peter Norton Symphony Space at 2537 Broadway at 95th Street in New York City.

The MAC Awards will honor excellence in NYC nightlife during the 2024 calendar year. In addition to live musical performances at the show, competitive awards will be presented in multiple categories to performers, songwriters, directors, musical directors, piano bar performers, behind the scenes technical experts, and more, as well as the presentation of special honoree awards. The envelopes will be opened and the winners will be announced live at the MAC Awards show.

At the event, MAC will present a Lifetime Achievement Award to theater and cabaret legend CHARLES BUSCH

CHARLES BUSCH is the author and star of such plays as Psycho Beach Party, Die Mommie Die, The Divine Sister and Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, one of the longest running plays in Off-Broadway history. His comedy The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife ran nearly two years on Broadway and received a Tony nomination for Best Play  In 2024, he was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame.  As a cabaret entertainer, Mr. Busch has appeared in many cities including San Francisco, Los Angeles, London, Paris and in concert in New York’s Jazz at Lincoln Center’s American Songbookseries

The MAC Awards show is produced by JULIE MILLER and directed by AMY WOLK. The musical director and leader of the MAC Awards Band will be JOHN BRONSTON.

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