Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Revives Broadway for a Day
Four Broadway shows that were shut down due to the pandemic will return for one day.
Hamilton, Mean Girls, Jagged Little Pill and Ain’t Too Proud: The Life & Times of the Temptations will film segments that will air on TV as part of the 94th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
There will be no audience in the streets as in years past. Established in 1924, the parade has been canceled only three times (1942, 1943 and 1944) since its inception. The event draws roughly 3.5 million spectators on the streets of New York City and over 50 million more who tune in nationwide. The parade will only cover one city block-34th street near the flagship MACY’S store.
Normally, it takes 8,000 to 10,000 people to work the parade. This year only about 1,500 people will work the event.
Who was nominated for a TONY AWARD this year?
On October 15, Tony Award winner James Monroe Iglehart announced the nominees for the Tony Awards. Important takeaways: Slave Play became the most nominated play in Tony Awards history (12 nominations), with The Inheritance closely following (11 nominations). The most-nominated musical of the year is Jagged Little Pill (15 nominations), followed by Moulin Rouge! The Musical (14 nominations). Aaron Tveit is the only nominee in his category (Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical) and all nominees for Best Original Score come from plays instead of musicals.
When is the 2020 Tony Awards ceremony?
A date for the ceremony has not yet been set, but it will likely happen in December. The Awards are presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing.
AND FOR FANS OF ALANIS MORRISETTE
For the first time in nearly 10 months, the Broadway cast of the 15-time Tony Award-nominated musical Jagged Little Pill is reuniting on stage for one night only – in a special performance live from New York City. On Sunday December 13 at 8:00PM ET, Jagged Live In NYC: A Broadway Reunion Concert will bring Elizabeth Stanley, Celia Rose Gooding, Sean Allan Krill, Derek Klena, Lauren Patten, Kathryn Gallagher, Antonio Cipriano, and more, to the stage of Shubert Studios in New York’s theater district for a night of searing performances – and an electrifying dose of collective joy – alongside the Jagged Little Broadway Band.
Susan Saunders 11/12/20
