By NBC New York
Although we are used to seeing the masses come together to see the grandiose balloons making their way down the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade route, this year the celebration will be a bit different.
The Macy's Thanksgiving Parade will air nationwide as a television-only event with no audience on NBC and Telemundo on Thursday, Nov. 26 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., in all time zones.
While there will be no parade marching down amid a sea of cheering crowds, a number of theatrical and musical performances are scheduled to participate in this year's event. While performers are subject to change, here are all that are scheduled to participate:
BROADWAY/THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES:
The Macy's Thanksgiving Parade will air nationwide as a television-only event with no audience on NBC and Telemundo on Thursday, Nov. 26 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., in all time zones.
While there will be no parade marching down amid a sea of cheering crowds, a number of theatrical and musical performances are scheduled to participate in this year's event. While performers are subject to change, here are all that are scheduled to participate:
BROADWAY/THEATRICAL PERFORMANCES:
- Ain’t Too Proud - The Life and Times of The Temptations
- Hamilton
- Jagged Little Pill
- Mean Girls
- Radio City Rockettes
- All-female samba drumline Fogo Azul NYC along with Pulitzer Prize winning playwright and Mermaid Queen Lynn Nottage and Dick Zigun representing the Coney Island USA Mermaid Parade
- Danza Fiesta representing the National Puerto Rican Day Parade
- The Lesbian & Gay Big Apple Corps Band representing the NYC Pride March
- The Sugarplum Fairy from George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker representing the New York City Ballet
- The FDNY Emerald Society Pipes and Drums representing the New York City St. Patrick's Day Parade
- A special performance entitled CaribeFuturism featuring a collective of acts including partners Pan in Motion, Batingua Arts, Sesame Flyers, and Kaisokah Moko Jumbies with Carnival Queen Kay Mason representing the West Indian American Day Carnival Association
- The Big Apple Circus
- The NYPD Police Band
- The West Point Marching Band
- Zeta Phi Beta
- Lauren Alaina
- Jimmie Allen and Noah Cyrus
- Ally Brooke
- Sofia Carson
- CNCO
- Jimmy Fallon and The Roots
- Karol G
- Tori Kelly
- Patti LaBelle
- Ella Mai
- Miss America 2020 Camille Schrier
- The cast and Muppets of Sesame Street
- Leslie Odom Jr.
- Keke Palmer
- Dolly Parton
- Pentatonix
- Bebe Rexha
- Jordin Sparks
- Sebastián Yatra
- Brett Young
- Santa Claus
