THE HOLIDAY SEASON IS HERE!
The Broadway Casts of
CHICAGO and WAITRESS
will Perform on
“THE THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE ON CBS,”
LIVE FROM NEW YORK CITY, THURSDAY, NOV. 25
Anchored by “Entertainment Tonight’s” KEVIN FRAZIER and KELTIE KNIGHT
CBS Presents THE THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE ON CBS, anchored by “Entertainment Tonight’s” Kevin Frazier and Keltie Knight, live from New York City on Thursday, Nov. 25 (9:00 AM-12:00 PM, live ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network, and available to stream live and on-demand on Paramount+.
The broadcast will feature LIVE performances from the cast of Chicago, Broadway’s longest-running American musical now celebrating 25 years of ‘Razzle Dazzle,’ and Waitress, the hit Broadway musical featuring music and lyrics by Grammy Award winner Sara Bareilles.
The cast of Chicago features Ana Villafañe as Roxie Hart, Bianca Marroquín as Velma Kelly, Tony Award-winner Paulo Szot as Billy Flynn, Tony Award-winner Lillias White as Matron “Mama” Morton, Raymond Bokhour as Amos Hart, and Ryan Lowe as Mary Sunshine. The cast also includes David Bushman, Jennifer Dunne, Jessica Ernest, Jeff Gorti, Arian Keddell, Mary-Claire King, Joseph London, Barrett Martin, Sharon Moore, Drew Nellessen, Celina Nightengale, Brian O'Brien, Denny Paschall, Jermaine R. Rembert, Rachel Schur, Michael Scirrotto, Christine C. Smith and Brian Spitulnik.
With a legendary book by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse, music by John Kander, and lyrics by Fred Ebb, Chicago is now the #1 longest-running American musical in Broadway history.
The Waitress performance will feature Grammy Award winners Jennifer Nettles and Erich Bergen. Waitress is currently playing a limited engagement at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre (243 West 47th Street, NYC) through January 9, 2022
Based on the 2007 motion picture written by Adrienne Shelly, Waitress is the first Broadway musical in history to have four women in the four top creative team spots, with a book by Jessie Nelson, music and lyrics by Grammy Winner and Tony and Emmy Award-nominated Sara Bareilles, choreography by Lorin Latarro and direction by Tony Award-winner Diane Paulus.
A CBS Thanksgiving tradition, the special will feature portions of the 95th Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade live from New York City. Dropping by the parade to talk with Kevin Frazier and Keltie Knight are actors from popular CBS and Paramount+ series, including Laya DeLeon Hayes from “The Equalizer,” Wilson Cruz and Anthony Rapp from “Star Trek: Discovery,” as well as Broadway star Erich Bergen.
Emmy Award-winning producers Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss (“The Tony Awards”) are executive producers for THE THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE ON CBS. Weiss will also direct.
Official CBS website: http://www.cbs.com/
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