Today, November 24, New York celebrates Thanksgiving with the 85th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. The famed festival, which began in 1924, is the second-oldest Thanksgiving parade in the United States along with America's Thanksgiving Parade in Detroit. Ready for it 85th Anniversary edition, the Parade of wonder will feature 15 giant character balloons 44 noveltyornament balloons, balloonicles and balloonheads 27 floats 1,600 cheerleaders, dancers and performance group members 800 clowns 11 marching bands a host of celebrity performers, and the one-and-only Santa Claus. The fun begins at 9am and lasts the morning through 1200pm. As usual, Broadway will be well represented with performances from Anything Goes, Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark, Priscilla How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Sister Act, and Newsies, in addition to appearances by Godspell's Hunter Parrish, Relatively Speaking's Steve Guttenberg and Laura Bell Bundy...
- 11/24/2011
- by Jessica Lewis
- BroadwayWorld.com
Why let your freak flag fly when you can buy an official Glee T-shirt or hoodie (priced from $19.99-$34.99) at Macy's with your friends? The partnership between the retail giant and Fox launches this weekend in over 600 stores with Glee-themed window displays. Even though the cast of the Emmy-nominated hit was banned from the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade last year, cast members Kevin McHale, Heather Morris and Jenna Ushkowitz will be on hand Aug. 21 at the Beverly Center location to sign your new apparel. Matthew Morrison's relatively low-paying contract probably does not stipulate shopping-mall appearances. [Nyt]...
- 8/12/2010
- Movieline - TVline
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