As a kid, Broadway star Brittney Mack faithfully watched the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on TV from her home in Chicago. Now she’s getting ready to perform in it for the first time. “I’ve got my long johns and it’s going to be epic,” Mack said.
Brittney Mack portrays Anna of Cleves, center, during a performance of the musical "Six," at Broadway’s Brooks Atkinson Theatre in New York. Mack is slated to perform a mashup of some of its songs with her castmates and band in front of a televised audience of millions at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
will hover overhead as the parade returns to its pre-pandemic form this year, with its route restored through Manhattan and high-flying helium balloons once again pulled by handlers.This year’s parade — the 95th annual — will snap back to form after bowing to pandemic restrictions last year.
Her grandmother is taping the parade from Mississippi while her mom and the rest of her family will be cheering from Chicago. Mack may be used to performing live but this time is special. Maya Bowles, who will be there representing the Tony-winning “Moulin Rouge! The Musical,” recalls waking up every Thanksgiving in Atlanta and making pound cake with her mother while watching the parade before gathering with her family at grandma’s house.“It definitely does feel so special coming back after this long, long pause,” she said. “So much has changed so quickly. I feel like, for me, it’s weird not being with them for the holiday, but I’m super-grateful to be doing what I’ll be doing.
Other celebrities on hand will include Carrie Underwood, Jimmie Allen, Kelly Rowland, Rob Thomas, Kristin Chenoweth, Darren Criss, Foreigner, Andy Grammer, Mickey Guyton, Chris Lane, Miss America Camille Schrier, Muppets from “Sesame Street” and the three past and current hosts of “Blue’s Clues” — Steve Burns, Donovan Patton and Josh Dela Cruz.
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