Happy Thanksgiving to our readers in the USA!
Don’t forget to tune in to Thursday’s Thanksgiving Day parades to get your fill of Broadway performances on this holiday!
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will air on CBS, from 9AM until Noon (should be the same for all time zones, but check your local listings for any discrepancies).
The following shows and songs will be featured on the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade:

Bye Bye Birdie – “Put on a Happy Face”
Hair – “Aquarius”
Billy Elliot – “Shine”
Shrek – “I’m a Believer”

Other performers include:

The …

The “preview event” pilot episode of the new Fox musical series, “Glee,” premieres tonight from 9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT.
“Glee” tells the story of a high school glee club, with Matthew Morrison starring as the eager music teacher. Other musical theatre stars will be appearing, including Kristin Chenoweth (Wicked, “Pushing Daisies”), Victor Garber, Deb Monk, Lea Michele (Spring Awakening), John Lloyd Young (Jersey Boys), Jessalyn Gilsig (“Heroes”), Jayma Mays (“Heroes”), Stephen Tobolowsky (“Heroes”), and more.
According to Fox press notes:
Cast performances of “Rehab” and “Don’t Stop Believin’” will be available for purchase on …

The three young men who alternate in the title roll of Billy Elliot, from Billy Elliot the Musical, will be appearing on CBS’ “The Early Show,” Tuesday, May 5, sometime between the hours of 7-9 a.m. (Eastern and Central).
Kiril Kulish, David Alvarez and Trent Kowalik alternate in the roll, but will perform side by side in the one of the show’s impressive song dance numbers, “Electricity.”
Who: Kiril Kulish, David Alvarez and Trent Kowalik, the three boys from Broadway’s Billy Elliot the Musical
What: Performance of “Electricity” from Billy Elliot the Musical …

Don’t miss the chance to see beloved Tony Award-winning actress Sutton Foster as she performs a song from her new CD, “Wish,” on NBC’s “Weekend Today Show” this Saturday, Feb. 21, at 9 AM ET. Check your local listings to verify when you can view it in your area.
Foster released her dynamic voice on her debut CD, titled “Wish,” on Feb. 17. Click here to purchase the CD.
“Wish” contains 15 very familiar tracks, including:
“I’m Beginning to See The Light” -(Duke Ellington, Don George, Johnny Hodges, Harry James)
“Warm All Over” (Frank …

For those of you who haven’t seen Coraline on the big screen yet, what are you waiting for? From the creator of the Nightmare Before Christmas, Coraline is a stop animation film of a young girl who walks through a secret door in her bedroom and enters another world. This wonderful movie is now slated to be brought to the musical stage by New York’s MCC Theater. The show will start previews on May 20th and the show will run through June 20th.
More after the cut.

Queen Latifah appeared on “The Today Show” on Monday, July 16, talking about her role in the new musical film “Hairspray.”
Here’s the interview!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI0kAVbE1ao
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John Travolta on “Live with Regis and Kelly,” July 17, talking about the musical film “Hairspray.”
Here’s part 2 of the interview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs2z20Tm-h8
Missed part one? Click here!
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John Travolta on “Live with Regis and Kelly,” July 17, talking about the musical film “Hairspray.”
Here’s part 1 of the interview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsMkv6wSHKg
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NBC’s “The Today Show” will be celebrating “Hairspray” week, in recognition of the upcoming musical film. Each day various cast member(s) will be interviewed and share about the musical.
As if that weren’t enough, at the end of the week the cast will perform together outside Rockefeller Plaza (between 48th and 49th Streets and Fifth and Sixth Avenues). The public is invited to see the performance.
Here’s the line-up!:
July 16: Queen Latifah (Motormouth Maybelle)
July 17: Michelle Pfeiffer (Velma Von Tussle)
July 18: Nikki Blonsky (Tracy Turnblad), Zac Efron (Link Larkin), Amanda Bynes (Penny …

If you’re passing by the windows of the Ann Taylor LOFT Flagship store, located at the corners of 42nd Street and Broadway in Manhattan’s Times Square, check out the latest window display!
Eleven (11) costumes featured in the upcoming movie musical “Hairspray” are now on display, along with various movie props and images… not to mention tons of hairspray cans!
The display will be available for viewing until July 22.
Apparently the display itself is one one-of-a-kind installation, according to Playbill.
Costumes include Motormouth Maybelle’s gold lamé dress with red feather trim, worn by …