Video: The 50 Best Broadway Performances from the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Which past Macys Parade performance was YOUR favorite?
By: Sidney Paterra Nov. 26, 2025
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, one of the nation's most cherished holiday traditions, is getting ready to hit the streets of New York City. As in years past, several Broadway shows will perform outside of the flagship store on 34th Street, including casts from Buena Vista Social Club, Just in Time, and Ragtime.
Check out our all-inclusive guide on this year's parade. As we await the 2025 performances, take a trip down memory lane with our 50 favorite parade performances of years gone by! The Parade is known for bringing may of our favorite Broadway shows and performances to the small screen and our editors have battled it out to pick their favorites.
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Thoroughly Modern Millie- 2002:
Funny Girl- 2022:
Beetlejuice- 2019:
Newsies-2011:
The Who's Tommy- 1993:
Death Becomes Her- 2024:
The Lion King- 2022:
Seussical- 2000:
Back to te Future- 2023:
The Wiz: Live- 2015:
The Scarlet Pimpernel- 1997:
Grease- 1994:
On the Town- 2014:
Mean Girls- 2018:
Saturday Night Fever- 1999:
Some Like It Hot- 2022
Damn Yankees- 1994:
Shrek- 2009:
Les Miserables- 1987:
& Juliet- 2023:
Bring It On- 2012:
Young Frankenstein- 2007:
Annie Get Your Gun- 1998:
Spamalot- 2023:
Hell's Kitchen- 2024:
Hair- 2009:
Waitress- 2016:
Footloose- 1998:
Tina: The Tina Turner Musical- 2019:
In the Heights- 2008:
Fiddler on the Roof- 2015:
Matilda- 2013:
Ain't Too Proud- 2019:
All Shook Up- 2004:
Pippin- 2012:
Six- 2021:
Finding Neverland- 2015:
Hairspray- 2002:
Legally Blonde- 2007:
How to Succeed...- 1995:
On Your Feet- 2015:
Hadestown- 2019:
Something Rotten!- 2015:
Hello, Dolly!- 1999:
A Christmas Carol- 1995:
Oklahoma!- 2002:
Side Show- 1997:
SpongeBob Squarepants- 2017:
Wicked- 2003:
The Prom- 2018:
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