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Which past Macys Parade performance was YOUR favorite?

By: Nov. 22, 2023
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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 Shucked, Back to the Future, Spamalot, How to Dance in Ohio, and & Juliet (on NBC) and Chicago, A Beautiful Noise and Aladdin (on CBS).

Check out our all-inclusive guide on this year's parade. As we await the 2023 performances, take a trip down memory lane with our 35 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. 


Thoroughly Modern Millie- 2002:


Funny Girl- 2022:


Beetlejuice- 2019:


Newsies-2011:


Seussical- 2000:


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:


Les Miserables- 1987:


Young Frankenstein- 2007:


Annie Get Your Gun- 1998:


Hair- 2009:

 

Footloose- 1998:


Tina: The Tina Turner Musical- 2019:


In the Heights- 2008:


Matilda- 2013:


Ain't Too Proud- 2019:


All Shook Up- 2004:


Pippin- 2012:


Six- 2021:


Hairspray- 2002:


Legally Blonde- 2007:


How to Succeed...- 1995:


On Your Feet- 2015:


Hadestown- 2019:


Oklahoma!- 2002:


Side Show- 1997:


SpongeBob Squarepants- 2017:


Wicked- 2003:


The Prom- 2018:




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