--- description: The annual parade included songs from "Hadestown," "Tina — The Tina Turner Musical," "Ain't Too Proud — The Life and Times of the Temptations" and more. title: Here Are All the Broadway Performances From This Year's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8e35da117a2a027b/698a06c3b21a9c5ab5502c43/macys-parade-broadway-performances.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Here Are All the Broadway Performances From This Year's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade  by [Madeleine Carlisle](/author/madeleine-carlisle/)  ## Madeleine Carlisle Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 28, 2019 8:24 PM CUT  The 93rd annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Nov. 28, 2019 in New York City. The 93rd annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Nov. 28, 2019 in New York City.Theo Wargo—Getty Images  by [Madeleine Carlisle](/author/madeleine-carlisle/)  ## Madeleine Carlisle Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 28, 2019 8:24 PM CUT Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade has been entertaining Americans for 93 years. It guarantees [giant helium balloons](https://time.com/5741188/macys-thanksgiving-parade-balloons/ "undefined"), marching band performances and Santa ushering in the holiday season. But there’s another reason it’s so magical: the parade it includes back-to-back free (!) Broadway performances, sure to leave you with their songs stuck in your head at the dinner table, and hoping to tempt you into diverting some of the money you’d budgeted for [Black Friday sales](https://time.com/5731389/best-black-friday-cyber-monday-tech-deals-2019/ "undefined") into theater tickets. Here are some the songs from Broadway’s hottest shows that aired during the 2019 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. ## “Livin’ It Up On Top” from _Hadestown_ The cast of the musical _Hadestown_ — which won eight Tony’s last year — preformed their song “Livin’ It On Top” in the parade. > [](https://twitter.com/Macys/status/1200065467681050625) ## “Day O” and “The Whole Being Dead Thing” from _Beetlejuice:_ _The Musical_ The cast of Tony-nominated _Beetlejuice The Musical_ sang a melody of songs from the hit Broadway show in the parade. ## “Get Ready,” “Ain’t Too Proud To Beg” and “I Can’t Get Next To You” from _Ain’t Too Proud — The Life and Times of the Temptations_ The cast of the award winning show Ain’t Too Proud, about the life of R&B group The Temptations, preformed a medley of “Get Ready,” “Ain’t Too Proud To Beg” and “I Can’t Get Next To You.” ## “The Best” and “Proud Mary” From _Tina — The Tina Turner Musical_ Performer Adrienne Warren sang a medley of “The Best” and “Proud Mary” from _Tina_, a new musical about singer Tina Turner’s life, in the parade. > [](https://twitter.com/Macys/status/1200066667872759809) ## “Where Do You Belong?” from _Mean Girls: The Musical_ A pre-recorded performance of “Where Do You Belong?” from _Mean Girls_, a musical based on the hit 2004 movie, also aired during CBS’s broadcast of the parade. ## The Radio City Rockettes’ preview their Christmas Spectacular Just like every year, the Rockettes also performed a song adapted from their annual Christmas Spectacular at Radio City Musical Hall. > [](https://twitter.com/Macys/status/1200069717588926464) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5741440/thanksgiving-parade-broadway-performances-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5741440/thanksgiving-parade-broadway-performances-video/"},"headline":"Here Are All the Broadway Performances From This Year's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade","datePublished":"2019-11-28T20:24:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-24T07:50:13.799Z","description":"The annual parade included songs from \"Hadestown,\" \"Tina — The Tina Turner Musical,\" and more","url":"https://time.com/5741440/thanksgiving-parade-broadway-performances-video/","keywords":["broadway","Thanksgiving","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8e35da117a2a027b/698a06c3b21a9c5ab5502c43/macys-parade-broadway-performances.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Madeleine Carlisle","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/madeleine-carlisle/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8e35da117a2a027b/698a06c3b21a9c5ab5502c43/macys-parade-broadway-performances.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"93rd Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade","caption":"93rd Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade","creditText":"Theo Wargo—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5741440/thanksgiving-parade-broadway-performances-video/","name":"Here Are All the Broadway Performances From This Year's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade"}}]}] ```