Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade sets 2025 Broadway performances

The casts of three Broadway shows are set to perform musical numbers during the live broadcast, which will begin at 8:30 a.m. on November 27 this year.

Summary

• The Broadway shows Buena Vista Social Club; Just in Time; and Ragtime will perform at the 2025 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
• Other theatre performers appearing separately include the Radio City Rockettes; Hamilton's Christopher Jackson; and Moulin Rouge! The Musical's Meg Donnelly
• The parade will air on NBC from 8:30 a.m. to noon on November 27

The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade has announced its lineup of 2025 Broadway performances, with three shows taking part alongside multiple other special performances on the morning of November 27.

The Broadway shows performing in the NBC broadcast of the 2025 Macy's Parade are Buena Vista Social Club, Just in Time, and Ragtime.

Other theatrical performers at the parade, appearing separately, include:

• The Radio City Rockettes, currently celebrating their 100th anniversary and headlining the Radio City Christmas Spectacular.
• Hamilton Tony Award nominee Christopher Jackson, currently in Hell's Kitchen on Broadway through November 9.
• Meg Donnelly, starring as Satine in Moulin Rouge! The Musical on Broadway from November 11, 2025 to March 1, 2026.
• Additional performers include Darlene Love, Debbie Gibson, Tiler Peck, Drew Baldridge, Matteo Bocelli, Colbie Caillat, Ciara, Gavin DeGraw, Mr. Fantasy, Foreigner, Mickey Guyton, Jewel, Lil Jon, Kool & the Gang, Roman Mejia, Taylor Momsen, Busta Rhymes, Calum Scott, Shaggy, Lauren Spencer Smith, Luísa Sonza, Teyana Taylor; and EJAE, Audrey Nuna and REI AMI, and the singing voices of HUNTR/X from Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters.

All these performances will be aired on the official Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade live broadcast, which will air on NBC and Peacock from 8:30 a.m. to noon E.T. on November 27.

Most years, the parade is also broadcast on CBS, with different Broadway performances featured. This article will be updated if additional Broadway performances are announced.

What Broadway shows are at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 2025?

Buena Vista Social Club, Just in Time, and Ragtime will perform at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 2025. Learn more about all three and get tickets below.

Buena Vista Social Club

Inspired by the same-named Cuban music group and their self-titled, groundbreaking album, the high-energy Buena Vista Social Club musical dramatizes the story of how long-forgotten musicians got a second chance to preserve the sounds of Cuba's musical golden age.

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Just in Time

Tony Award winner Jonathan Groff stars as Bobby Darin in this bio-musical about the "Splish Splash" and "Mack the Knife" singer's short but explosive career as a global pop icon in the '40s and '50s.

Check back for information on Just in Time tickets on New York Theatre Guide.

Ragtime

The musical epic Ragtime, now being revived at Lincoln Center Theatre, brings together the stories of multiple social groups in early-20th-century New York, weaving the stories of fictional characters and real historical figures into a sweeping portrait of a changing America.

Get Ragtime tickets now.