Before the Parade Passes By

Even with a stagehands strike crippling most of the Great White Way, nothing can stop this year's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Four Broadway shows will perform live during the annual event, and as luck would have it, all four are based on movies. Mary Poppins will trot out "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" (yet again), while Legally Blonde - The Musical will give you "What You Want". Kerry, Cheyenne and the Xanadu gang will perform a medley of hits, and most of us will get our first look at Young Frankenstein when they do the "Transylvania Mania".

Other performances of note include Hairspray's Nikki Blonsky crooning "You Can't Stop the Beat" (solo?), Dreamgirl Anika Noni Rose will belt a Michael Feinstein tune and last, but certainly not least, the Radio City Rockettes will make an appearance (like they wouldn't show). The 81st (!) Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade will be broadcast live on NBC.

Speaking of Legally Blonde, MTV will re-air their hit broadcast of the tuner twice on Thanksgiving Day, with the added bonus of onscreen "sing along" lyrics. Now aren't you glad you were one of the many who ran out to buy the cast album after it originally aired last month?

UPDATE: Broadway.com is reporting that these Thanksgiving airings will be the last chance to see Legally Blonde - The Musical on MTV.

Links via Playbill.com, NBC.com, MTV.com and Broadway.com.