WAITRESS & CHICAGO to Perform on CBS' Thanksgiving Day Parade

CBS' upcoming Thanksgiving Day Parade special will include live performances from the Broadway casts of Waitress and Chicago.

Anchored by Entertainment Tonight's Kevin Frazier and Keltie Knight, live from New York City on Thursday, November 25 at 9:00 a.m. live ET/delayed PT on the CBS Television Network, and available to stream live on Paramount+.

The Waitress performance will feature Grammy Award winner Jennifer Nettles and Erich Bergen. Waitress is currently playing a limited engagement at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre (243 West 47th Street, NYC) through January 9, 2022

Based on the 2007 motion picture written by Adrienne Shelly, Waitress is the first Broadway musical in history to have four women in the four top creative team spots, with a book by Jessie Nelson, music and lyrics by Grammy Winner and Tony and Emmy Award-nominated Sara Bareilles, choreography by Lorin Latarro and direction by Tony Award-winner Diane Paulus.

The cast of Chicago features Ana Villafañe as Roxie Hart, Bianca Marroquín as Velma Kelly, Tony Award-winner Paulo Szot as Billy Flynn, Tony Award-winner Lillias White as Matron "Mama" Morton, Raymond Bokhour as Amos Hart and Ryan Lowe as Mary Sunshine. The cast also includes David Bushman, Jennifer Dunne, Jessica Ernest, Jeff Gorti, Arian Keddell, Mary Claire King, Joseph London, Barrett Martin, Sharon Moore, Drew Nellessen, Celina Nightengale, Brian O'Brien, Denny Paschall, Jermaine R. Rembert, Rachel Schur, Michael Scirrotto, Christine C. Smith and Brian Spitulnik.

With a legendary book by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse, music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb, Chicago is now the #1 longest-running American musical in Broadway history.

A CBS Thanksgiving tradition, the special will feature portions of the 95th annual MACY'S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE live from New York City. Dropping by the parade to talk with Frazier and Knight are Anthony Rapp from STAR TREK: DISCOVERY and Waitress star Erich Bergen.

Emmy Award-winning producers Ricky Kirshner and Glenn Weiss ("The Tony Awards") are executive producers for The Thanksgiving Day Parade on CBS. Weiss will also direct.