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Come From Away, Waitress Casts Set for Thanksgiving Day Parade on CBS

The annual broadcast will air November 23.

Kenji Fujishima

Kenji Fujishima

| New York City |

October 30, 2017

The cast of Come From Away will perform live during this year's The Thanksgiving Day Parade on CBS broadcast.
The cast of Come From Away will perform live during this year's The Thanksgiving Day Parade on CBS broadcast.
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The casts of the Broadway musicals Come From Away and Waitress will perform as part of the Thanksgiving Day Parade on CBS on Thursday, November 23. The 57th annual Thanksgiving broadcast on CBS will feature portions of the 91st annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade as well as additional performances.

The cast for Come From Away features Petrina Bromley, Geno Carr, Tony Award nominee and Drama Desk Award winner Jenn Colella, Alex Finke, De'Lon Grant, Joel Hatch, Tony Award nominee Chad Kimball, Lee MacDougall, Caesar Samayoa, Q. Smith, Astrid Van Wieren, Sharon Wheatley, Josh Breckenridge, Susan Dunstan, John Jellison, Tamika Lawrence, Tony LePage, and Julie Reiber.

As for Waitress, Jason Mraz is set to begin a 10-week run as Dr. Pomatter on Friday, November 3. He will perform on the CBS Thanksgiving Day Parade broadcast with the rest of the principal company, which includes Betsy Wolfe as Jenna, with Drama Desk nominee Eric Anderson, Maia Nkenge Wilson, Christopher Fitzgerald, Caitlin Houlahan, John Cullum, and Will Swenson.

For tickets to Come From Away, click here.

For tickets to Waitress, click here.

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