Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade will feature Ariana Madix, T-Pain, 'Gabby’s Dollhouse' and pasta

NEW YORK -- A eclectic group of stars — including reality TV's Ariana Madix, Broadway belter Idina Menzel, hip-hop's T-Pain, members of nan WNBA champions New York Liberty and state duo Dan + Shay — will characteristic successful this year's Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

The War and Treaty, Lea Salonga, Kylie Cantrall, The Temptations, Chlöe, Charli D’Amelio, Jimmy Fallon & The Roots, Coco Jones, Walker Hayes, Bishop Briggs, Joey McIntyre, Natti Natasha, Tiler Peck and Roman Mejia and Rachel Platten are besides slated to perform. The Associated Press sewage nan database early.

The vacation contented will statesman astatine 8:30 a.m. connected Nov. 28 successful each clip zones and will beryllium kicked disconnected by character Alison Brie, nan “Glow” prima presently starring successful Apple TV’s “Apples Never Fall.”

This year’s parade will characteristic 17 elephantine characteristic balloons, 22 floats, 15 novelty and practice inflatables, 11 marching bands, 700 clowns and 10 capacity groups.

“The activity that we do, nan opportunity to effect millions of group and bring a spot of joyousness for a mates of hours connected Thanksgiving morning, is what motivates america each day,” Will Coss, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade executive producer, said successful an interview.

The parade airs connected NBC and streams connected Peacock. Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb and Al Roker from “Today” will big and a Spanish connection simulcast connected Telemundo will beryllium hosted by Carlos Adyan and Andrea Meza.

There will beryllium six caller featured characteristic balloons, including Minnie Mouse, Extraordinary Noorah” pinch The Elf connected nan Shelf, "Gabby’s Dollhouse," “Goku” and “Spider-Man.”

The “Gabby’s Dollhouse” float will see a 55-foot-tall (17-meter-tall) balloon featuring Gabby and Pandy Paws that will person 10 different shades of pink.

“As a small woman increasing up successful New Jersey, nan Thanksgiving Day parade was what you ever tuned into and nan balloons were, of course, nan champion part,” says Traci Paige Johnson, nan co-creator of “Gabby’s Dollhouse” pinch Jennifer Twomey.

“That small 7-year-old woman successful maine is conscionable like, 'Oh my God!’ — thing from your encephalon that you created that each nan world watches floating down New York City is conscionable perfectly incredible.”

She and Twomey, who besides produced “Blue's Clues,” are nan uncommon creators who get to observe having a 2nd balloon successful nan parade. Johnson advises watchers this clip to look for each nan hidden cats successful Gabby's sneakers and costume.

The Macy’s parade has been a accepted vacation play kickoff and spectators line-up a half-dozen heavy on nan way to cheer nan floats, entertainers and marching bands. The parade has lately asked icons to beryllium nan past impermanent earlier Santa, pinch last twelvemonth Cher fitting nan bill. This year’s headliner will beryllium revealed later.

Broadway will beryllium represented by performances from “Death Becomes Her,” “Hell’s Kitchen” and “The Outsiders,” arsenic good arsenic nan iconic Radio City Rockettes and “Riverdance” dancers.

New floats see ones from brands for illustration Disney Cruise Line, Haribo, “Wednesday” from Netflix," Universal Orlando Resorts and “The Grannies Car” from BBC Studios’ “Bluey.” Nickelodeon and Paramount's “Dora nan Explorer” will person some a float and a balloon.

One caller float will spotlight nan Rao’s nutrient brand, featuring a knight and a dragon successful conflict made pinch existent pasta elements.

“It’s 1 of those opportunities to really harvester nan whimsy and nan artistry of our awesome artists and artisans astatine our workplace and present connected that iconic spectacle that’s known and loved of nan Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade,” said Coss.

The marching bands will hail from Massachusetts, Indiana, Tennessee, Texas, Arkansas, South Dakota, Georgia, South Carolina, West Virginia and New York.

Members of nan New York Liberty, who earlier this period won their first-ever WNBA Championship, will march alongside their celebrated mascot, Ellie nan Elephant.

The Macy's parade team, if you tin judge it, are already moving connected sketches and ideas for nan adjacent parade, since each rhythm takes 18 months. Coss calls it “the largest assortment show connected television.”

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Mark Kennedy is astatine http://twitter.com/KennedyTwits