Best-bets for Nov. 23: Parade launches holiday surge
1) Thanksgiving Day parade (shown here in a previous year), 8:30 a.m. to noon, NBC. There’s lots of music, including 12 marching bands and 26 floats, bearing Jon Batiste, Chicago, the Muppets and more. But NBC will start a half-hour earlier than usual, to include the Rockettes and the casts of five Broadway muscials — “Spamalot,” “Back to the Future,” “Shucked,” “& Juliet” and “How to Dance in Ohio.” Also, Broadway’s Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells will work the parade route. Read more…