Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2014

Hey guys, I have a question regarding the parade. Do any of you know if I am able to watch the parade on the NBC website or any other network website that will be airing the parade? Not necessarily live but just wondering if I can stream this later on in the day. I looked on NBC website and couldn't find any info.

Also feel free to post anything else here parade related. I searched to see if there was an existing thread but didn't see one!! Thanks for the help!

I'm very excited for the performances on Thursday.
Based on tweets and instagrams, I think Gentleman's Guide is doing "I've Decided to Marry You" again. I don't know what the other shows are doing. Can't wait!!

I haven't come across a listing either, but I am so excited to see the performances. Youtube is definitely the best bet to catch them all.

Jeffrey-I'd be SHOCKED if On the Town DIDN'T do "New York, New York".

I've never seen them cancel. The parade is well equipped to handle these situations-there are the dancers and cheerleaders spread throughout the parade as well.

PS-which channel is Side Show going to be on?

Is there a listing of the specific numbers yet? Haven't been able to locate anything other than the shows.

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I'm currently w/o cable. Is there a live stream somewhere of how to watch the parade?

Google "NBC live stream" the day of. They look sketchy, but you just have to close the popup ads.

I suspect the SIDE SHOW options were a tough call. The two power ballads are almost too well known; the producers may feel the need to suggest the larger, more upbeat entertainment value of the show beyond the emotion-packed act finales, both of which are tinged with sadness. And though the opening is thrilling in the theater, it wouldn't translate to bright sunlight, or performed atop that damned Macy's adorned pavement, or without the multi-level set. To say nothing of the potential for complaints by viewers during an iconic family broadcast (there are enough people out there who would find the freaks threatening to children's sensibilities, whether we agree or not). That leaves smaller numbers, many of which don't cut well without ead-in dialog or recitative. "Ready to Play," like "We Share Everything," which it replaced, is a stand-alone number. Itcan be appreciated without even a basic understanding of the show.

It's probably a bone of contention, since it's the one addition that many people find less successful than the piece it replaced. Still, selfishly, I look forward to seeing "Ready to Play," which does have one of Krieger's infectious tunes, Russell's clever lyrics. What it doesn't do in the show, at least when I saw it -- stop it, the way its predecessor always did -- may not matter Thursday morning. The job is to present the colorful musical comedy values of SIDE SHOW. I wish the choreography had more of the wit of "We Share Everything," but again it's a minor lapse, not show-damaging.

I look forward to reactions here. Gee, do you think there might be a few?

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Updated On: 11/26/14 at 02:25 PM

Ballads are not routinely performed in the opening 30 minutes; the goal is to present production numbers with singing and dancing. By the programming demands, "Ready to Play" makes good sense.

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So then your not skipping it. The way to watch it is to DVR it.. and fast forward to all the performances . I can't with the marching bands.. so that is how we watch it every year. Any guesses as to which number will have the worst lip synching?

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I spotted this article and remembered some commentary here about lip-synching at the parade...

http://www.zap2it.com/blogs/macys_thanksgiving_day_parade_lip_sync_fail_kristin_chenoweth_rick_astley_scotty_mccreery-2014-11

So...why lip-sync? (I've never watched these parades and will skip this time around too, just never felt the appeal, but curious why they do that.)

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"They lip synch due to audio situations with them being live on air, outside, etc."

So audio immaculacy. And then we get the physical action fails. This might be fun to watch just for that, then.

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