Tina Fey will host NBC’s Best of Broadway’s One Night Only with casts from Ain’t Too Proud, Jagged Little Pill, and more.



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Bad girls Candidate Tony Tina Fey will host One Night Only: The Best of Broadway, which airs Dec. 10 at 8 p.m. ET on NBC. Celebrating the resilience of the Broadway community, the two-hour special will benefit Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS.

Cast members of several Broadway productions including Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of The Temptations, Chicago, Jagged Little Pill, Diana: The Musical, Jersey Boys, Mean Girls, and Rental– will take over the streets of Manhattan with special performances. Also expect an appearance from the cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child as well as a preview of the shows coming up next year.

The NBC celebration will also include performances by Kelly Clarkson, Brett Eldredge and Patti LaBelle with appearances by Annaleigh Ashford, Lance Bass, Kristen Bell, Ron Cephas Jones, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Peter Gallagher, Josh Groban, Jake Gyllenhaal, Sean Hayes, Nathan Lane, Camryn Manheim, Alanis Morissette, Jerry O’Connell, Leslie Odom Jr., Billy Porter, John Stamos, Aaron Tveit, Blair Underwood, Vanessa Williams and Susan Kelechi Watson.

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Donations during the telecast will benefit Broadway Cares to help provide emergency groceries, medicine, health care and financial assistance to those in the Broadway community battling the pandemic that threatens their health and which will have shut down the industry for over a year. NBCUniversal also donates to Broadway Cares. To donate, visit BroadwayCares.org.

“I’m so happy to be a part of this night, to raise money for Broadway Cares and to see these mega talent doing what they do best,” said Fey.

“We are deeply grateful to NBC for making this special night possible and for the spectacular programming of the best of Broadway who so generously share their time and talent,” added Tom Viola, Executive Director of Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS. “The joy this special will create will translate into meals and medicine, health and hope for those in our Broadway community struggling during this pandemic and extraordinary work disruption.

One Night Only: The Best of Broadway is a production of Brad Lachman Productions with Lachman as executive producer. Bill Bracken is co-executive producer.

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