Joaquina Kalukango, Freestyle Love Supreme, Moulin Rouge! Musical, More to Perform on Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular | Playbill

Film & TV News Joaquina Kalukango, Freestyle Love Supreme, Moulin Rouge! Musical, More to Perform on Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular

Today anchors Craig Melvin and Dylan Dreyer will host the NBC telecast.

Joaquina Kalukango, Freestyle Love Supreme, and Moulin Rouge! The Musical

Joaquina Kalukango, the 2022 Tony winner for Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical for her performance in the new Broadway musical Paradise Square, will be among the performers on NBC’s Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular, to be broadcast July 4 at 8 PM ET (check local listings). The Independence Day celebration will also stream on Peacock with an encore presentation on NBC at 10 PM ET.

Kalukango will perform an arrangement of “My Country, 'Tis of Thee” and “America the Beautiful” during the Macy’s Golden Mile fireworks display, where thousands of golden-hued shells will create a cascading effect stretching for more than a mile across the East River.

Today anchors Craig Melvin and Dylan Dreyer will again co-host the evening, which will also feature performances from Freestyle Love Supreme's Lin-Manuel Miranda, James Monroe Iglehart, Kaila Mullady, Dizzy Senze, and Anthony VenezialeMoulin Rouge! The Musical's Jacqueline B. Arnold, Jessica Lee Goldyn, Tasia Jungbauer, and Jeigh Madjus; 5 Seconds of Summer; Brett Eldredge; Carly Pearce; and Pitbull with Filmore. Celebrity chef David Rose will be part of the evening as well.

Everyday heroes and celebrity guests—including Craig Ferguson, Padma Lakshmi, Paulina Porizkova, and Wolfgang Puck—will also share their inspirational stories about what it means to live in the U.S. in a series of segments called “The American Spirit.” And, this year’s fireworks display will launch more than 48,000 shells and effects from five barges positioned between 23rd Street and 42nd Street on the East River.

Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular is a production of Universal Television in association with Macy’s and is produced by Brad Lachman Productions with Lachman and Bill Bracken serving as executive producers.

See the Production Photos of Paradise Square on Broadway

 
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