Mean Girls librettist Tina Fey will host NBC’s One Night Only: The Best of Broadway, a two-hour special airing December 10 at 8 p.m. ET that will celebrate Broadway with performances from the casts of the musicals Ain’t Too Proud, Chicago, Jagged Little Pill, Diana, Jersey Boys, Mean Girls, Rent, and the play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, as well as sneak peaks at Broadway shows planned for 2021.
The evening will also feature performances from Kelly Clarkson, Brett Eldredge, and Patti LaBelle as well as appearances from 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, Susan Kelechi Watson, and more.
Donations raised during the broadcast will benefit Broadway Cares, which provides groceries, medication, healthcare, and emergency financial aid to those in the Broadway community struggling through the pandemic shutdown. In addition to the telecast, NBCUniversal is making a donation as well. Doug Vaughan, EVP for Special Programs at NBC Entertainment, said, “We’re proud to partner with Broadway Cares and do our part to help those in that tight-knit community during these difficult times.”
“I’m so happy to be a part of this night, raising money for Broadway Cares, and to watch these mega talented people do what they do best,” Fey said. Broadway Cares Executive Director Tom Viola said, “We are deeply grateful to NBC for making this special evening possible and to the spectacular lineup of Broadway’s best who are so generously sharing their time and talent.”