Broadway on Broadway 2012

Broadway on Broadway, the annual free outdoor concert presented in Times Square by the Broadway League and the Times Square Alliance, will kick off the 2012/13 Broadway season this Sunday, Sep. 9, beginning at 11:30 a.m. Kathie Lee Gifford (who wrote the book and lyrics for the upcoming Scandalous) will host. Alex Lacamoire (music arranger for Bring It On and the upcoming Annie revival) will conduct a 30-piece orchestra accompanying performers from Bring It On (“It’s All Happening”), Chicago (“My Own Best Friend”), Elf (“Never Fall in Love with an Elf”), Mamma Mia! (medley), Newsies (“King of New York”), Once (“Falling Slowly”), Spider-Man (“Boy Falls From the Sky”), and the upcoming Annie (special appearance), Motown (“Get Ready”), and Scandalous (“For Such a Time as This”) as well as Off-Broadway’s Bare (“Are You There?”) and Stomp (“Brooms”). The free concert will also feature a celebration of the Nederlander centennial and a sneak peek from the second season of NBC’s Smash.