Broadway Celebrates Earth Day 

Presented by The Broadway Green Alliance and Times Square Alliance

Date & Time: Saturday, April 26th from 11:00am – 3:00pm EST

Location: Times Square’s Pedestrian Plaza at Broadway & 46th St, New York, NY, 10036

About the Event:  Broadway will once again raise its voice for the planet with the fourth Broadway Celebrates Earth Day concert!

Taking place in Times Square’s Pedestrian Plaza, this free outdoor concert from Broadway Green Alliance will feature live performances from Broadway stars including:

Hosts Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley (Stars in the House),

Tony Award Winner Shaina Taub (Suffs),

Tony Award Nominee Stark Sands (& Juliet),

Grammy Award nominee Merle Dandridge (Hadestown),

Tony Award nominee and Grammy Award winner Andrew Rannells (Book of Mormon),

Lissa deGuzman (Wicked),

Adrian Blake Enscoe (Swept Away),

Jenn Gambatese (Mrs. Doubtfire),

Jaygee Macapugay (Suffs),

Jennafer Newberry (Wicked)

Mia Soleil Sanchez (America’s Got Talent, s19),

Kelsie Watts (Six),

Rema Webb (Chicago),

and Khaila Wilcoxon (Redwood)

Shaina Taub will lead a powerful grand finale featuring more than 80 young performers from across the region, filling Times Square with her anthem “Keep Marching.” The performance will close the event by shining a spotlight on the next generation of change-makers and calling in audiences to collective action and perseverance.

In a special moment highlighting the neighborhood’s youngest voices, kindergarten and 1st grade students from P.S. 212 in Hell’s Kitchen will join Broadway favorite Jenn Gambatese on stage for a special performance of “Do Re Mi” and to remind each of us that we can “start at the very beginning,” no matter your age.

Alongside these show-stopping Broadway performances, audiences can look forward to performances from more than 75 students from the tri-state area and hear from theatre-makers and environmental leaders at the forefront of this work, including Materials for the Arts, HeadCount, and Final Strike Collaborative. 

The concert serves as a marquee event for the NYC Department of Transportation’s city wide “Car-Free Earth Day” and will highlight the theatre community’s ongoing efforts to combat the climate crisis with actionable steps. Fans can tune in from around the world through the livestream hosted by Stars in the House. 

Young performers taking the stage include students from Cassie Okenka Voice Studio, EPIC Players, K/1 Chorus at P.S. 212 led by Andrew Brubaker, NYU Steinhardt, Perkiomen Valley High School, R.Evolución Latina, and Wolf Performing Arts Center. 

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