‘Today’ Show Cohosts Reopen Broadway for a Morning With Theatrical 2020 Halloween Costumes

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‘Today’ Show Cohosts Reopen Broadway for a Morning With Theatrical 2020 Halloween Costumes

The lights may be out on Broadway amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but the Today show is still celebrating all things musical theater! Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb, Al Roker and the gang delivered all that jazz with their costumes for the 2020 Halloween episode on Friday, October 30, dressing as characters from Wicked, Hamilton, Chicago and more iconic stage productions. Carson Daly announced each of the cohosts as they unveiled their Great White Way getups at Studio 1A in New York City. Due to quarantine regulations, the cast did not step outside to Rockefeller Plaza afterward as they usually would to interact with fans. They did, however, come together at the end of the segment for a curtain call. “By the way, Broadway has been so generous to us,” Guthrie, who dressed as Elphaba from Wicked, told viewers. “A lot of us are wearing the original Broadways costumes from the shows. … It’s really cool!” Broadway has been hit hard this year due to the pandemic. It shut down in mid-March and is not expected to reopen until at least late May 2021, according to the Broadway League. Organizations such as Broadway Cares, The Actors Fund and Artist Relief have been raising money in recent months for the casts and crew members who are no longer able to work and earn a living. “It really means a lot to us to be able to pay tribute to Broadway,” Kotb, who went as Glinda from Wicked, said. “Theaters may be closed, but when Broadway heard that we wanted to put on a show, people from all the different productions came out, man. They turned up. They opened up costume shops that were shut down. The competitors even came together to help out. So, we just wanted to thank them for pulling this off for one morning. We couldn’t be more grateful for what they did for us.” Dressing up on Halloween has been a tradition for Today for decades. In 2019, the cohosts put together an “Everybody Dance” theme, with Guthrie and Daly going as Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta’s Grease characters and Willie Geist and Bush Hager channeling their inner Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey from Dirty Dancing. And in 2018, the NBC personalities went as ‘80s stars such as Madonna (Kathie Lee Gifford), Bruce Springsteen (Daly) and Elton John (Kotb). Scroll down to see the Today cohosts’ 2020 Halloween costumes!

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‘Today’ Show Cohosts Reopen Broadway for a Morning With Theatrical 2020 Halloween Costumes

The lights may be out on Broadway amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but the Today show is still celebrating all things musical theater! Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb, Al Roker and the gang delivered all that jazz with their costumes for the 2020 Halloween episode on Friday, October 30, dressing as characters from Wicked, Hamilton, Chicago and more iconic stage productions. Carson Daly announced each of the cohosts as they unveiled their Great White Way getups at Studio 1A in New York City. Due to quarantine regulations, the cast did not step outside to Rockefeller Plaza afterward as they usually would to interact with fans. They did, however, come together at the end of the segment for a curtain call. “By the way, Broadway has been so generous to us,” Guthrie, who dressed as Elphaba from Wicked, told viewers. “A lot of us are wearing the original Broadways costumes from the shows. … It’s really cool!” Broadway has been hit hard this year due to the pandemic. It shut down in mid-March and is not expected to reopen until at least late May 2021, according to the Broadway League. Organizations such as Broadway Cares, The Actors Fund and Artist Relief have been raising money in recent months for the casts and crew members who are no longer able to work and earn a living. “It really means a lot to us to be able to pay tribute to Broadway,” Kotb, who went as Glinda from Wicked, said. “Theaters may be closed, but when Broadway heard that we wanted to put on a show, people from all the different productions came out, man. They turned up. They opened up costume shops that were shut down. The competitors even came together to help out. So, we just wanted to thank them for pulling this off for one morning. We couldn’t be more grateful for what they did for us.” Dressing up on Halloween has been a tradition for Today for decades. In 2019, the cohosts put together an “Everybody Dance” theme, with Guthrie and Daly going as Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta’s Grease characters and Willie Geist and Bush Hager channeling their inner Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey from Dirty Dancing. And in 2018, the NBC personalities went as ‘80s stars such as Madonna (Kathie Lee Gifford), Bruce Springsteen (Daly) and Elton John (Kotb). Scroll down to see the Today cohosts’ 2020 Halloween costumes!

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Savannah Guthrie as Elphaba From ‘Wicked’

The coanchor dressed as the character made famous by Idina Menzel in 2003.

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Hoda Kotb as Glinda From ‘Wicked’

The TV veteran went as Kristin Chenoweth's character.

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Al Roker and Craig Melvin as King George III and Alexander Hamilton From ‘Hamilton’

The weather anchor and the third-hour cohost paid tribute to Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hit musical, which premiered in 2015.

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Jenna Bush Hager as Grizabella From ‘Cats’

The Today With Hoda & Jenna cohost followed in the footsteps of Elaine Paige, Betty Buckley and Jennifer Hudson, the latter of whom most recently played the lonely feline in the 2019 film adaptation.

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Dylan Dryer and Sheinelle Jones as Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly From ‘Chicago’

The Weekend Today weather anchor and the third-hour coanchor dazzled as the main characters from the 1975 musical, Broadway’s second longest-running show.