Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager reveal COVID-friendly Halloween plans

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Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager put on the show of a lifetime during Today’s Broadway-inspired Halloween – /news/halloween/index.html extravaganza on Friday — and their biggest fans are their children.  The co-stars opened up about what their little ones think of their – while revealing how they plan on safely celebrating the spooky holiday with their families amid the coronavirus – /news/coronavirus/index.html pandemic. Jenna, who dressed as Grizabella from the long-running show Cats for her Broadway tribute, told DailyMail.com that her daughters Mila, seven, and Poppy, five, helped her get into character.   Surprise! The Today cast paid tribute to Broadway on Friday’s Halloween special, with Hoda Kotb dressing as Glinda from Wicked and Jenna Bugh Hager going as Grizabella from Cats Family fun: Hoda, 56, told DailyMail.com that her daughters Haley, three, and Hope, one, were in school during the live show, but she TiVoed the performance so they can watch it together’I FaceTimed my girls. We got to do a little tutorial. They gave me the best way to be a cat,’ she explained.’Instead of doing “M-E-O-W,” they do like “M-R-O,”‘ Hoda, 56, said, imitating Mila and Poppy’s unique cat impressions. The Halloween costumes are something the former first daughter’s children look forward to, and she understands why.   ‘Our kids, I think they think it’s so magical what we get to do, and we agree,’ Jenna, 38, said. ‘It’s so much fun to dress up like these people.’Hoda, who is mom to daughters Haley, three, and Hope, one, said her daughters haven’t seen her Glinda costume from Wicked yet because they were in school during the live show. ‘When I get home, we are going to Tivo,’ she said. ‘They’re going to be like, “Who that?” That will be their initial response.’   RELATED ARTICLES Previous – # 1 – # 2 – # Next – # Today show’s Hoda Kotb and Savannah Guthrie dress up as… – /femail/article-8897359/Today-hosts-dress-beloved-Broadway-characters-GMA-SKIPS-costumes-Halloween.html The rise of ‘#witchcore’! How the TikTok generation has… – /femail/article-8896967/The-rise-witchcore-influencing-fashion-film-social-media.html Couple whose wedding has been postponed FOUR times due to… – /femail/article-8897853/Couple-wedding-postponed-FOUR-times-use-savings-provide-kids-lunches.html

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Aww! Jenna shared that she FaceTimed her daughters Mila, seven, and Poppy, five, before her performance, and they gave her a tutorial on how to meow like a cat Halloween season: Jenna’s daughters went to school on Friday dressed as a fairy and astronaut-queen, respectively, while her one-year-old son Hal was a deer Hoda credited Today producer Debbie Kosofsky with coming up with the Broadway theme when they were brainstorming ideas, saying she and her colleagues are ‘always talking about’ how much they miss the theater. ‘It was funny because it kind of happened late. And you know when you are on the right track for something, and everything starts falling into place like it was meant to be? Like that’s what happened,’ she said. ‘We didn’t have costumes and then the Broadway costume people showed up.’They both wore real costumes from their respective shows, and one of their makeup artists had a two-hour tutorial with a lead makeup artist from Cats to perfect Jenna’s look.  ‘You should have seen us. We had this weird look in our eyes, everybody did before it was their turn, and it was almost like you went from a regular person on the show, and then suddenly you’re like Glinda,’ Hoda said of her transformation.   On Friday’s spectacular, the Today show honored iconic Broadway productions such as Wicked, Cats, Chicago, and more as a way to raise awareness for the theater industry, which was struck hard by the coronavirus pandemic.  Broadway shut down in mid-March and is not expected to reopen until at least May 30, 2021, according to the Broadway League.   Whose that? Hoda, pictured with her co-star Savannah Guthrie, who was Elphaba from Wicked, doesn’t think her children are going to recognize her in her Glinda costume  Reopening: On Friday’s spectacular, the Today show honored iconic Broadway productions such as Wicked, Cats, Chicago, Hamilton, and more  Perfect fit: Hoda and Jenna said they are always talking about how much they miss Broadway with their colleagues For months, organizations – http://www.purevolume.com/search?keyword=organizations such as The Actors Fund, Broadway Cares, and Artist Relief have been raising money for theater casts and crew members that have been unable to earn a living due to the global crisis. ‘Hoda and I and all of us here miss Broadway,’ Jenna said. ‘It’s such the heartbeat of our city, and we realized that 30,000 plus people are not employed, so we were like, “You know what? Let’s pay tribute to a place we miss desperately.””And, hopefully, raise a little awareness and maybe some