In times of uncertainty, confusion, and sadness, the people of the world always seem to come together and create beacons for hope.
Beacons come in many different forms, especially in today’s hyper-digital world. From inspirational quotes to positive hashtags, from happy stories to beautiful videos.
Our world has once again been thrust into a time of uncertainty and confusion, just as it was on June 12, 2016.
On that day almost four years ago, one of the U.S.’s worst mass shootings in history took place at Orlando’s Pulse nightclub. A gunman killed 49 people and wounded 53 others.
In the days following, Broadway stars and pop culture icons came together to lend their vocals to a stunning rendition of Hal David’s “What the World Needs Now is Love”.
We invite you to join us in pulling hope from this all-star performance once more.
Per Playbill.com, lyrics and singers are as follows:
SARA BAREILLES: What the world needs now is love, sweet love
CAROLE KING: It’s the only thing that there’s just too little of
BERNADETTE PETERS: What the world needs now is love, sweet love
AUDRA McDONALD: No not just for some, but for everyone
BRIAN STOKES MITCHELL: Lord we don’t need another mountain
WAYNE BRADY: There are mountains and hillsides enough to climb
SEAN HAYES/ANDREA MARTIN: There are oceans and rivers
MATTHEW BRODERICK: Enough to cross
LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA: Enough to last
MARISSA JARET WINOKUR/ROSIE O’DONNELL: Enough to Last
SEAN HAYES/ANDREA MARTIN/MATTHEW BRODERICK/LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA plus JANET METZ:
‘Till the end of time
KRISTEN BELL (with chorus): What the world needs now is love, sweet love
SARAH JESSICA PARKER: It’s the only thing that there’s just too little of
GLORIA ESTEFAN (with chorus): What the world needs now is love, sweet love
IDINA MENZEL: No not just for some, but for everyone
WHOOPI GOLDBERG: Lord we don’t need another meadow
BILLY PORTER: There are cornfields and wheat fields, enough to grow
JOSE LLANA/ANDREA BURNS: There are sunbeams and moon beams, enough to shine
LEN CARIOU/TOMMY TUNE: Oh listen, Lord
CHITA RIVERA: If you want to know
JOEL GREY: If you wanna know
LILLIAS WHITE: Whoa!
CHORUS: Whoa!
RENÉE ELISE GOLDSBERRY (with chorus): What the world needs now is love, sweet love
ALICE RIPLEY: It’s the only thing that there’s just too little of
KIMIKO GLENN: What the world needs now is love, sweet love
BD WONG: No not just for some
JESSIE MUELLER: But for everyone.
KELLI O’HARA: What the world needs now is love, sweet love
ANN HAMPTON CALLAWAY/LIZ CALLAWAY: What the world needs now is love, sweet love
ROSIE PEREZ: What the world needs now is love, sweet love
CHORUS: What the world needs now is love, sweet love (repeats)
ORFEH What the world needs…
KEALA SETTLE : We need love!
CARMEN CUSACK: What the world needs now
LILLIAS WHITE: What we need now!
KEALA SETTLE: What we need is love
ORFEH: What the world, what the world, what the world needs now
KEALA SETTLE: Let me hear some love
LILLIAS WHITE: Sweet love!
CARMEN CUSACK: Love
ORFEH: What the world, what the world, needs now
CARMEN CUSACK: Love, love, love, love.
Chorus: Sara Bareilles, Kristen Bell, Wayne Brady, Matthew Broderick, Andréa Burns, Ann Hampton Callaway, Liz Callaway, Len Cariou, Paul Castree, Michael Cerveris, Joshua Colley, Lilla Crawford, Carmen Cusack, Darius de Haas, Fran Drescher, Gloria Estefan, Kimiko Glenn, Whoopi Goldberg, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Joel Grey, Sean Hayes, Nina Hennessey, James Monroe Iglehart, Julie James, Carole King, Judy Kuhn, Nathan Lane, Anika Larsen, Zachary Levi, Jose Llana, Rebecca Luker, Andrea Martin, Audra McDonald, Idina Menzel, Janet Metz, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Jessie Mueller, Donna Murphy, Rosie O’Donnell, Kelli O’Hara, Rory O’Malley, Orfeh, Sarah Jessica Parker, Christine Pedi, Rosie Perez, Bernadette Peters, Billy Porter, Alice Ripley, Chita Rivera, Seth Rudetsky, Keala Settle, Kate Shindle, Jennifer Simard, Will Swenson, Rachel Tucker, Tommy Tune, Jonah Verdon, James Wesley, Juli Wesley, Lillias White, Edith Windsor, Marissa Jaret Winokur, BD Wong and Tony Yazbeck.
