“Stay from New York, it’s SATURDAY NIGHT!”
May you see your self uttering this basic opening line? Have you ever ever imagined your self beneath the lights of Studio 8H in Rockefeller Middle, dwelling to “Saturday Night time Stay” for the final 50 years? Properly cease imagining as a result of from Thursday, January 30 to Sunday, February 2, NBC is giving followers the possibility to check their comedy chops with an immersive expertise designed to position you within the footwear of an “SNL” host.
Billed as “Stay from New York: The SNL50 Expertise,” attendees will get to really feel what it’s wish to burst by way of the curtain on the main-stage, roll up for a bit on the Weekend Replace desk, and expertise the chaos of backstage as 50 years of “SNL” historical past encompass them at each second. Celebrating all of the sketches and surprises which have made “Saturday Night time Stay” a touchstone of our in style tradition since 1975, “The SNL50 Expertise” goals to carry the hit selection present to life for as many individuals as doable.
Tickets for “The SNL50 Expertise” will probably be made out there on a first-come, first-serve foundation Tuesday, January 14 at 12 p.m. ET by way of 1iota. They’re free to all these 18 years outdated and up with time slots being supplied between 1 p.m. ET and 9 p.m. ET every day of the occasion. Additionally taking place this week in celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of “Saturday Night time Stay” is the discharge of the four-part documentary “SNL 50: Past Saturday Night time,” streaming on Peacock this Thursday, January 16.
Subsequent weekend, Season 50 of “SNL” returns with host Dave Chappelle and musical visitor GloRilla. This marks the fourth time Chappelle has hosted and the primary time he hasn’t accomplished so in November round an election. That being stated, his stint this time does come a number of days earlier than President Trump’s second inauguration, so count on issues to get just a little political. The next week, on January 25, Timothée Chalamet additionally returns, not solely to host, but in addition to function musical visitor. Many consider he’ll be singing Bob Dylan songs in promotion of the awards-buzzy “A Full Unknown,” nevertheless it’s additionally been posited that Dylan himself could be part of for a ditty or two.
Lastly, on Monday, January 27, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s three-hour documentary on the music of “SNL,” titled “Girls & Gents… 50 Years of SNL Music” will premiere on NBC, then stream on Peacock the next day. It options over 50 artists, together with Unhealthy Bunny, Elvis Costello, Billie Eilish, and extra reminiscing on their very own “SNL” experiences. That is all in lead as much as Sunday, February 16 at 8 p.m. ET, when NBC airs and Peacock livestreams “SNL50: The Anniversary Present,” that includes solid members, musical friends, and hosts from throughout the final 5 many years.