Three SNL comedy queens walk into Broadway, and suddenly live performance gets a whole new spotlight.
The queens of SNL comedy — Maya Rudolph, Ana Gasteyer and Rachel Dratch — visited The Hollywood Reporter to spill what it is really like going from Saturday Night Live madness to the Broadway stage.
SNL chaos, Broadway nerves, theater-kid activation.
Sketch timing meets stage lights in this comedy-to-Broadway crossover moment.
The conversation lands right where comedy, theater nerves and live-performance muscle meet. Rudolph steps into her Broadway debut in Oh, Mary!, while Gasteyer and Dratch bring their own stage energy through Schmigadoon! and The Rocky Horror Show.
And because these are three performers who know live television, live audiences and the holy terror of getting it right in real time, the sit-down is both hilarious and surprisingly thoughtful. This is not just “SNL people do Broadway.” It is three theater kids comparing two very different beasts: sketch comedy that changes by the second, and Broadway performance that asks you to show up with your whole body every single night.
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Press play on all the hilarity and inquisitively thoughtful answering. The timing is sharp, the stories are gold, and the Broadway nerves are clearly very, very real.
Maya Rudolph, Ana Gasteyer and Rachel Dratch bring SNL-to-Broadway joy to The Hollywood Reporter
Watch Maya Rudolph, Ana Gasteyer and Rachel Dratch talk SNL, Broadway and the terror of live theater
The full conversation comes via The Hollywood Reporter, with the trio unpacking what Saturday Night Live does — and definitely does not — prepare you for when Broadway calls.
