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First amNewYork outs the secret bars around town, and now the NY Post is revealing the up-until-now secret shows happening soon at UCB. The casts of 30 Rock and Saturday Night Live, both taking part in the WGA strike (as the actors are also writers), are bringing their shows to the stage. Each will perform new episodes live, in the small 150-seat theater -- 30 Rock on Monday the 19th and Saturday Night Live on Saturday, of course.
the stage version of Saturday Night Live has been kept something of a secret. It's not clear who will get a chance to buy tickets and when they'll be on sale. The guest host will be Superbad star Michael Cera, sources told The Post.Cera was invited to host by SNL and UCB member Amy Poehler and won't be meeting with the cast until a few hours before the show! Good thing he has an improv background. Alas, it appears advanced reservations have been filled, however we'd suggest keeping an eye on the venue's site. A limited amount of tickets for 30 Rock will be available at the door the night of (getting in line now wouldn't be a bad idea). Each show is $20, with proceeds going to the Writers Guild strike fund -- and according to John Oliver, they sure could use some snacks down on the picket line.
Photo via WGAEast's Flickr.
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that is pretty cool. a shame they couldn't do it somewhere bigger - that place is so tiny compared to the size crowds they could pull.
yawns.
picks nose.
checks watch.
looks furtively around
to see if anyone saw nose pick.
yawns.
That's great that they're bringing their shows to the live stage. Meanwhile, there are plenty of people who are willing to write network shows. Like the guys in this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDImc2sNWSc
Are Lorne Michaels and NBC going to demand a cut of the ticket sales for use of copyrighted characters? Or are the SNL writers going to have to come up with new material for once?
amazing how a group of actors trained in improv can't perform without writers.
They are the writers, so they can't do the show. Duh.
oh wait, they are performing, just not on TV. Got it.
weiiiiiiird.