Will SNL Be the Only Place Left to See Musical Comedy?

Saturday Night Live took on some of the more overlooked victims of the economic crisis this weekend: the suffering stars of closing Broadway shows. It was one of those SNL sketches that's hard to hate because it gives just about each member of the cast a chance to have fun with whoever they want to play (unless, of course, they were looking to break out their Piv).

This sketch features host Neil Patrick Harris reprising his role as Mark from Rent (which he once toured with) and Fred Armisen donning the face paint again as a member of the Blue Man Group (he played drums with them in Chicago). That makes us wonder if any of the other cast members were reliving their musical theater glory days. If anyone has childhood video of Westchester's own Bobby Moynihan in Cats, please don't hesitate to send it in.

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If you want to laugh, see if you can find something called "The Raging Queen", a pirate spoof, which SNL did in their 1st or 2nd year. It would now be considered grossly PI, but it was funny.

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