A backstage look at SNL’s 1975 beginnings, where nine comedy legends reshaped television forever.
Set in 1975, the year Saturday Night Live first hit the airwaves, Not Ready for Prime Time tells the story of nine rising comedy talents — Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Jane Curtin, Lorne Michaels, Garrett Morris, Bill Murray, Laraine Newman, and Gilda Radner — on the brink of transforming television. The play captures the backstage mayhem, the intensity of live performance, and the fiery clashes in the writers’ room that fueled the show’s groundbreaking comedy. Its Off-Broadway premiere arrives in celebration of Saturday Night Live’s 50th anniversary, shining a spotlight on the origins of an entertainment revolution.
