Not Ready for Prime Time (Off-Broadway, The Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space, 2025) | Playbill

Not Ready for Prime Time

Off-Broadway
Play
Original

The unauthorized, unsanitized, and slightly unhinged story of how a small group of lunatics made Saturday night unmissable.



SYNOPSIS:

In 1975, late night TV was a wasteland of bad programming and even worse ratings. So nobody paid much attention when a new show debuted with a cast of virtual nobodies. But they would...

Come along the journey and go behind the scenes as Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Jane Curtin, Lorne Michaels, Garrett Morris, Bill Murray, Laraine Newman, and Gilda Radner rocket from unknown comics to cultural icons, and together, make Saturday Night the best night of the week.



Directed by Conor Bagley

Cast includes Ian Bouillon, Ryan Crout, Jared Grimes, Caitlin Houlahan, Nate Janis, Kristian Lugo, Woodrow Proctor, Taylor Richardson, Evan Rubin