Broadway Skit on SNL- Page 5
Broadway Skit on SNL
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
re: Broadway Skit on SNL#100
Posted: 1/11/09 at 12:39pmYes, NPH was definitely imitating Anthony Rapp's Mark, rather than recreating his own performance in the role.
re: Broadway Skit on SNL#101
Posted: 1/11/09 at 12:42pm
Just so y'all know, the rest of the world may have actually heard about Jeremy Piven. They've mentioned it on non-Broadway related programming, you know.
To most of America, this is what the skit said: "Look how silly and irrelevant Broadway is! No wonder they're going down the tubes!"
Yeah, I didn't get that from it at all, but I can't really speak for "most of America."
re: Broadway Skit on SNL#102
Posted: 1/11/09 at 12:50pm
Can anyone post a link to the Liza appearance? Thanks.
http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/penelope-therapy/926141/
re: Broadway Skit on SNL#103
Posted: 1/11/09 at 2:01pm
I heard about it on Yahoo before I read about it on BWW.
http://omg.yahoo.com/news/actor-exits-broadway-show-citing-mercury-from-sushi/16750
re: Broadway Skit on SNL#104
Posted: 1/11/09 at 2:21pm
THIS WAS MAGIC 
It was amazing. I loved every second.
NPH was jusy brilliant and seriously would make a kiss-ass Mark.
Gotta love Phantom.
Who played Elphie?
Taylor was soooo puurrrrfect
Here it is on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVWheRZPIAE
re: Broadway Skit on SNL#105
Posted: 1/11/09 at 2:29pm
I hate the new SNL, but that was pretty funny. 
NPH was fantastic.
re: Broadway Skit on SNL#106
Posted: 1/11/09 at 2:40pm
"You people from Cats think you're like the Michael Jordan of Broadway."
"Wait, you guys don't know who Michael Jordan is? Come on! He's like the Tommy Tune of professional basketball!"
That and the Piven joke did it for me.
re: Broadway Skit on SNL#107
Posted: 1/11/09 at 2:42pmAhh! Thanks for the youtube link, EponineAmneris! The NBC video is one of those lame ones where you can only watch from the US.
"I think it's appropriate: iSondheim - a Sondheim for the new generation! (wailing guitar riff) Get your kids hooked early on Sondheim, so they'll grow up to be just as emotionally stilted and self-conscious as we are! - BustopherPhantom
Stand-by Joined: 6/1/06
re: Broadway Skit on SNL#108
Posted: 1/11/09 at 3:13pm
"NPH was jusy brilliant and seriously would make a kiss-ass Mark. "
I'm not sure how kiss-ass he was, but from what I've heard, he was kick-ass :)
That seriously made my day. The Jeremy Piven comment was amazing. As was the fact that NPH was rather blatantly making fun of Anthony Rapp.
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/20/05
re: Broadway Skit on SNL#109
Posted: 1/11/09 at 3:58pmThanks EponineAmneris for the YouTube link - both the official SNL site and Hulu block people outside of Americaland.
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
re: Broadway Skit on SNL#110
Posted: 1/11/09 at 4:12pmaaahh.. NPH was my very first Mark ever... i saw him do the role in La Jolla when it premiered here on the west coast.. oh the memories... i loved his Mark...
re: Broadway Skit on SNL#111
Posted: 1/11/09 at 4:20pm
This thread is absolutely breathtaking. Judging from some of the posts, a good number of you come across like the Star Trek convention nerds from the SNL with William Shatner, picking apart minutia and missing the overall experience.
I would give some of you the same advice that Shatner gave the Trekkies, get out of your parents' basements. Pronto. This was a sketch in which Tommy Tune's penis was compared to Michael Jordan's by Neil Patrick Harris as Mark from the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, RENT. And some of you are busy pointing out that while YOU are insider enough to get a Jeremy Piven reference, "most of America" is not. Others of you are lamenting the use of recognizable musical icons past and present while others lament that some running shows were not included. Seriously?
Leave the basements, breathe the air of the real world in which people can find an overall experience funny and entertaining without having to get every single reference. I once brought two relatives who had never seen a Broadway show in their lives to see Forbidden Broadway. They laughed their asses off. I guess some of you might think they had to be stupid since they didn't "know" what they were laughing at.
re: Broadway Skit on SNL#112
Posted: 1/11/09 at 4:33pm
Namo - you have a problem with people who enjoyed something? We are posting about something, that you, obviously, found unappealing, so why bother to read it?
As far as that comment about Trekkies? I have never been to a convention, but enjoyed the first series as I guess my name can attest to and I happen to have pointed ears. What does that make me, some sort of basement dweller?
Go away!
re: Broadway Skit on SNL#113
Posted: 1/11/09 at 4:36pm
Lynnedear, you have misread my thread. I have a problem with people who are picking the sketch apart for not being too insider, while pointing out that parts were so insider "America" wouldn't get them.
It was a terrific sketch and watching a bunch of metaphorical Broadway basement dwellers bitch about what was "right" and what was "wrong" with it is very illuminating.
Now reread my post and see if your comprehension clears up and check dictionary.com for "metaphorical," you should find it enlightening.
Go. Now. Look it up. Catch you later.
re: Broadway Skit on SNL#114
Posted: 1/11/09 at 4:37pmThough they didn't only use shows that are still running, I think it's fine, as long it allows SNL to continue to do Broadway. If it gets too obscure, the sketches won't make the final cut.
re: Broadway Skit on SNL#115
Posted: 1/11/09 at 4:42pmOh, yes, it is clear that this will allow SNL to continue to do Broadway. As they have for years and years.
Stand-by Joined: 8/15/03
re: Broadway Skit on SNL#116
Posted: 1/11/09 at 4:46pm
Hilarious sketch...
NPH also has a few others that were funny too on SNL, but this one tops them all in my opinion.
re: Broadway Skit on SNL#117
Posted: 1/11/09 at 4:49pm
Name, darling, I am quite aware of what "metaphorical" means, but so kind of you to suggest the use of a dictionary. May I suggest that it is not my comprehension that is at fault, perhaps it's your writing that is at issue. Possibly, it is not as enlightening as you intended.
Have a lovely afternoon.
Broadway Star Joined: 8/19/08
re: Broadway Skit on SNL#118
Posted: 1/11/09 at 5:13pm
I can't remember who asked but Elphaba was played by new SNL cast member, Michaela Watkins.
I LOVED the skit, along with the whole show. The Penelope skit was hysterical too, and seeing Liza was amazing.
NPH is all kinds of awesome.
re: Broadway Skit on SNL#119
Posted: 1/11/09 at 6:25pmI agree with you Namo. That is all.
re: Broadway Skit on SNL#120
Posted: 1/11/09 at 6:27pm
Saw the sketch on the NBC website and loved it! Of course, I love me some NPH (I own all of the seasons of Doogie Howser on DVD - yes I am a dork) and was so happy they had him play Mark. Wish I could have seen his Mark live.
I was kinda surprised they didn't have a Disney show represented since they had Wicked there, though.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
re: Broadway Skit on SNL#121
Posted: 1/11/09 at 6:43pm
Will put it on DVD when they rerun it
Wiig is the glue that holds it altogether.
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
re: Broadway Skit on SNL#122
Posted: 1/11/09 at 6:48pm
NBC wouldn't allow access outside the USA. Thank goodness for that alternative site. Us people from outside also love Broadway when we can get there.
Thanks, SNL!
re: Broadway Skit on SNL#123
Posted: 1/11/09 at 7:19pmI thougjht the entire show was good. The Brodway skit was hilarious. I didn't catch everything because there was some conversation where I was when it started. But knowing I would not be home to see SNL, I taped it.
re: Broadway Skit on SNL#124
Posted: 1/11/09 at 7:25pm
Did I just see Jeremy Piven on the red carpet at the Golden Globes? I guess the mercury poisoning is in remission...
Now they're interviewing him... and he's making it seem like he was in critical conditions. The doctors forced him to quit! Yet now he looks fit as a fiddle. Things that make you go Hmmmmmm....
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