Tony nominee and recent Golden Globe winner Ariana DeBose hosted this past weekend’s episode of Saturday Night Live, the program’s first offering of the new year. Below is DeBose’s opening monologue, in which she gives a shout out to the Broadway community, noting how “Broadway has this magical ability to bring people together.” Then she offers a bit of musical theater magic herself, accompanied by long-time SNL repertory player Kate McKinnon, in a medley of songs from West Side Story, including “Tonight,” “I Feel Pretty,” “Something’s Coming,” and “America.”
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McKinnon also plays Maria von Trapp in a sketch that spoofs The Sound of Music, with DeBose playing fellow nun turned governess for another local widower (Keenan Thompson) and his children (Bowen Yang, Sarah Sherman, Andrew Dismukes, Chris Redd, and Chloe Fineman), who have their own versions of “Do Re Mi” and “Edelweiss.”