Bowen Yang brought his Broadway role as Mary Todd Lincoln to Saturday Night Live after performing in Oh, Mary! earlier the same day.
The 36-year-old actor appeared in a Central Park musical sketch on the programme, having already completed an 8.30pm performance of the Tony-winning play in New York.
Yang first made a surprise appearance during the show’s cold open as Jensen Huang before returning as Mary Todd Lincoln in “The Little Park of Horrors”.
Hosted by John Mulaney, the sketch centred on a horse-drawn carriage operator mourning a recent ban in New York City. Several cast members performed musical parodies, including Yang, who sang a version of “And I’m Telling You I’m Not Going” from Dreamgirls about the city’s MTA.
Other performances included parodies of songs from Funny Girl, West Side Story and Cats, alongside a duet between Mulaney and Tommy Brennan.
Yang began playing Mary Todd Lincoln in Oh, Mary! in September for a 12-week run, which was later extended through January 2027.
The day before his Saturday Night Live appearance, his friend and former Wicked co-star Ariana Grande attended the Broadway show with her boyfriend, Ricky Alvarez.
“the greatest, funniest, most wonderful there is,” Grande wrote on her Instagram story. “what a privilege to meet your Mary ! i love you, my brilliant friend”
