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Inside ‘SNL 50: The Homecoming Concert’: From Lady Gaga’s Last-Minute Swap to Rehearsing a 3-Hour Show in Just 2 Days
'SNL 50: The Homecoming Concert' director Beth McCarthy-Miller talks about the mad dash to pull together the 3-hour special with little rehearsal.
But somehow, SNL 50: The Homecoming Concert director Beth McCarthy-Miller not only managed to land the plane with the February special, but she corralled some of the biggest stars in the world for one of the most dazzling, surprise-filled nights of music in recent memory. Sure, if your high school class included Lady Gaga, Eddie Vedder, Bill Murray, the Backstreet Boys, Miley Cyrus, Bad Bunny, Post Malone, the living members of Nirvana, Snoop Dogg, Jelly Roll and Cher. The programming also included the three-hour SNL50: The Anniversary Special that aired two days later, as well as the earlier mind-bending Ladies & Gentlemen… 50 Years of SNL Music documentary directed by The Roots’ Questlove and the four-part SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night docuseries on Peacock.
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