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Ariana Grande Embraces Her Inner Theater Kid In Broadway-Style ‘Wicked’-Themed ‘SNL’ Opening Monologue, Featuring Bowen Yang As Glinda
Ariana Grande TK during her opening monologue on 'Saturday Night Live'
The Wicked star began her three-and-a-half minute monologue-turned-Broadway-spectacle by reiterating that it’s every theater kid’s dream to play Glinda or Elphaba from the Oz-inspired musical. Tossing off another joke, the Grammy-winning pop artist recalled her first stint hosting, back in 2016, when another woman presidential candidate was running. “I’m gonna keep it lowkey tonight / promise I’m not gonna sing,” the singer-songwriter begins with an improptu ballad that soon transforms into a full-blown, boisterous cabaret-style number, featuring her seamlessly jump from her signature Britney Spears impression to an homage of Gwen Stefani’s vocals set to the tune of No Doubt’s “Don’t Speak.”
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