Bowen Yang, Wicked

Lorne Michaels Had One Requirement For Bowen Yang To Do SNL And Wicked. Bowen Yang Thought He Had It: 'And Then I Had A Mental Breakdown'
Now, with Season 50 of SNL airing on the 2024 TV schedule and Wicked out in theaters, Bowen Yang has opened up about what it was like balancing his work on the sketch comedy show with the musical, the requirement Lorne Michaels had for him to do both,
Bowen Yang says watching final “Wicked ”cut with “SNL” costars was 'so special': 'All of us were in shambles'
Bowen Yang watched the final cut of Wicked with some of his Saturday Night Live costars — and the movie left them all a blubbering mess. The comedian, who plays Pfannee in the new big-screen musical,
Why Bowen Yang was ‘terrified’ to watch ‘Wicked’ with his ‘Saturday Night Live’ co-stars
Yang, who’s worked on “Saturday Night Live” since 2018, says he was “really hesitant” to see the film. In “Wicked,” Yang plays Pfannee (pronounced “fanny”), a student at Shiz University and one of Glinda’s (Ariana Grande) friends — or, as Yang puts it, Glinda’s “publicists.”
Bowen Yang Recalls Being "A Vibe Killer" During ‘SNL' Audition With Lorne Michaels
Seven years after he joined the talented lineup of Saturday Night Live, Bowen Yang is revealing how creator Lorne Michaels warmed up to him. The 4x Emmy nominee recently recounted his awkward first encounter with Michaels from his 2017 final audition for the NBC sketch comedy show,
Bowen Yang Says His First ‘SNL’ Screen Test Was a ‘Disaster’ After Lorne Michaels Interaction: ‘I Pandered to His Canadianness’
Bowen Yang says his first 'SNL' screen test was a 'disaster' after his one-on-one meeting with Lorne Michaels.
Bowen Yang says he and his 'SNL' castmates shared a 'special' moment after screening 'Wicked' early
Speaking to People magazine in a recent interview, Saturday Night Live cast member Bowen Yang shared that he and his co-stars watched a final cut of Wicked together, leaving them 'in shambles." He told the magazine that he first watched the finished movie with his SNL cohorts during a special screening earlier this year,
Bowen Yang Breaks Down How Ariana Grande Brought Her Game Night ‘SNL’ Sketch to Life
The SNL star explains how he and Grande have developed a close friendship, and how a real-life game night with the singer's ...
Bowen Yang Was Convinced His SNL Sketch With Sydney Sweeney Needed An Intimacy Coordinator. The Euphoria Star Had A Different Take
Bowen Yang has been on Saturday Night Live for six years and has done quite a few sketches in his time. Some performances, ...
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Chappell Roan and Bowen Yang’s ‘SNL’ interaction revealed after his controversial joke about her
Chappell Roan and Bowen Yang came face to face on “Saturday Night Live” last weekend after their past drama. However, the stars proved they put their alleged beef behind them. They even held ...
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Bowen Yang Bombed His First ‘Saturday Night Live’ Screen Test After Interaction With Lorne Michaels
friends with him now,'” Yang recalled. “I think Lorne at one point was hanging out with Aidy and kind of chuckling about it like, ’I think Bowen sees me as a mountain to climb, and I don’t ...
The Advice Tina Fey Gave Bowen Yang That He's Still Struggling With: 'This Is Something That I've Dwelled On'
Bowen Yang gets real about Tina Fey's infamous advice. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...
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Bowen Yang Apologizes To Ariana Grande For Going Too Far During Their 'SNL' Kiss: "I Opened My Mouth Up Too Much"
Bowen Yang isn’t just kissing and telling, he’s kissing and apologizing. The Saturday Night Live star and his Las Culturistas podcast co-host Matt Rogers welcomed Ariana Grande on Wednesday ...
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Sydney Sweeney Assured Bowen Yang Her ‘Euphoria’ Sex Scenes Prepared Her for a Viral ‘SNL’ Sketch
According to Bowen Yang, Sydney Sweeney was “game” for anything during her March 2024 viral “SNL” hosting gig. Yang said during First We Feast’s “Hot Ones” that he at first was concerned about ...