“Saturday Night Live” returned for their first show of the month and their first show since Russia launched a full-scale assault on Ukraine.
Needing to address the tragedy before the night could begin, the show decided to forgo the usual cold-open sketch in favor of a moving choir performance paying tribute to the people of Ukraine.
The show tapped the Ukrainian Chorus Dumka of New York to take to the iconic Studio 8H stage, behind a platform covered in candles spelling out “Kyiv,” the capital city of Ukraine.
Together, the choir sang a powerful rendition of “Prayer for Ukraine.” After the performance, castmemebrs Cecily Strong and Kate McKinnon — who have both been tasked in the past with opening somber episodes following national tragedies — walked out to deliver the show’s traditional start-line, “Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night.”
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