SNL Opens Show With Song By NYC Ukrainian Chorus

USA Today reports:

“Saturday Night Live” did not go for laughs kicking off its first show after hiatus with host John Mulaney on Feb. 26.

After the Russian invasion of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, intensified Saturday, “SNL” paid solemn tribute to the people of Ukraine with a powerful choral version of “Prayer for Ukraine” during the normally raucous cold open segment.

“SNL” members Kate McKinnon and Cecily Strong stood at the center of the silent Studio 8H and introduced the Ukrainian Chorus Dumka of New York. The unsmiling duo stepped aside to allow the traditionally-clad chorus to sing in front of candles and sunflowers, the Ukrainian national flower.

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