The Latest Breaking News from Cecily Strong

Patti LuPone says she was rejected from musical series Schmigadoon! for being ‘too old’

‘I so wanted to be in it!’ Broadway legend said

The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2023

‘Schmigadoon!’ review: Season 2 of the musical parody morphs into Schmicago

A loving spoof of midcentury musicals, from “Brigadoon” to “Oklahoma!” to “Carousel,” the Apple TV+ series “Schmigadoon!” returns for a second season with its modern-day couple, played by Keegan-Michael Key and Cecily Strong, stumbling into an entirely different musical twilight zone: A place called Schmicago.

Chicago Tribune · Apr 5, 2023

‘Schmigadoon!’ Sets Out to Seedy Schmicago in Second Season

Keegan-Michael Key, Cecily Strong tap into darker ’60s and ’70s musicals in Apple TV Plus series

Broadcasting & Cable · Apr 5, 2023

Cecily Strong says farewell to Saturday Night Live

Strong is one of the longest tenured female stars of SNL who made a career out of spot-on impersonations of Melania Trump, Majorie Taylor Greene and Krysten Sinema.

WEKU · Dec 18, 2022

"SNL" jabs at Trump's NFTs in cold open

Strong bid farewell to the show she's been a key member of for eleven seasons and helped rip Trump one last time

Salon · Dec 18, 2022

Cecily Strong departs Saturday Night Live after 11 seasons: ‘Best moments of my life’

After 11 seasons, Cecily Strong has said farewell to “Saturday Night Live."

The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2022

Cecily Strong leaves Saturday Night Live after 11 seasons

After 11 seasons, Cecily Strong has said farewell to “Saturday Night Live."

The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2022

Saturday Night Live: Elvis’s Austin Butler says hello while Cecily Strong says goodbye

The actor makes for a game host, in a range of sketches including one featuring ‘Jewish Elvis’, while the much-loved cast member makes her final appearance

The Guardian - US · Dec 18, 2022

WATCH: ‘I feel real lucky,’ Cecily Strong says as she closes her ‘SNL’ run in character

Former Chicagoan’s tenure of more than a decade is the longest ever for a woman performer on the show.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 18, 2022

Saturday Night Live: Steve Martin and Martin Short deliver a funny episode

The friends and comedy legends smilingly needle and riff off each other, and deliver eulogies for one another’s future funeral

The Guardian - US · Dec 11, 2022