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Not Ready for Prime Time

First Preview: Oct 5, 2025
Opening Date: Oct 20, 2025
Closing Date: Dec 7, 2025
Not Ready for Prime Time
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Playing @
Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space
511 West 52nd Street, New York City, NY 10019
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Arriving during a milestone anniversary season for the legendary show that inspired it, Not Ready for Prime Time is set in 1975 and follows nine soon-to-be legends—Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, Chevy Chase, Jane Curtin, Lorne Michaels, Garrett Morris, Bill Murray, Laraine Newman and Gilda Radner—as they navigate the chaos, creativity and comedy that changed television forever. This new play pulses with live music, quick wit and backstage mayhem, capturing the electric atmosphere of a cultural revolution in the making.

From the writers’ room battles to the live-on-air adrenaline, this fast-paced and irreverent play dives into the personalities, clashes and lightning-in-a-bottle moments that built an American institution.

Not Ready for Prime Time is not a production of MCC Theater.
Off BroadwayPlay - ComedyPlay - Drama

Performance Schedule

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Cast
  • Ian Bouillon
  • Ryan Crout
  • Jared Grimes
  • Caitlin Houlahan
  • Nate Janis
  • Kristian Lugo
  • Woodrow Proctor
Written By
  • Erik J. Rodriguez & Charles A. Sothers
Director
  • Conor Bagley

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Accessibility

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    Icon Parking Garage - 515 W 52nd St

  • Telephone

    None on premises

  • Assisted Listening System

    Assistive Listening Devices available (with headphones provided)

  • Box Office

    In person box office will open 2 hours prior to each performance. All purchases must be made by debit/credit card or exact change.

  • Elevator/Escalator

    Elevator access to each floor

  • Entrance

    Self-opening lobby doors with the push of a button

  • Restroom

    3 Wheelchair-accessible restrooms available in the main lobby restrooms and 2 accessible single stalls on the Mezzanine Floor.

  • Visual Assistance

    Large Print programs available. Color-Blind accessible seating grids for online seating charts available.

  • Wheelchair Info

    Spaces are fully ADA-accessible, with ramps leading to the bar and the Newman Mills Theater.

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