Chloe Fineman, one of SNL’s most well-known current cast members, made her Broadway debut on January 2, 2025, starring in All In: Comedy About Love By Simon Rich. Fineman, who joined the SNL cast in 2019, studied drama at New York University and performed theater in Ithaca before her comedy career took off. She always saw Broadway as a “long-term goal” – until she was approached to join a cast of comedians for the hotly anticipated theatrical comedy.
Fineman will join other SNL alums, including John Mulaney and Fred Armisen. She will perform at the Hudson Theater alongside Mulaney and Armisen until January 12, when a new cast of comedians will take their spots.
The play showcases vignettes written by Emmy winner and former SNL writer Simon Rich. Fineman’s roles include a toddler searching for her lost toy and a futuristic student recounting her great-grandparents’ love story.
In an interview with New York Theater Guide, Fineman gushed about her experience on stage, noting that she has a new appreciation for Broadway theater. “I have rose-colored theatre glasses. I’m like, ‘I get to go to the theatre today?'” she said. “It just made me crazily appreciate New York.”
Fineman said the most surprising part of her Broadway experience was the joy she experienced from the audience. “What surprised me most was how incredible a New York Broadway audience is,” she said. “They’re the kindest, best audience. Not to put down other audiences.”
Having worked in the high-stress world of SNL, writing and performing entire sketch shows in just a week, Fineman felt prepared to go into the rigid Broadway world of eight shows a week. She quickly learned she was wrong.
“Everyone was always [warning me about] eight shows a week, and I had some rehearsals, and then we did it twice on Monday. Tuesday, I was bedridden with exhaustion,” she said. “SNL is its beast that you get used to, but you’re running around so much, you’re only in something for four minutes at a time. Doing a 90-minute thing where you’re so on, and there’s so much material is a totally different animal.”
The experience has left Fineman with a new taste for theater, and he hopes to return one day. “I really, really want to do more theatre. My dream forever has been to do a Hedda Gabler, which I think is funny – hot take,” she said. “I’m truly open to so many things: new plays, new playwrights, Shakespeare. I’m dying to do Shakespeare in the Park.”
