Bowen Yang Makes Surprise Return to SNL as Mary Todd Lincoln

Bowen Yang made a surprise return to Saturday Night Live as Mary Todd Lincoln, the character he plays in Cole Escola's stage show Oh Mary! according to Deadline.

The appearance came in a musical sketch called "The Little Park of Horrors." In it, Yang performed a parody of "And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going," the showstopper from the musical Dreamgirls. This time the song was about the MTA, New York City's transit agency, and its trains and buses.

Yang also had a second slot in the same episode. He played Jensen Huang, the chief executive of the chipmaker Nvidia, in the cold open, the opening comedy scene that comes before the show's title sequence.

Yang's return came while he is performing in Oh Mary!, a comedy in which Escola takes on the life of Mary Todd Lincoln, the wife of President Abraham Lincoln. Yang has been part of that production's run, and the show's producers have now extended it. According to Deadline, Oh Mary! will continue until January 17, 2027, because of popular demand.

That means the show's run now stretches into the new year. Anyone who wants to see it in person has a little longer to book tickets.