Inside ‘SNL 50: The Homecoming Concert’: From Lady Gaga’s Last-Minute Swap to Rehearsing a 3-Hour Show in Just 2 Days

Inside ‘SNL 50: The Homecoming Concert’: From Lady Gaga’s Last-Minute Swap to Rehearsing a 3-Hour Show in Just 2 Days

Three hours of prime time real estate, more than 30 musical acts bookended by lightly rehearsed comedy bits and a Radio City Music Hall’s worth of huge stars. What could go wrong? Potentially everything, actually. But somehow, SNL 50: The Homecoming Concert director Beth McCarthy-Miller not only managed to land the plane with the February special, but she corralled some of the biggest stars in the world for one of the most dazzling, surprise-f…