Turns out, Bill de Blasio wasn’t the biggest draw of the evening.
That award might have gone to John Mulaney, who hosted this year’s American Museum of Natural History fall gala and roasted the New York mayor after he gave his speech and left the building. The stakes to deliver a few laughs for the crowd were high. The “SNL” cast was out in full force once again thanks to the continued support of gala chair Lorne Michaels. Colin Jost, Kate McKinnon, Tina Fey, Keenan Thompson, Aidy Bryant, Heidi Gardner, Beck Bennett — and even more — had a front-row table seat for the evening’s marquee performances.
And based on the number of hands swaying in the air as the night went on, the gala saved the best for last: the Jonas Brothers. “We spent many a school trip at this museum,” said Nick Jonas, who readily admitted that the crowd skewed much older than their usual concert demographic. He also offered explanation before several of their archival songs just in case the suited crowd was a bit lost as to to their reunion journey: the band broke up and he struck out alone with “Jealous”; Joe Jonas formed another band, DNCE,
That award might have gone to John Mulaney, who hosted this year’s American Museum of Natural History fall gala and roasted the New York mayor after he gave his speech and left the building. The stakes to deliver a few laughs for the crowd were high. The “SNL” cast was out in full force once again thanks to the continued support of gala chair Lorne Michaels. Colin Jost, Kate McKinnon, Tina Fey, Keenan Thompson, Aidy Bryant, Heidi Gardner, Beck Bennett — and even more — had a front-row table seat for the evening’s marquee performances.
And based on the number of hands swaying in the air as the night went on, the gala saved the best for last: the Jonas Brothers. “We spent many a school trip at this museum,” said Nick Jonas, who readily admitted that the crowd skewed much older than their usual concert demographic. He also offered explanation before several of their archival songs just in case the suited crowd was a bit lost as to to their reunion journey: the band broke up and he struck out alone with “Jealous”; Joe Jonas formed another band, DNCE,