Joe Manganiello ('True Blood,' 'Magic Mike XXL'), Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award nominee Lea Michele (GLEE), Academy Award nominee Abigail Breslin ('Little Miss Sunshine,' 'Zombieland,' 'August: Osage County') and Keke Palmer ('Akeela and the Bee,' 'Masters of Sex') have been cast as series regulars in SCREAM QUEENS, a new comedy-horror anthology series from Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Ian Brennan and Dante Di Loreto, the executive producers of GLEE and 'American Horror Story.' Additionally, Grammy Award nominee and actress Ariana Grande will guest-star in a recurring role.
According to a rumor on Twitter, Gina Gershon will appear in GLEE's final season as Blaine's (Darren Criss's) mom, 'Pam Anderson'. Check out a behind-the-scenes photo below!
Entering its sixth and final 13-episode season, the musical comedy GLEE follows a group of ambitious and talented young adults in search of strength, acceptance and, ultimately, their voice. The sixth and final season premieres with a special two-hour event Friday, Jan. 9 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. Entertainment Tonight has debuted a first look at some of GLEE's returning cast members - check it out below!
FOX has ordered SCREAM QUEENS, a new genre-bending comedy-horror anthology series, it was announced today by Dana Walden and Gary Newman, Chairmen and CEOs of Fox Television Group.
CHICAGO, September 24, 2014 - The humorous short film AWKWARD EXPRESSIONS OF LOVE, starring Jayma Mays ('Glee,' 'Heros'), Ian Brennan (co-creator/writer for 'Glee'), and Trilby Glover ('The Starter Wife,' Righteous Kill), is an official selection at the 4th annual Chicago Comedy Film Festival. The Festival runs Oct 16-19, 2014 at the Showplace ICON Theater (150 W. Roosevelt Road, Chicago). AWKWARD EXPRESSIONS OF LOVE screens at the Chicago Comedy Film Festival on Sat, Oct 18 at 2:00PM with 'Shorts Program 1'.
As BWW previously reported, rumors indicated that Lea Michele would offer up her own version of the Oscar-winning song, 'Let It Go,' from Disney's mega-hit FROZEN, in the premiere episode of the sixth and final season of FOX's GLEE.
Navigating the treacherous territory of super-stardom - well, at least on Broadway, headlining FUNNY GIRL - GLEE's 'The Back-Up Plan' gave us a generous dose of showbiz razzle dazzle and flash, while also showing some of the ugly side. Plus, Shirley MacLaine and Darren Criss rock Janis Joplin!
What, dare say, is “the ultimate musical theatre challenge”? Well, Sondheim, that is! Otherwise known as the greatest living musical theatre dramatist and the subject of this week's GLEE - FOLLIES to SWEENEY TODD and INTO THE WOODS. And, touching, timely and terrific tribute it was.
The Beatles once sang, 'You say goodbye / I say hello,' and so it goes with the gang on FOX's hit musical dramedy GLEE - new beginnings; new endings; and, well, New Directions, too. GLEE's '100' episode reunited the original crew - minus, of course, the tragically deceased Cory Monteith, who played headlining football hero Finn and who was paid elegant tribute with grace and class both last week and this week in his absence - with the addition of the new gleeks added in the ensuing seasons. While many of the new stars never managed to capture the lighting in a bottle that the originals commanded, it is undeniable that they each provided their own special spice in the GLEE stew and a handful broke out to considerable prominence on Broadway and beyond, particularly in the case of Darren Criss aka Blaine. Nonetheless, what made us all fall in love with GLEE in the first place, lo, more than five seasons ago, was that original recipe - and it's still as savory, spicy, sweet and mouth-watering as ever, as last night's spectacular celebratory entry showcased in spades; and hearts, too. But, yet, we are forced to ask: is this the end or the beginning?
Gloria! GLEE is nearing graduation season, complete with senior flings, faculty faux pas and Fat Tuesday-befitting festivities on the NYC side of the show, as well. Last night's ep gave us some major '80s gems, '90s lite rockers, '00 anthems and even an obscure '60s tune, too, showing the dependable diversity of not only the music but the general themes of the one and only hit musical dramedy series in history. Heart to The Supremes to Simple Minds, Wilson Phillips and Destiny's Child - it was a delight.
While it remains a secret as to which songs fans voted to hear on the highly anticipated upcoming 100th episode of GLEE, series stars Lea Michele and Mark Salling were hard at work recording tunes for the milestone event.
Murphy took to Twitter this afternoon to break the news, posting: 'ALL The Glee Originals received invites today to be in our 100th episode! More to follow.'
From auditions to Nationals, New Directions to Cheerios, tracksuits to slushies and Journey to Madonna, GLEE marks yet another milestone, as the hit musical comedy series prepares to celebrate its 100th episode with a special reward for its fans.
Pitting two of the most influential and instrumental pop culture icons of modern music against one another, GLEE's 'A Katy Or A Gaga', written by Russel Friend and Garrett Lerner, directed by Ian Brennan, was a welcome return for the series following the short hiatus following the third episode of the season and the last time we ventured to the halls of McKinley High with the Cory Monteith tribute episode. So, with which pop superstar do your affections actually reside at the end of the day - Katy Perry or Lady Gaga? After all, that's what this week's ep was all about! Well, that and the debut of guest star Adam Lambert!
E! News sources confirm that Fox and the Glee team of Murphy, Brad Falchuck and Ian Brennan are discussing the idea of focusing an upcoming episode of the sixth and final season of the series on gay rights in Russia. 'We are mulling around the idea of moving Kurt to Russia,' says one source.
California State University, Fullerton's Department of Theatre and Dance delivers holiday fun with the cheery A Christmas Carolsatire, Inspecting Carol, by Daniel Sullivan in the Young Theatre of the Clayes Performing Arts Center from November 22-December 15, 2013. Directed by College of the Arts Dean Joseph Arnold, this crowd-pleasing alternative to endless Christmas Carol productions was inspired by a real life incident of a theatre director who tried to bribe an inspector of the National Endowment for the Arts. Author Daniel Sullivan built a plot around this idea while combining it with a small theatre's struggle to produce Dickens' classic A Christmas Carol. A case of mistaken identity wrapped up in bundle of laughs, Inspecting Carol delivers a uniquely modern version of A Christmas Carol.
