Ryan Murphy News

Last month, BWW shared a photo tweeted by GLEE creator Ryan Murphy featuring puppet versions of the cast from the FOX musical dramedy. 'Glee puppets!,' read the caption. 'With many more to come! Who's ur favorite so far?'

Jonathan Groff has a lot happening in the coming months, having lent his voice to Disney's upcoming Frozen film, and starring in Ryan Murphy's big screen adaptation of The Normal Heart, and HBO's Looking. The Broadway veteran is also featured in this year's OUT100 List, and in the corresponding interview, he dishes on all of his upcoming projects.

Christmas is coming a few weeks early in the form of a special sneak peek at the recently rumored and now confirmed holiday episode of GLEE, currently filming on location in Los Angeles, with a musical preview leaked via social media.

Ryan Murphy, showrunner for FX's American Horror Story: Coven, revealed on Twitter today that legendary rocker Stevie Nicks will appear on the series later this season.

Today, OUT (www.out.com) continued its rollout of this year's OUT100, unveiling gorgeous portraits by photographer Danielle Levitt of some of the most influential and inspirational LGBT names of the year. Actors and storytellers named to this year OUT100 list include star of the upcoming HBO series Looking, Jonathan Groff; American Horror Story's Denis O'Hare; 30 Rock and Weeds alum Maulik Pancholy; Orange Is the New Black's Lea DeLaria; writer and TV host Mo Rocca, UFC fighter Liz Carmouche, Suburgatory and Entourage star Rex Lee, and writer/comedian Bruce Vilanch, among others.

AMERICAN HORROR STORY creator Ryan Murphy has confirmed to Entertainment Weekly that this season's newest leading ladies are intent on returning for the show's upcoming fourth season.

Today we are talking to one of the most exciting breakout stars from FOX's hit musical dramedy series GLEE all about his Broadway and Hollywood past, present and future while previewing what we can expect in the coming weeks at McKinley High and beyond - the one and only Darren Criss. Detailing the finer points of his upbringing as a musical theatre fan, Criss speaks about some of his early theatre roles and shines some light on his stint starring in the recent revival of HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING in addition to musing on some roles he would like to take on in the future, near and far. Besides all about GLEE, Criss also opens up about his recent film projects such as GIRL MOST LIKELY, co-starring Kristen Wiig (available now) as well as first news and fascinating new details on HBO's hotly anticipated documentary centered on musical theatre master Stephen Sondheim, directed by longtime collaborator James Lapine, titled SIX BY SONDHEIM. Criss outlines his role in the new doc as well as shares stories from the set and sharing time with Sondheim himself, as well as Lapine and co-stars Jeremy Jordan, Laura Osnes and America Ferrerra as part of the film's 'Opening Doors' sequence. Additionally, Criss shares his foremost early influences, imparts his perspective on his unique place in the performing arts realm, reflects on his recent sold-out national tour and solo music projects as well as looks ahead to what's next. All of that, a generous helping of GLEE backstage dish and a tantalizing appetizer of what is to come as well as much, much more in this extensive chat with one of the most popular personalities in the performing arts.

FX has ordered a fourth installment of American Horror Story, the Emmy and Golden Globe Award winning miniseries franchise from Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, it was announced today

Yesterday, BWW reported that a GLEE spin-off, centered on Lea Michele's fictional Rachel Berry could be in the works according to Radaronline.

Earlier today, popular Glee star and Broadway headliner Darren Criss generously participated in my ongoing InDepth InterView series and offered his candid perspective on many upcoming episodes of the hit musical dramedy series, also briefly commenting on the recent rumors of a re-positioned focus for Glee S5 and S6 or maybe even a full-blown New York City-set spin-off series centering on the characters of Rachel, Kurt and Santana - portrayed by Lea Michele, Chris Colfer and Naya Rivera, respectively - coming up in the future and whether or not Criss could become a part of that mix, particularly given his character's long-established romantic affiliation with Kurt.

Following his stint on Fox's long-running musical dramedy, Jackson has signed on for Murphy's new HBO series OPEN, according to Deadline. Murphy reportedly wrote the series regular role into the script specifically for Jackson.

Radaronline reports exclusively that GLEE creator and co-writer Ryan Murphy is currently developing a spinoff series of the FOX musical dramedy which will be centered on Lea Michele's character Rachel Berry.

Lea Michele will be featured on the cover of December's Elle Magazine. In the issue, the GLEE star spoke candidly about her life following the tragic death of her co-star and boyfriend Cory Monteith.

IDOL alum Adam Lambert talked about his upcoming guest starring role on GLEE and how IDOL helped prepare him for his future in entertainment. In this behind the scenes video, GLEE stars Chris Colfer and Demi Lovato also share their thoughts on their talented co-star.

In an interview with Rolling Stone, Connie Britton discussed the possibility of an appearance on this season of AMERICAN HORROR STORY: COVEN.

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.

Just as the internet was supposedly made for porn - at least as far as the Tony Award-winning Best Musical's ribald lyrics go - so was AVENUE Q made for FOX's hit musical dramedy series GLEE.

HBO has ordered an extra helping of Broadway's Andrew Rannells for GIRLS season three, according to Deadline. He will return as Elijah, Hannah's gay ex-boyfriend, and will become a series regular if Lena Dunham's comedy is picked up for a fourth season.

Hell nearly froze over - or, perhaps we should we say burned brighter than ever before - as a result of the sheer, stupefying, awe-inspiring array of major theatre stars populating FX's hit horror anthology series AMERICAN HORROR STORY: COVEN last night. Given the legendary leading ladies lighting up the night, AMERICAN HORROR STORY: TONY AWARDS is more like it!

In an interview today with the Los Angeles Times, Lange confirmed that she would depart Ryan Murphy's FX horror series following next season - and that a return to the the stage may in her near future.