Ryan Murphy News

For former Spring Awakening star Lea Michele, landing her GLEE gig was far from smooth sailing. The actress recently sat down with Us Weekly Magazine to discuss her role, revealing that she nearly missed her audition after wrecking her car in a car crash outside of the FOX lot. Listen to the ordeal and watch clips of the star's audition below!

The MadonnaTribe News is reporting that 'Glee's upcoming all-Madonna episode will feature some of the Material Girl's most popular songs, including the following classics:

GLEE creator Ryan Murphy has revealed to Billboard.com that the next installment of GLEE, beginning April 13, 2010 on Fox at 9pm, will feature a whole episode of original music.

TV's hottest and most talked-about new series when 'Glee' Season 1: Road To Sectionals debuts on DVD December 29 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Filled with beloved characters and sensational musical numbers, 'Glee' Season 1: Road To Sectionals is a pitch-perfect winner. William McKinley High School once had a champion glee club, but now they are floundering. That is when an idealistic Spanish teacher (Matthew Morrison, Music & Lyrics) takes up their cause, vowing to transform the rag-tag group of singers and dancers into champions.

Glee popped over to Europe for the holidays, premiering in the UK and Italy. Several Italian promos were made with members of the cast.

Below are BroadwayWorld.com's most popular articles from 2009 - it's been quite a year. Here's a look at 40 of BroadwayWorld.com's most popular stories of the year in date order. Catch up below on anything that you might have missed from the past year on BroadwayWorld.com!

In this clip, Principal Figgins played by Iqbal Theba gives a brief tour of McKinley High School in a sneak peek clip from the upcoming DVD.

GLEE has gone global, evidenced by this Rome flash mob dancing to the hits from the GLEE at a mall during a busy holiday shopping hour.

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Continuing their constant viral promotion, Fox.com has posted a behind the scenes video of Matt Morrison and Jayma Mays recent 'kiss' on the show including behind the scenes footage and interview with the two stars.

Entertainment Weekly's constant scooper extraordinaire Michael Ausiello has revealed news that will make GLEE fans who have been clamoring for cranky gym coach Sue Sylvester, played by Jane Lynch to join in the musical fun. EW talked to Lynch who told them that:

GLEE creator Ryan Murphy has revealed to TheWrap that the next installment of GLEE, beginning April 13, feature more musical numbers per episode.

In a new interview with People.com, GLEE's creator Ryan Murphy tells the magazine that he doesn't know what role Idina Menzel will play on GLEE, noting that 'I just met with her once. It sort of got leaked, but I haven't plotted it out yet.'

GLEE star Mark Salling gives GLEE fans a special treat in this homemade video, in which he serenades the cast and crew of the hit show shirtless.

Variety is reporting that commercial broadcaster Antena 3 has signed a rights deal with FOX to broadcast Spanish free-to-air nights of GLEE on the Spanish network Modern Family and Family Guy spinoff, The Cleveland Show, are also part of the Antena 3-FOX deal. Earlier this year, Antena 3 and FOX signed similar rights deals on the dramas Lie to Me, The Listener and Mental.

Cast members of Fox's hit TV series GLEE have confirmed that Idina Menzel will be appearing as a new character on the TV show when the second half of the first season begins airing in the Spring of 2010.

GLEE star Mark Salling gives GLEE fans a special treat in this homemade video, in which he serenades the cast and crew of the hit show shirtless.

The Writers Guild of America, West and the Writers Guild of America, East today announced nominations for outstanding achievement in television, radio, news, promotional writing, and graphic animation during the 2009 season to be honored at the upcoming 2010 Writers Guild Awards on February 20, 2010, in Los Angeles and New York.

TV's hottest and most talked-about new series when 'Glee' Season 1: Road To Sectionals debuts on DVD December 29 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Filled with beloved characters and sensational musical numbers, 'Glee' Season 1: Road To Sectionals is a pitch-perfect winner.

The American Film Institute announced its official selection for the AFI awards, which honor the top television shows and films of the year. Amongst the nominees for 2009 is Glee, the FOX musical hit which ended its season finale on a high note last week, with 8.1 million viewers tuning in. Overall, the season has been a rousing success, becoming FOX's top grosser and generating 2 chart-topping albums, not to mention making stars of its cast.