If you're a gleek and you don't commonly watch the Tony Awards -- I know there are some of you out there -- then here's a reason to tune in this year: Glee's Lea Michele and Matthew Morrison will be performing at this year's ceremonies, happening on June 13 at the Radio City Music Hall and aired live on CBS.
This shouldn't come as much of a surprise, as both Michele and Morrison are Broadway veterans: the former coming to fame with Spring Awakening, and the latter in the original run of Hairspray.
Other performers this year include the casts of La Cage aux Folles (featuring Kelsey Grammer) and A Little Night Music (featuring Catherine Zeta-Jones), as well as the band Green Day, whose music form the backbone of the Tony-nominated musical American Idiot. Sean Hayes will be hosting the event.
Now, I don't think we'll see the two perform something off Glee. Any thoughts on what they'd do, gleeks?
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This shouldn't come as much of a surprise, as both Michele and Morrison are Broadway veterans: the former coming to fame with Spring Awakening, and the latter in the original run of Hairspray.
Other performers this year include the casts of La Cage aux Folles (featuring Kelsey Grammer) and A Little Night Music (featuring Catherine Zeta-Jones), as well as the band Green Day, whose music form the backbone of the Tony-nominated musical American Idiot. Sean Hayes will be hosting the event.
Now, I don't think we'll see the two perform something off Glee. Any thoughts on what they'd do, gleeks?
via: buddytv
The episode's titled "Journey," so it's pretty fitting then that the show released a clip of Rachel and Finn belting out Journey's classic tune "Faithfully."
According to USA Today, GLEE star Lea Michele, who plays Rachel Berry, has been named one of the "100 Most Influential People in the World" by Time Magazine.
Singer Olivia Newton-John told USA Today, "As Rachel Berry on the hit TV show Glee, she is inspiring young people to get involved in musical programs in schools and encouraging communities to fund them."
Others on the list include Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Elton John, and Conan O'Brien. The issue will be out Friday, and breaks the winners up into the categories of artists, leaders, thinkers, and heroes.
Lea Michele starred on Broadway in SPRING AWAKENING as Wendla, receiving a 2007 Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Musical. She also performed in FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (Shprintze and Chava), RAGTIME (Little Girl) and LES MISERABLES (Young Cosette). Off Broadway she appeared in HOT AND SWEET (Naleen) and SPRING AWAKENING (Wendla). Her regional credits include THE DIARY OF Anne Frank (Anne) at Round House Theater, RAGTIME (Little Girl) at Toronto's Ford Center. In workshop productions, she was seen in SAMSON AND DELILAH (Delilah), KING (Anisette), SPRING AWAKENING (Wendla) and WUTHERING HEIGHTS (Lucy). Her TV credits include "The Big Ten," "Third Watch," and "Guiding Light."
GLEE was recently honored with a Golden Globe for Best Television Series, Comedy or Musical; a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series; and a People's Choice Award for Favorite New TV Comedy. The music from GLEE is an international sensation with "Glee: The Music, Volume 1" and "Glee: The Music, Volume 2" topping charts in Australia, the U.K., New Zealand, Ireland and Canada. In the U.S., over 5 million songs have been downloaded, and both albums have been certified Gold for sales in excess of 500,000 units. Additionally, GLEE dominates as the Madonna themed mini-album soars to the No. 1 spot on Billboard's Top 200 Album chart with an incredible 98,000 copies sold in its first week.
To read the full list of honorees, visit online at www.time.com.
Singer Olivia Newton-John told USA Today, "As Rachel Berry on the hit TV show Glee, she is inspiring young people to get involved in musical programs in schools and encouraging communities to fund them."
Others on the list include Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Elton John, and Conan O'Brien. The issue will be out Friday, and breaks the winners up into the categories of artists, leaders, thinkers, and heroes.
Lea Michele starred on Broadway in SPRING AWAKENING as Wendla, receiving a 2007 Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Musical. She also performed in FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (Shprintze and Chava), RAGTIME (Little Girl) and LES MISERABLES (Young Cosette). Off Broadway she appeared in HOT AND SWEET (Naleen) and SPRING AWAKENING (Wendla). Her regional credits include THE DIARY OF Anne Frank (Anne) at Round House Theater, RAGTIME (Little Girl) at Toronto's Ford Center. In workshop productions, she was seen in SAMSON AND DELILAH (Delilah), KING (Anisette), SPRING AWAKENING (Wendla) and WUTHERING HEIGHTS (Lucy). Her TV credits include "The Big Ten," "Third Watch," and "Guiding Light."
GLEE was recently honored with a Golden Globe for Best Television Series, Comedy or Musical; a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series; and a People's Choice Award for Favorite New TV Comedy. The music from GLEE is an international sensation with "Glee: The Music, Volume 1" and "Glee: The Music, Volume 2" topping charts in Australia, the U.K., New Zealand, Ireland and Canada. In the U.S., over 5 million songs have been downloaded, and both albums have been certified Gold for sales in excess of 500,000 units. Additionally, GLEE dominates as the Madonna themed mini-album soars to the No. 1 spot on Billboard's Top 200 Album chart with an incredible 98,000 copies sold in its first week.
To read the full list of honorees, visit online at www.time.com.
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