We already knew that the Glee kids would be tackling Lady Gaga in their back nine episodes, set to begin airing on Fox April 13. But now we actually can tell you which Gaga tunes to get the choral overhaul: “Bad Romance” and “Poker Face.” The latter of the pair will be tackled by Lea Michele’s Rachel. Says creator Ryan Murphy, “Lea does a very stripped-down version of ‘Poker Face.’” Meanwhile, “Romance” sounds like a much more elaborate number, with the glee club actually donning Gaga-esque wardrobe for the performance.

“I do know that we’re all different Lady Gagas, and at one point I am the Kermit the Frog Lady Gaga,” says Michele, referring to this crazy ensemble worn by the pop star. “I saw a picture of the Kermit the Frog Lady Gaga with a Post-It on it that said ‘Lea.’ I was like, oh, great. Everyone else has incredible Lady Gaga outfits and I have that one.” And it sounds like producers are making sure the costumes are up to par with the real Gaga’s eccentric wardrobe choices. Says Chris Colfer, who plays Kurt, “The outfits are gonna be incredible. All the costumes are outrageous and legit. I actually went to the tailor this morning who makes the real Gaga outfits. They’re going all-out.”

Source: EW.com

The latest Glee promo is showered with new footage including the first listen of Lea Michele tackling Madonna’s “Like a Prayer”. The show returns on April 13 with episode “Hello” which will include a lot of songs with the syllables on the title and continue on April 20 with a Madonna-centric episode called “The Power of Madonna”.

Here is all whats going on with Glee at the moment.

Glee Vol 1. The Road to Sectionals is currently on DVD. Pick it up and catch up on the 13 episodes before the show returns next month! (Buy the DVD)

Glee: The Music Vol 1. & 2 are available on CD. (Buy Vol 1. / Buy Vol 2.) There is also a special All Madonna edition CD coming out on April 20, 2010. (Buy Madonna CD) It features: 1. Express Yourself, 2. Borderline/Open, Your Heart, 3. Vogue, 4. Like A Virgin, 5. 4 Minutes, 6. What It Feels Like For A Girl, 7. Like A Prayer. Glee 1×15 The Power of Madonna (The Madonna themed episode) airs on April 20.

Glee returns with 13 all new episodes on April 13, 2010, after American Idol with an episode titled “Hell-O”. (Watch Trailer). The rest of the season will feature episodes with guest stars Madonna, Neil Patrick Harris, Idina Menzel and guest directors like Joss Whedon. The season is expected to end in June.

Glee is going on tour in May. (Get Tour Dates). They will hit the cities: Phoenix, AZ, Universal City, CA, Rosemont, IL, New York, NY

The much-anticipated concert tour of Fox’s Glee will play at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles on May 20 and 21, organizers said Monday. Most of the cast members from the hit television show have signed on to appear in the stage production, including Broadway star Lea Michele, who plays the overly eager high school student Rachel Berry.

Other cast members who are scheduled to appear on stage include Dianna Agron, Chris Colfer, Kevin McHale, Cory Monteith, Heather Morris, Amber Riley, Naya Rivera, Mark Salling, Harry Shum, Jr., Dijon Talton and Jenna Ushkowitz.

Glee’ Live! In Concert! will kick off its four-city tour May 18 in Phoenix, at the Dodge Theatre. It then moves to the Gibson at Universal City for two performances (May 20 and 21) followed by two nights at the Rosemont Theatre near Chicago on May 25 and 26. The tour ends at New York’s Radio City Music Hall for two performances on May 28 and 29.

Ryan Murphy, who created the TV series, also organized the stage production, which will feature musical numbers from the show including “Sweet Caroline,” “Don’t Stop Believin’” and “Somebody to Love.”

In a statement, Murphy said that fans’ response “to our little show has been so immediate and so gratifying, we wanted to get out and thank them live and in person.”

Tickets for the Glee concert tour will be on sale via Ticketmaster. So far, looks like only the L.A. and Chicago shows have presale information available: American Express card holders may buy tickets March 5-12, while the general public on-sale is set for March 13. Tickets range from $39.50 to $79.50.

May 18 Phoenix, AZ Dodge Theatre
May 20 Los Angeles, CA Gibson Amphitheatre
May 21 Los Angeles, CA Gibson Amphitheatre
May 25 Chicago, IL Rosemont Theatre
May 26 Chicago, IL Rosemont Theatre
May 28 New York City, NY Radio City Music Hall
May 29 New York City, NY Radio City

Being the president’s wife apparently has its perks.

Sources confirm to me exclusively that First Lady Michelle Obama has invited the cast of Glee to perform at the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday, April 5 — and, barring any last-minute glitches, they’re gonna do it!

Rumor has it Mrs. O and her daughters are big fans of the show. And since a White House gig is an offer that’s pretty darn hard to refuse, Glee’s producers did some lickety-split schedule rejiggering in order to honor the request.

Source: EW

Even before making it big on Fox’s hit Glee, Lea Michele was already a bona fide Broadway star, thanks to 2006’s Spring Awakening. No wonder the theater world is anxious to get her back on the boards. One non-profit theater company in New York has gone so far as to create a show with Michele in mind, the New York Post reports. Reed Prescott, executive director of the New York Theatre Barn, confirms that the brunette belter helped inspire their new musical “Speargrove Presents,” based on a real-life incident in which a town blocked a high school production of “Rent.” He chatted with EW’s Simon Vozick-Levinson about the about the project — and explained why Michele is the best woman for the job:

EW: What can you tell us about the role?
Prescott: It’s the role of Caroline Bonds. It’s a role that’s similar to what she plays on Glee — the queen bee of the high school drama club…. People from the community rewrite the show and take her song out, so she quits the show, which gets misconstrued as a big political move…. At this big school board meeting, she speaks up for herself, and they end up doing a concert of the show at a different location.”

EW: Why Lea?
Prescott: Well, because she has Broadway chops, clearly. She’s actually attended some of our events in the past. We just always had it in mind.

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Glee fans will have to wait until April for for the rest of the first season to air, but they can start looking forward to the summer when the cast of Glee heads out on tour.

The show’s stars have taken to Twitter to dish on the new tour, which is expected to kick-off in June. “A big announcement coming at the end of the month about our next Glee tour! Lots of singing and dancing to come!!!!” said Lea Michele. Cory Monteith tweeted, “There is going to be a live Glee concert tour! in select cities; limited appearances. announcement and details soon. so excited!!!”

Dates and cities have yet to be announced but are expected to be revealed at the end of the month. The cast of Glee went on tour to various malls over the Summer last year, but the new Glee tour is expected to be a full-on concert experience.

“We’re going to do what ‘American Idol’ has done and put the kids on the road,” Murphy said to the New York Post. “It all equals revenue streams for Fox.”

The Glee cast will head out on tour once the first season wraps up. Glee returns to Fox on April 13th.

Source: All Headline News

Spring Awakening’s Jonathan Groff and Lea Michele reunite for the True Colors Cabaret Nov. 29 at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency.

The concerts are a co-presentation between Cyndi Lauper’s True Colors Fund and Broadway Impact, which was co-founded by Gavin Creel. The True Colors Cabaret began Sept. 28.

Tony nominee Groff (Spring Awakening, Singing Forest) and Michele (Spring Awakening, Glee) are joined by Grammy-winner Cyndi Lauper for the 8 PM and 10:30 PM concerts.

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Fans of Glee will have a lot to be thankful for this holiday season.

According to Billboard, the show will issue not one, but two albums in November and December featuring the numerous songs from the show as Glee: The Music volumes 1 and 2.

A new Christmas single, a cover of Wham!’s “Last Christmas” that won’t appear on the show, will also be released. A cast tour is reportedly in the works for summer 2010.

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“Don’t Stop Believing” in a Glee tour, because executive producer Ryan Murphy says it’s a go next summer.

Following the Season 1 wrap-up, the Glee club is going on tour. “We’re going to do what American Idol has done and put the kids on the road,” Murphy told the New York Post. “It all equals revenue streams for Fox.”

With five of Glee’s songs already on the iTunes top 100 list and the first of five CDs set to drop on Nov. 3, it was only a matter of time before the club hit the road.

Will you buy a ticket?

Source: SeattlePi.com