'Glee': The joyful song-and-dance series returns to Fox this week
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Pictured bottom row L-R: Kevin McHale, Mark Salling, Jenna Ushkowitz, Dianna Agron, Lea Michele and Jane Lynch. Middle row L-R: Jessalyn Gilsig, Jayma Mays, Matthew Morrison and Cory Monteith. Top row L-R: Chris Colfer and Amber Riley.
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HOLLYWOOD, Calif. -- The day after winning the Golden Globe Award for best comedy/musical, the young cast of Fox's "Glee" did not look any worse for having had a victorious night on the town.
As bright and shiny as this series about a high school glee club, cast members spoke enthusiastically about this long-shot-for-success show that has become a pop culture buzz-generating phenomenon. So far, the show's young stars are not a jaded bunch. In a phone interview last week, cast member Heather Morris, who plays dumb cheerleader Brittany, wished a reporter a "Happy Easter," a pleasant salutation in the real world that might be less likely to cross the lips of a hardened Hollywood veteran.
"We're like little kids in a candy store getting to do all of these songs," said Kevin McHale, who plays Artie, the glee club singer who's in a wheelchair. "When you open the script and see the list of songs, it's not only the amount of songs and different types of songs It's how they are used in the scenes that make them so special each time."
Despite rain earlier on this January day, the clouds cleared over the soundstages at Paramount Pictures that house the sets of "Glee" (9:28-10:30 p.m. Tuesday, WPGH). Given the show's cheery disposition and its young stars' enthusiasm, it's easy to imagine the sun always shining outside the soundstage walls of the "Glee" choir room set -- a location that has hosted plenty of singing and dancing already and will welcome more as Fox gears up to air nine new episodes.
In the winter finale, New Directions won the sectionals competition and glee club director Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison) finally kissed germophobe guidance counselor Emma Pillsbury (Jayma Mays) after his marriage to brittle, crazy Teri (Jessalyn Gilsig) fell apart following her hysterical pregnancy.
As the spring season begins, McKinley High School's glee club members have a new sense of confidence but soon find themselves returning to reality. Glee club standout Rachel (Lea Michele) is dating the jock Finn (Cory Monteith), but he's not as eager to be in the relationship, saying in voice-over narration, "Now that we're dating, I have to pretend so much harder to be listening to her."
First Published April 11, 2010 12:00 am
