Ryan Gosling Says Oui to Broadway, Helen Mirren Loves Her Jim-Jams & More Lessons of the Week

It’s Friday, and you know what that means—it’s time to ignore the nice weather and binge on season three of Orange Is the New Black! But before you lock yourself inside Litchfield Penitentiary for the weekend, it’s time for the Lessons of the Week. A bunch of weird stuff has happened on Broadway in the last seven days, and it’s time to reflect on what we’ve learned. Ready? Let’s do this!

Darren Criss Has Great Feet
Stop what you’re doing. Turn off "Defying Gravity." Drop the peanut butter cups. We have some news about unofficial Broadway.com mascot and Hedwig star Darren Criss: his feet are fabulous. We don’t know if he gets weekly pedicures or was just born blessed, but we’ve never seen such tip-top tootsies. Darren, please wear more flip-flops this summer. (Yes, this is a lesson.)

Ryan Gosling Wants to Dance in Paris
Watch out, Robert Fairchild—if Ryan Gosling has his way, he’ll be pirouetting into An American in Paris on Broadway. Oh sure, we’re willing to bet The Notebook heartthrob is an awful ballet dancer, but all he needs to do is look into a casting director’s eyes, wink and say, “hey girl,” and they’ll forget all about that. Plus, he can do this.

Helen Mirren Wears Jim-Jams
We always imagined The Audience star Helen Mirren wearing a silk robe while lounging around her penthouse after the show, but now we know better. After winning her Tony Award, the star confessed she was ready to go home and get into her “jim-jams.” With footies, your Majesty?

Micah Stock Has a Game of Thrones Date
There are few things more devastating than realizing you have no one to watch TV with on Sunday night. But It’s Only a Play’s Micah Stock doesn’t have that problem. He may not have won a trophy on Tony night, but he did pick up a buddy to watch GOT with: Joel Grey! Can we come, too? We’ll bring pigeon pie.

Kelli O’Hara’s Worm Is on Fleek
After bragging about her worm-dancing abilities for months, The King and I star Kelli O’Hara was a woman true to her word, proving that she can in fact do the worm. And what a worm! Kelli, if you ever get sick of this whole Tony-winning actress thing, you could have a great career as a wedding D.J.

Broadway & Parenting Don’t Mix
New Fish in the Dark star Jason Alexander has been dreaming of a return to the Great White Way ever since Seinfeld ended, but he’s been holding back for two reasons: His sons Gabriel and Noah. You're wrong, Jason—Kelli O’Hara’s got two little ones at home and she won a Tony and can do the worm.

Jim Parsons Is Nicer than God
According to An Act of God star Tim Kazurinsky, there’s only one difference between the Almighty and the guy who plays him, The Big Bang Theory star Jim Parsons—Jim is nicer. Oh, come on, just because the Lord doesn’t run around shouting “bazinga,” it doesn’t make him a bad guy.

Broadway Is Stuck in the ‘80s
Wait just a damn second. In An American in Paris star Max von Essen’s video blog this week, he zoomed in on a bulletin board with a bunch of congratulatory opening night faxes from other Broadway shows. Faxes. Guys. We don’t care if it’s tradition—send over a bottle of booze and some Schmackary’s. Anything but faxes.

Adam Lambert Destroyed Our Dreams
American Idol star Adam Lambert completely ruined our lives this week when he announced he was offered the role of the transgender rock goddess in Hedwig and the Angry Inch and—gasp—turned it down! Get out of here with your silky voice and great cheekbones. We can’t even look at you right now.

Bombshell Is Ready for Broadway
You let Megan Hilty and Katharine McPhee be your star(s) on the Great White Way for one night only...and it was a huge success! The drama! The laughter! The tears just like pearls! We could go on. But we have one question—if a fake show won a fake Tony Award for Best Musical, is Bombshell still eligible to win a real one?