Broadway is all about star power, but some headliners shine especially brightly. As our editorial staff considered the shows we’ve seen and enjoyed in 2011, six finalists emerged for the coveted title of Star of the Year: a pair of Tony-winning Broadway vets, an actor-turned-director-turned actor, two Broadway newcomers and a superstar who proved himself more than capable of ...

The Glee crew celebrated the holidays early on December 13 with a special episode titled “Extraordinary Merry Christmas.” Directed by Glee star and Broadway veteran Matthew Morrison, the show featured a newly reunited New Directions as they spread holiday cheer at a homeless shelter and exchanged gifts with their respective sweethearts. With so many classic tunes packed into one episode ...

The December 6 episode of Glee, titled “Hold on to Sixteen,” provided some true treats for Gleeks. The episode brought back three exciting characters: the conniving Sebastian (Grant Gustin), the wildly talented Harmony (Glee Project’s Lindsay Pearce) and our favorite “trouty mouth” Sam (Chord Overstreet). Yet, the evening’s highlight was the long-awaited Sectionals competition between the Troubletones, the ...

On the November 29 episode of Glee, appropriately titled "I Kissed a Girl," the show celebrated women in music with performances of inspirational songs designed to help Santana (Naya Rivera) feel comfortable enough to live proudly and honestly. In addition to exciting covers of “Girls Just Want to Have Fun,” “I’m the Only One” and “I Kissed a Girl ...

The competition is heating up on Glee now that two singing groups, New Directions and the Troubletones, are at McKinley High. On the show's November 15 episode, rival teachers Mr. Schuester (Matthew Morrison) and Ms. Corcoran (Idina Menzel) decided to spark a friendly competition by having the crews go head to head for a mash-up challenge. Glee is no ...

Things got hot and heavy on the November 8 episode of Glee as several of the McKinley High couples decided to head to home base for the first time. In the episode (which was penned by Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark co-book author Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa) Glee power couples Rachel and Finn (Lea Michele and Cory Monteith) and Kurt and Blaine ...

The New Directions team has some fierce competition at McKinley High now that Santana (Naya Rivera) and Brittany (Heather Morris) have fled Mr. Schuester's choir room to join Mercedes (Amber Riley) in the new student singing group run by Shelby Corcoran (Idina Menzel). When it came time to choose an identity for the all-female vocal group, the ladies selected ...

After Glee's three episode arc centering on casting McKinley High's production of West Side Story, Ms. Pillsbury (Jayma Mays) Coach Beiste (Dot-Marie Jones) and Artie (Kevin McHale) finally selected the leads in the classic story of the Jets and Sharks and the women who love them. The competition was pretty intense as couples (Kurt and Blaine) and best ...

There was a familar face in the halls of McKinley High when Tony winner Idina Menzel returned to Glee on September 27. Former Vocal Adrenaline coach-turned-adoptive mother Shelby Corcoran is now part of the school's staff, which means there will be plenty of Idina in the weeks to come! Glee has had Wicked fever as Kurt (Chris Colfer) and ...

Glee kicked off its third season with plenty of tributes to Broadway, including renditions of classic show tunes like a mash-up of "Anything Goes" and "Anything You Can Do," as well as Hairspray's "You Can't Stop the Beat." It looks like the Broadway love will only continue in the weeks to come, as Mr. Schuester (Matthew Morrison) announced ...