Laura Benanti Has Great Side Boob, Jonathan Groff Sings to Goats and Other Lessons of the Week

As another busy week on the Great White Way comes to a close, Broadway.com is ready to revisit the top stories of the last seven days. Between surprise nudie shots, big-screen movie musical plans and secret farm animal rituals, it's a lot to keep up with. Need a reminder of what's been going on online lately? Read on for our recap of the top 10 lessons from the week!

OMG! Laura Benanti Showed Us Side Boob!
After her Tony-winning turn in Gypsy and a steamy run in Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, New York audiences are fully aware that Laura Benanti has a smokin’ bod. The rest of the country, however, is about to get a taste of Benanti's sexiness as she graces the cover of Playboy magazine to promote her new TV series, The Playboy Club. We knew ahead of time that Benanti wouldn't be showing her full monty, but (gasp!) she did wind up giving readers a sexy view of "side boob" in the magazine. Looks like one of our favorite stage stars just got Hollywood's attention!

Jesus = Drug Dealers for Godspell's Hunter Parrish
Weeds star Hunter Parrish is headed back to Broadway in a role that’s a far cry from his sexy TV drug dealing character Silas Botwin: Jesus Christ. Broadway.com caught up with Parrish as he readies for the upcoming revival of Godspell to find out what it’s like to play characters with such different value systems. “I hope people who like Weeds will also like what Godspell is about, which is sharing the love,” Parrish said “See, they’re both the same thing! It’s all about sharing the love!” Hmm... WWJ think?!

Despite Her Gory Reputation, Rutina Wesley is a Big Softie
After four seasons on the TV smash True Blood, Rutina Wesley is returning to her stage roots in off-Broadway’s The Submission. As True Blood's Tara, she's bashed an iron mace into her vampire husband’s head, joined a witch coven and had a sexy smackdown with a lesbian cage fighter, but it turns out the actress has a much softer side. “I’d like to do a romantic comedy like Notting Hill,” Wesley told Broadway.com. “I like to do funny, silly stuff…something that isn’t so crazy all the time!”

Wicked Isn't Flying Into the Cineplex Anytime Soon
Composer/lyricist Stephen Schwartz is already taking meetings to find a director for the much anticipated Wicked movie, but during a visit to Broadway.com's Show People he revealed the film's release date is still potentially five years down the (yellow brick) road. When discussing the movie, Schwartz admits that Glee star Lea Michele is a great candidate for the project, but notes that realistically, the actresses who will wind up taking on the witchy leading roles probably haven't even graduated from high school yet. Build up those vocal cords in glee club, future Elphaba!

The Broadway Season Just Got a Whole Lot Hunkier!
Two of Broadway’s sexiest men will be back on stage this season as both Hugh Jackman and Bobby Cannavale landed new gigs this week. Jackman confirmed earlier reports of a 10-week concert run, Hugh Jackman, Back on Broadway, at the Broadhurst Theatre, while Cannavale will lead the Funny Girl revival opposite Lauren Ambrose this spring. Now if only we could get these two studs on stage together... The Motherf**ker From Oz, anyone?

Reeve Carney is Happy to Be Caught in Spider-Man’s Web
From several delayed openings to frequent script rewrites, Reeve Carney has faced plenty of challenges during his time with Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark, but that doesn’t mean the adorable actor is ready to jump ship from the musical extravaganza. Even with his buzzed-about Jeff Buckley biopic on the horizon, Carney has committed to staying in his Spidey tights through May 2012. Way to "Rise Above," Reeve, and good luck battling the Green Goblin for another seven months!

Hello! The Book of Mormon is Coming to Your Local Movie Theater
Tickets for the Tony-winning smash hit The Book of Mormon may be hard to come by, but that’s no reason to shout “Hasa Diga Eebowai!” The show’s composers Trey Parker and Matt Stone revealed they plan to adapt the musical for the big screen in a few years. “We've all made movies, so it's kind of cool, it can stay in the same family," Stone said of their intentions to have creative control over the project. The MPAA is probably going to have a field day with this one...get ready for a big ole R rating, elders!

Kristin Chenoweth Will Finally Hop On the Twentieth Century
Kristin Chenoweth has always been vocal about her obsession with late comedienne Madeline Kahn (her beloved dog Maddie is even named after the Oscar nominee!) Now Cheno gets to step into Kahn’s shoes as she takes on her Tony-nominated role, Lily Garland, in the first Broadway revival of On the Twentieth Century. "It's the perfect part," Chenoweth gushed to Broadway.com. It’s comforting knowing that despite her newfound success in the country music world, an upcoming TV gig on Good Christian Belles and her continued popularity on Glee, Chenoweth will always come home to Broadway.

Tina Fey and the 30 Rock Crew Can Carry a Tune
 30 Rock stars and Broadway vets Jane Krakowski and Cheyenne Jackson have shown of their musical chops several times on the Emmy-winning series, but apparently the rest of the TGS crew, including leading lady Tina Fey, has some vocal talents. “Tina is incredibly musical and actually quite a good singer herself,” Jackson told Broadway.com when discussing the possibility of a 30 Rock musical episode. “They could do it in a New York minute.” Liz Lemon and Jack Donaghy sparring with a big belty musical theater duet? We're officially obsessed with this idea.

Glee Cutie Jonathan Groff is a Goat Whisperer
The Submission's Jonathan Groff is an acting, singing, dancing triple threat and turns out he also has a knack for communicating with animals! On the newest episode of Side By Side By Susan Blackwell, Groff invited funny lady Blackwell to his parents' goat farm in Pennsylvania, where he demonstrated the daily chores of barn life. Turns out the resident goats are big Spring Awakening fans as the Groff family uses one of the show’s signature songs, “Totally Fucked” to call the animals in for feeding time. Yeah, we'd have no problem eating from a slop bucket either if it meant Groff serenaded us at every meal!