Aaron Tveit’s Got Chills, Bernadette Peters Likes Dogs, Not Drugs & More Lessons of the Week

It’s Friday, and you know what that means—it’s time for the Lessons of the Week. We’re recapping the weird, wild and crazy stuff from the last…wait a second. Are you reading this from your phone during a performance of Shows For Days?! Um, maybe you should turn your phone off and check out the Lessons when the show is over. Trust us.

Aaron Tveit's Getting a Pompadour
Tveitortots rejoice! The Graceland and Big Sky star is going back to high school with Vanessa Hudgens and Julianne Hough in Grease Live! this winter. Time to stock up on pomade, Aaron. We’re hoping for a coif length a little past Frank Abagnale, but not full-on Enjolras. (Which we totally still remember how to pronounce, btw.)

Silence Your Phone Near LuPone
You heard the announcement at the beginning of the Lessons of the Week: In her ongoing quest for distraction-free theater, Shows For Days star Patti LuPone is championing the cause by grabbing cell phones and walking off with them if you try to text in her presence. Ms. LuPone, as professional theatergoers, the Broadway.com editorial team salutes you.

James Bond Doesn't Do Jazz Hands
As much as we’d love to see 007 doing time steps with Pussy Galore and an ensemble of dancing martinis, we’ve officially squelched the rumor that a James Bond musical is currently in the works. We’re especially sad to miss out on those catchy James Bond: The Musical hits “I’ll Do Anything For a Woman With a Knife” and “I Didn’t Recognize You With Your Clothes On.”

Sign Up For ASL Classes Right Now
The acclaimed Deaf West revival of Spring Awakening is bringing sexually frustrated teens back to Broadway once again, and that means we’ve got only two more months to learn sign language so we can sign along with the cast! We’re sure the instructor won’t mind teaching us the signs for “totally” and “f**ked.”

Annaleigh Ashford Is a Total Betty
Broadway.com readers have found their favorite virgin who can’t drive: Annaleigh Ashford! The Tony winner already has a gig in Sylvia, but you guys are totally going ballistic about casting her in the Clueless musical. Hear that, Amy Heckerling? Also, can Paul Rudd reprise the role of Josh? We’re not sure if he can sing, but he looks virtually the same as he did in 1995.

Sex Scenes? Groff Goes Both Ways
Hamilton star Jonathan Groff says when it comes to doing a sex scene, it’s pretty much the same whether your partner is a guy or a gal. And he would know—in his 30 years on this planet, he’s already done more sex scenes than most people do in a lifetime. Well, besides Hand to God star Geneva Carr.

JCM Is Justin Timberlake’s Sugar Daddy
Hedwig and the Angry Inch co-creator John Cameron Mitchell’s got a sweet tooth for licorice drops and jelly rolls…and Justin Timberlake. He’s really hoping the pop star will swing on by the Belasco Theatre, try a wig on for size and become Broadway’s next internationally ignored song stylist. Chances are you either love or hate this idea, and we want you to be vocal about it.

Misty Copeland Needs a Bio-Musical
The first female African-American principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre and forthcoming On the Town star has led such a fascinating life, we think it’s about time someone wrote her a bio-musical. Growing up in a hotel? Custody battles? Broken limbs? This is a Tony-winning masterpiece waiting to happen. Lin-Manuel Miranda, you’re not busy or anything, are you?

Lola Will Box a Kangaroo
The Land of Lola is going to the land down under! Kinky Boots is high-kicking its way to Australia in 2016. Yep, this means the factory workers at Price & Son will start eating Vegemite and drinking Foster’s, Lauren will sing "The History of Wrong Mates" and Lola will fight a kangaroo in the boxing scene. That’s what Australia is like, right?


Don’t Offer Bernadette Peters Weed
Guys, if you see Bernadette Peters at Broadway Barks this weekend, feel free to adopt a dog, take a selfie or ask for an autograph. But there’s one thing you must not do under any circumstances: offer Bernadette any type of “herbal refreshment.” After her appearance on Watch What Happens Live, we’ve discovered that she is not a pothead. She likes puppies, but not pot brownies.