Jennifer Hudson's Trophy Room Is Divine, Amy Schumer Flagged Down Lin-Manuel Miranda & More Lessons of the Week

It’s Friday, and you know what that means: time to put on your Bernadette Peters wig and sing “There’s No Business Like Show Business” catch up with the Lessons of the Week! Plenty went down on the Great White Way over the past seven days, so here’s your chance to get up to speed. From some Tony-winning new Gilmore Girls guest stars to a Glindahood of the traveling heels, take it all in below.


J. Hud Has a Spiritual Interior Designer
When you have dozens of awards, you have to figure out where to put them. It’s a good problem to have; ask Audra. For The Color Purple’s Jennifer Hudson, the answer’s simple: a secret wall that Jesus told her to build. Imagine visiting J. Hud’s home, and she pushes a button that causes the wall to turn and reveal every major accolade. It's like the fiercest and most fabulous episode of Scooby Doo.


Aaron Tveit & Gavin Creel Are Our Pookies
Just when you thought we've run out of descriptive words for Aaron Tveit, he gives us one more: Honey Bear. At MCC's annual Miscast gala, our Broadway boyfriend channeled his inner Maureen and belted "Take Me Or Leave Me" with Gavin Creel. We've never seen so much gyrating. Guess we're leaving (we're GONE), because nothing's going to top this. Unless Idina dons a leather jacket and does this.


Amy Schumer's Not Sewing Away Her Shot
What’s the one thing missing from Hamilton? (Well, aside from Angelica, Eliza and Peggy doing this.) That’s right: Betsy Ross. Fortunately, big spender Amy Schumer felt inspired after her visit to the show and has created a hip-hop musical of her own. There’s a million things she hasn’t sewn, but just you wait, just you wait (because it’ll be just as hard to get tickets).


Simard Gave Her One Cent on Bernadette
Is there anything more disastrous than Bernadette Peters scrambling for change in front of you in line at CVS? It’s a specific situation, but thankfully, Disaster!’s own Jennifer Simard captures it uncannily. We hoped Simard would do a Bernadette Peters impression for her vlog, and in the final episode, she didn’t let us down. Now, what could Bernadette possible want with all that change...?


Edward Hibbert Was a Brilliant Queen
Edward Hibbert’s serving laughs (and eggs) in Something Rotten!, but we wish could have caught this Shakespearean turn. The Broadway favorite revealed that when he was in grade school, he received “brilliant raves” when he took on the iconic role of Lady Macbeth, swapping his codpiece for a kirtle and petticoat. Move over, Judi Dench. This queen’s got a damned spot to remove.


Faith Prince Will Set You Straight, Kids
After years of gracing the Broadway stage, it’s not the bright lights, awards or adoring fans that bring Faith Prince the most joy. It’s scaring the crap out of children. While revisiting past and present performances during Role Call, the theater legend confessed she gets a thrill out of terrifying kids. Alas, there are no major scares in Disaster!, unless you count tidal waves, piranhas, sinking ships or Bernadette Peters screaming about change.


Winnie Foster Is Angelica, Eliza and Peggy
Forget Betsy Ross. (Don’t actually.) Newcomer Sarah Charles Lewis wants in on Hamilton. The Tuck Everlasting star revealed she can’t get enough of the blockbuster’s cast recording and sings all three parts in “The Schuyler Sisters.” We’ve heard Lin-Manuel Miranda wants women to play all the roles in Hamilton, but what about one woman playing all of them? Hey, if Cher can do it…


Benanti & Levi Are Not OK
There are two great ways to express your love: sing about it while Jane Krakowski does the splits...and get matching tattoos. According to She Loves Me star Laura Benanti, if her character and Zachary Levi’s get inked, they’d opt for crying treble and bass clefs. This sounds like what you’d get after listening to too much My Chemical Romance. Dear friend: There’s no reason to be so emo when you can eat ice cream.


Even Megan Hilty's Shoes Are Pop-u-lar
Carrie St. Louis now rocks some first-class footwear in Wicked on Broadway, but when she was first on the road, she had some Galindafied hand-me-downs. Until her custom shoes came in, St. Louis borrowed Hilty’s old pair. As it turns out, St. Louis saw Hilty—and those shoes, presumably—the first time she ever saw Wicked. Looks like that bubble went full circle!


Stars Hollow Deserves a Regional Tony
We love watching Sutton Foster sell her panties and promoting Bing on Younger, but we’re still waiting for Liza Miller to sing. Fortunately, she'll get to show off her vocal chops on the small screen once the Gilmore Girls revival hits Netflix. In one episode, Foster, Christian Borle and Kerry Butler will all star in Stars Hollow: The Musical, written by Jeanine Tesori. Where they belt, we will follow. And binge-watch.