Dove Cameron Is Still Evil (Like Cheno), We Want to Dance All Night with Bryan Cranston & More Lessons of the Week

It’s Friday, and you know what that means: time for the Lessons of the Week! We know it’s hard, but let’s take a collective break from freaking out over Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth’s albums dropping on the same day to take a look at some of the wackiest goings on from the Great White Way you may have missed. From a magical contour queen to whatever happened to all of Al Pacino’s steak dinners, there’s a lot to cover. Study up below!


Ubeda Is Officially the Contour Queen
Was there ever a cat so fiercely painted as Contour Queen Mr. Mistoffelees? As we learned throughout Tyler Hanes' Cats vlog, Ricky Ubeda has earned the moniker "Contour Queen" for his impeccable makeup skills. On opening, Hanes made the nickname official, bestowing upon Ubeda a Contour Queen T-shirt. Aw, that's what true love is all about. Custom T-shirts...and PG-13 fan art.


Once a Grizabella, Always a Grizabella
Make way for the original contour queen, Ricky. This week, Betty Buckley demonstrated her feline makeup skills with Grey Gardens castmate Bryan Batt. You can take the Tony winner out of Cats, but you can't take the Cats out of the Tony winner. Thankfully, she's now in a show playing a character surrounded by 52 cats (plus fleas, cobwebs and virtually no plumbing).


Villafañes Can and Villafañes Do
Buckley and Ubeda may paint their Jellicle faces for the stage, but Ana Villafañe is a Jellicle all around the streets of New York. On her latest vlog episode, the On Your Feet! headliner dug out her Grizabella costume from her high school production of Cats and rocked the fur across the city. Is it too late to add a new character to the revival? Perhaps Gloria the Conga Cat?


Lesli Margherita Had Her Own Jellicle Ball
Oh my God. (Ohmagod. OHMAHGAH.) What’s with everyone wanting to be a Jellicle this week? On the Cats red carpet, Lesli Margherita told us all about her days in the sun recreating the Jellicle ball for a competition dance routine, complete with feline costume and trash can to crawl out of. If you stage your own unauthorized revival, Lesli, we’d totally give you another vlog. Do you still have the props?


Bryan Cranston Would Be Loverly on B'way
We've already seen Bryan Cranston act super presidential (and win a Tony for it), but now the screen favorite wants to sing and dance on the Great White Way. Cranston teased that he has a big musical revival up his sleeves, but that's all he would say. We can totally see him as Henry Higgins in a My Fair Lady revival. If you want to just go into Cats, Bryan, see Lessons one through four and get in line.


Isaiah Johnson Ate Al Pacino's Steak
Isaiah Johnson is used to working with big stars on stage. He’s also used to eating their dinner. While stopping by for Live at Five, the Color Purple standout revealed that during his time in The Merchant of Venice, he would eat castmate Al Pacino’s leftover steak dinner that he would leave outside his dressing room. Wait. Eating discarded scraps? Crap. We already have enough aspiring cats, Isaiah.


Hamilton's Shuffling Through the Heights
Hamilton is reuniting former co-stars...then separating them across state lines. In the Heights faves Mandy Gonzalez and Karen Olivo will werk as Angelica in New York and Chicago, while Shuffle Along's Brandon Victor Dixon and (fellow Heights alum) Joshua Henry will play Aaron Burr in the two cities. At least we know Heights and Shuffle fans will be satisfied with either production (as long as they're willing to wait for it).


Leslie Kritzer Does Not Belong in a Hospital
Leslie Kritzer can belt with the best of them, but don’t expect her to treat you in case of an emergency. The new Something Rotten! star confessed she was totally wrong for her role as “Paramedic #2” in the 2009 film Love and Other Impossible Pursuits, claiming she was “just bad.” That’s OK, Leslie, we’re sure you have a better Liza Minnelli impression than any paramedic we know.


Will Chase Loves the Beatles, Y'Hear?
Everyone has a story about their first time hearing the Beatles. Maybe you were screaming at them at the plane. Maybe a Japanese exchange student introduced you to them when you were five years old and living in Kentucky. Something Rotten!'s Will Chase shared his specific Beatles origin story, and we’re gonna need that video of five-year-old Will singing “Hard Day’s Night” with a Kentucky accent. For journalism purposes.


Cheno & Dove Cameron Are Still Evil
Dove Cameron has already played daughter to Mistress of All Evil Kristin Chenoweth, and evil habits die hard. The Disney Channel favorite will play Amber Von Tussle opposite Cheno's Velma in Hairspray Live!, following their performance together in Descendants. What if they did a Gypsy live telecast next? Watch out, Barbra.