Last nights episode of "Glee" was another tribute episode. It was the much anticipated Rocky Horror tribute! The episode opens with Santana's red lips singing "Science Fiction/Double Feature" and revolves around Will trying to impress Emma by having the glee club perform Rocky Horror once he learns of her new found love for the show thanks to Carl. Rachel and Finn are cast as Janet and Brad, Kurt as Riff Raf, Sam as Rocky, Mike as Franke-N-Furter, Artie as Dr.Scott, Santana, Quinn, Mercedes, Tina and Brittany will share the roles of Columbia and Magenta as they will be double casted. Sue steps in(shocker!) and as the school's director of the creative arts, will play the role of the criminologist and will also rewrite(oh boy!) parts of the script(mr.shue had already taken out the risque material). In order to get closer to Emma, will asks her to be the costume designer for the show who gladly accepts. Carl ends up getting the role of Eddie and Mike has to back out of the production when his parents refuse to sign the permission slip about performing the show that Mr.Shue had sent home earlier. Mercedes steps in and takes his place, while Finn feels uncomfortable about appering topless on stage and is comforted by Rachel. Will oversteps his boundaries with Emma after getting him to rehearse Touch-A-Touch-A-Me with him after deciding that the role of Rocky is too mature for a high school student to play. In the end, thanks to Sue who set him up, he realizes that the show is just too mature to be performed by high school students. The episode ends with the club singing "Time Warp!"
I thoroughly enjoyed this episode! As a fan of the original Rocky Horror, this was a pretty exciting episode. I loved how the songs were performed throughout the show and how they were not always taking place on stage or in a rehearsal. They picked some awesome scenes from the show to reproduce and the costumes and hair and makeup were phenominal! They were so close to the original ones! The Finn and Rachel scene was so cute(I just love those two!) I also loved Sue's bit on Sue's corner about how we have lost the true meaning of Halloween;fear! Another awesome episode Glee, now where can I get a Sue Sylvester pumpkin like in the epsiode! In two weeks; Puck comes back,(watch out Sam!) what looks to ba boys vs.girls sing off and Kurt might change schools. Till next time fellow gleeks!
So last weeks episode of Glee revolved around duets! Puck has been sent to juvie(don't worry, he'll be back!) and New Directions welcomes new member football player Sam. Mr. Shue wants the team to spilt up into pairs and perform a duet, it's a competition with the prize being dinner for two at Breadstix. Finn and Rachel, Mercedes and Santana, Mike and Tina, Sam and Quinn, Artie and Brittany and Kurt by himself are the teams. After rehearsing "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" Finn and Rachel decide to throw the competiton by performing "With You I'm Born Again" in an innapropriate way so that Sam can win and feel welcome. Kurt ends up by himself after Finn tells him that his constant advances on Sam are unwanted and Brittany takes advantage of Artie to make Santana jelaous. Mercedes and Santana and Mike and Tina both sang great rendidions of "Rive Deep- Mountain High" and "Sing!"(this was Harry Shum's first vocal performance on the show) Sam and Quinn won and over dinner at Breadstix, she puts the certificates away saying "because a gentleman always pays on the first date."(Puck has some competition) The episode ends with Rachel and Kurt singing "Happy Days Are Here Again" which I have to say was my favorite song of the episode considereing that it was performed by two of theatres greats!
This was probably my favorite episode of the season so far. I loved the idea of the Defying Gravity-like competition and we really got to see some character development, including the Brittany/Santana relationship as well as some first-time interaction between a few characters! Although I really missed Sue in this episode, Brittany made up for it and it was funny to see Finn and Rachel actually work on throwing a competition(even though it helps her in the long run) Next week: ROCKY HORROR!!! Whose excited, I am! Till next time fellow gleeks!
My apologies for not posting last week. So here are highlights from the past two weeks.
."Life In The Theatre" and "Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson" opened on broadway this past week
."La Bete" opened on Broadway
."Priscilla" tix went on sale to AmEx customers
.Liza Minelli cancels 7 concert dates due to illness
."Wicked" announces 7th anniversary events
."Love Never Dies" will play Austraila next
.The cast for "Wonderland" was announced
Thats the top theatre news!
So I know that this is a week late but I got extremely busy. Moving on......
Last week's episode was a break from the usual comedic episode. Instead it was more on the heavier side. The episode revolves around the subject of faith once Kurt discovers that his dad has landed in the hospital due to a heart attack. Kurt says that he doesn't believe in God and Finn claims to see Jesus in a grilled cheese hence the episode name. While Finn prays to his "grilled cheesus" to grant him wishes, Mercedes takes Kurt to Church and Rachel sings a beautiful rendition of "Papa Can You Here Me." The episode ends with Finn eating his grilled chessus and the club performing an emotional version "One Of Us."
I'm not gonna lie, this episode brought a few tears to my eyes, it was filled with emotion from beginning to end.(we actually see a softer side of Sue in this episode) Chris Colfer gave a phenominal performance that was worthy of a second Emmy(and possibly Golden Globe) nod. Lea Michele's rendition of "Papa Can You Here Me" was absolutly stunning.(she deserves another Golden Globe and Emmy nod, and hopefully a win) The music selections were outstanding, I really enjoy listening to "One Of Us" during the day, such a great song. Next week duets with music from 'A Chorus Line" and a Barbra and Judy duet! YAY!!!! Till next time fellow gleeks!
Here's a glimpse at this week's top theatre news:
.Joel Grey will return to broadway with Sutton Foster in the revival of "Anything Goes"
.Billy Joe Armstrong joins the cast of "American Idiot" for 8 performances only
."Love Never Dies" won't open on broadway this season
."Catch Me If You Can" to play at the Neil Simon theatre instead of "Love Never Dies"
."Wicked" honored it's 5 millionth visitor earlier this week with a key to OZ
"Women On the Verge" delays previews again
that's it for this week's top theatre news!
