Created by: Ian Brennan, Brad Falchuk & Ryan Murphy
Cast:
Jane Lynch – Sue Sylvester
Matthew Morrison – Will Schuester
Neil Patrick Harris – Bryan Ryan
Plot:
Glee is an American musical comedy-drama television series that airs on Fox in the United States. It focuses on a high school glee club called “New Directions”, at the fictional William McKinley High School in Lima, Ohio.
Spoilers:
Info on Neil’s episode as it becomes available!
March 9 2010: Ausiello TV – In this video, Neil reveals in a phonecall that he’s recording one duet with Matthew Morrison, an Aerosmith song.
March 10 2010: Ask Ausiello – “Here’s another tidbit about the Joss Whedon-Neil Patrick Harris hour: Harris and on-screen rival Matthew Morrison will find themselves up for the same role in a community theater production — hence the “Dream On” duet/showdown I teased in Ausiello TV.”
March 14 2010: Ausiello Files – Ausiello reports on the Glee panel at Paley Fest: ““If you have a Tony, you can get on the show,” Murphy said of their guest star criteria. Neil Patrick Harris, who, as previously reported here, plays an old glee club rival to Will (Matthew Morrison), showed up for his first day of work Monday after opening the Oscars the previous night. He and Morrison will sing two duets, including one you already know about (Aerosmith’s “Dream On”) and one you don’t (a Billy Joel number).”
March 15 2010: Watch With Kristin – “You Gleeks are gonna freak when you hear that Sue Sylvester (Jane Lynch) is gonna make out with…
Spoiler Alert: Neil Patrick Harris!
Yes, two of television’s best-ever comedians will be playing tonsil hockey in the episode directed by one of television’s best-ever directors, Joss Whedon. How’s that for an explosion of awesomeness?!
“[Neil] gets to tussle with Jane Lynch,” boss Ryan Murphy tells me exclusively, “and they might sleep together but that’s all I’m gonna say!” Ryan says that Neil’s character, who is an old high school rival of Will (Matthew Morrison) “is not a villain, he’s just got edge, as they say. It’s a very great, sweet, important episode. We wrote it for Neil and for Joss. The whole episode is about arts funding and the importance of arts funding in high schools.”
April 16 2010: The first pictures of Neil’s appearance have been released.
April 23 2010: Neil talks to The Hollywood Reporter about his Glee role.
