Idina Menzel is in official talks with the powers-that-be over at GLEE, the television surprise hit about a less than gleeful band of misfits who solve teenage life's problems through singing. When the show began, fans immediately noticed the vocal and visage similarities between GLEE lead, Broadway's Lea Michele, and Broadway's reigning belting bonanza, Idina Menzel.While the fan-generated buzz centered around Menzel playing Michele's mother, it seems the offer on the table has Menzel playing the teacher of a rival singing group, Vocal Adrenaline, at a national-level singing competition. With the central GLEE club (with Michele) heading toward Sectionals this week, the proposed nine-episode arc with Menzel could have them heading toward Nationals (which means we already know they'll win Sectionals -- bummer, all suspense is now suspended).
However, all is not lost in the sheer awesomeness department for Musical Theatre GLEEks everywhere. In fact, not having Menzel play the Mother would make for a more interesting dynamic between Menzel and Michele. A vocal battle between Idina and "Idina Jr." would be infinitely more entertaining (and skyrocket the ratings) as opposed to a Mother/Daughter storyline that might have been too sweet and sympatico for the two megaphone mouths. Imagine if Patti LuPone had gone toe to toe with Ethel Merman? Yes, this might be that big a deal.Let the belting battle begin!
Source: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3icfa83da3026da8be35a8e74f1f89ab5f
Never know about the sectionals, Trish. Here's a scenario: They loose sectionals, placing second, but are later bumped up when Sue Sylvester goes to the judges to reveal an ineligible student on the winning team as part of her plot to pump the GLEE kids up for an even bigger fall when she plans to have them disqualified from nationals.
ReplyDeleteI take back what I said earlier about the shallow plot line. It's a terrific show.