The cast of "Smash","Glee" &"Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist" reunite for the Actors fund

May 23, 2020 18:51

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_The cast of "Smash" answered questions during intermission of"Bombshell:The Musical" a concert filmed in 2015.

-Meghan Hilty and Katherine Mcphee spoke of how it was weird to play rivals when they are such good friends, and Leslie Odom Jr spoke of a conversation with a fellow castmember about if the the time he should take a TV gig or stick with the new musical"Hamilton".

Source:https://youtu.be/9CzV1_HOf-E

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-Various "Hairspray" alums, and other performers performed"You Can't Stop the Beat".The performance included 3 Tracy Turnblad's. Ricki Lake from the original 1988 film, Marissa Winokur, from the 2003 stage musical, and Nikki Blonsky from the 2007 film musical. Matthew Morrison, Tisha Campbell, Darlene Love,Alex Newell,Harvey fierstein,Jennifer Lewis,and Elijah kelley,Billy Eichner and many more joined in.

Source:https://youtu.be/GEgIJLlBFUI

The cast of "Glee" and "Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist" under the Spoiler cut

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-Jenna Ushkowitz performs a song from the Broadway musical "Waitress"

-Amber Riley reveals she only started to really sing loudly on "glee'

-Jane Lynch reveals she was on set the at most only 3 times a week, and sometimes when 3 episodes would film at the same time she would find herself repeating the same lines.
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-Chris Colfer says he quite his choir because he didn't like to stand.

Source:https://youtu.be/9UaETq2_PsM

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-The role of Mo was originally written for a woman, but Alex Newell beat out 300 woman for the role. The writers worked closely with Newell to make the character as authentic as possible.

-Peter Gallagher speaks of the time he wore Cary grants wig for "American Beauty"

Source:https://youtu.be/QN-z-jKMCK0

glee (fox), billy eichner / billy on the street, broadway / theatre, black celebrities, nikki blonsky, darren criss, chris colfer

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