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Glee is a musical in the form of a comedy-drama television show that airs on Fox. It debuted in May, 2009 directly after American Idol and the first full season began in September of 2009. Glee is based on a William McKinley High School Glee club called New Directions. The series is on a short break and will return to air the remaining episodes of this season on television in April 2010. They are currently set for a second season starting in September 2010.
The creators of Glee, Ian Brennan, Ryan Murphy, and Brad Falchuk, first wanted Glee to be a movie rather than a television show. Each of these creators had firsthand experience with their subject matter; they were all involved in their high school choir.
The soundtrack for the show has received extremely positive reviews with music that ranges between show tunes and popular hits. Characters perform songs on-screen and the music is given in a performance style setting rather than having characters sporadically break into song, making the show seem more real. Columbia Records is in the process of releasing a Glee album and all of the show’s songs are released weekly on iTunes.
Glee includes two songs from Cabaret and two from Grease. Billy Joel has also contributed a great deal of music to the show, and musical pieces from Madonna and Rihanna are also featured. The artist with the most musical airtime on the show so far is Beyonce Knowles, with three solo songs and one song from Destiny’s Child making appearances. Glee’s choreography is done by Zach Woodlee and is so complex and elaborate it can take cast and crew as long as ten days to complete an episode.
Glee has been compared numerous times to High School Musical, although the writers say they were more inspired by Chicago and were trying to come up with a “postmodern musical.”
Reviews of Glee have been positive overall, especially the talented cast. Glee has been nominated for various awards and won a Best Comedy Series award at the 2010 Golden Globe’s. Several actors and actresses in the show were also nominated for awards for their roles. Glee was nominated for three Teen Choice Awards, and they won five Satellite Awards, various Artios Awards, and AFI Awards. They were noticed with nominations and awards at the People’s Choice Awards, Writers Guild of America, Directors Guild of America, and the NAACP Image Awards.
Glee’s cast encompasses twelve major, recurring roles that are played by the following: Jane Lynch, Jayma Mays, Matthew Morrison, Amber Riley, Cory Monteith, Kevin McHale, Chris Colfer, Jenna Ushkowitz, Dianna Agron, Jessalyn Gilsig, and Mark Salling. Over the course of the show several popular Broadway stars and music stars have made guest appearances, including Olivia Newton-John, Josh Groban, and Whitney Houston.
Glee has received positive reviews from The Daily News, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, and others. The show’s musical performances have been a huge success and since the beginning of the show have sold over two million singles on iTunes. Glee’s cast even had multiple singles on the Billboard Hot 100 list.
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