{"id":95606,"date":"2026-10-25T20:53:52","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T03:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/?p=95606"},"modified":"2026-10-25T20:53:52","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T03:53:52","slug":"celebrations-and-gleeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billymasters.com\/custom\/blog\/2026\/10\/25\/celebrations-and-gleeks\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrations and Gleeks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back in July, <strong>Ryan Murphy <\/strong>revealed he was considering a reboot of <strong><em>Glee<\/em><\/strong>.&nbsp; \u201cSo many young people now watch it.&nbsp; And I\u2019m like, \u2018Maybe we should revisit that show.\u2019\u201d&nbsp; In September, he finished writing the first episode of a reboot.&nbsp; Last week, he announced that the reboot series has been picked up by <em>Disney+ <\/em>and <em>Hulu<\/em>.&nbsp; We hear that an offer went out to <strong>Lea Michele <\/strong>to return, and one of those pesky unnamed sources confirmed she accepted.&nbsp; But at least <em>Broadway <\/em>can now let out a sigh of relief that she might be otherwise occupied.&nbsp; As we went to print, <strong>Heather Morris <\/strong>and <strong>Chord Overstreet <\/strong>seemed to indicate that they\u2019ll also be returning.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m sure my fans wonder if <strong>Darren Criss <\/strong>and\/or <strong>Chris Colfer <\/strong>will return.&nbsp; We haven\u2019t heard of an offer going out to either (Colfer said he knew nothing about the reboot).&nbsp; But the duo did recently reunite at Criss\u2019 solo concert at London\u2019s <em>Royal Albert Hall<\/em>.&nbsp; Before he started singing \u201cBaby, It\u2019s Cold Outside\u201d, he referenced singing it on <strong><em>A Very Glee Christmas<\/em><\/strong> with Colfer.&nbsp; \u201cI\u2019m gonna do my best to sing both parts.\u201d&nbsp; Shortly after he started, out from the wings walked Colfer!&nbsp; There were other surprise guests \u2013 including <strong>Alan Cumming<\/strong>, <strong>Gaten Matarazzo<\/strong>, <strong>Sarah Hyland <\/strong>and <strong>Jesse Tyler Ferguson<\/strong>.&nbsp; I\u2019m certain some of the choicer footage will turn up on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.BillyMasters.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>BillyMasters.com<\/u><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jesse Tyler Ferguson was able to participate in Criss\u2019 concert because he\u2019s wowing audiences as <strong>Truman Capote <\/strong>in the play <strong><em>Tru<\/em><\/strong> at London\u2019s <em>Menier Chocolate Factory<\/em>.&nbsp; On another one of his off-nights, he was able to celebrate <strong>Matt Bomer<\/strong>\u2019s 49<sup>th<\/sup> birthday.&nbsp; Bomer, too, is in London to appear as <strong>King Herod <\/strong>in <strong><em>Jesus Christ Superstar<\/em><\/strong> at the <em>Theatre Royal Drury Lane<\/em>.&nbsp; And you know what?&nbsp; I\u2019ll be in London next week and, no surprise, I\u2019ll be seeing both lads in both shows.&nbsp; Reviews to follow, but photos from the birthday dinner can be found on our website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in July, Ryan Murphy revealed he was considering a reboot of Glee.&nbsp; 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