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GLEE: “I Know Where I’ve Been” Performed By Coach Beiste, Unique & 200 Transgender Singers

Dot-Marie Jones as “Coach Beiste” on GLEE

Last month it was revealed on the TV series GLEE (now in it’s final season) that the character of “Coach Beiste,” played by 3-time Emmy Award nominee Dot-Marie Jones, would transition as a man upon the revelation that he was transgender.

Last Friday saw the return of “Coach” where he encountered mixed reactions to transitioning. In the end, transgender character “Unique” welcomed “Beiste” back with a powerful rendition of the song “I Know Where I’ve Been” from the hit musical Hairspray – accompanied by a 200 member chorus of transgender singers.

Check out the very powerful performance below:

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Watch: “Coach Beiste” On GLEE Comes Out As Transgender

In this scene from GLEE’s 3rd episode of the season, three-time Emmy Award nominee Dot Marie Jones (“Coach Beiste”) comes out as transgender to Sam (Chord Overstreet) and principal Sue Sylvester (out actor Jane Lynch).

I applaud the show approaching a very important subject. Some fans of the show, however, point out that this story arc conflicts with who the character has professed to being in the past (“deep down I am still just a girl”).

I think the challenges transgender folk face are real, and very important, so I look forward to seeing how this is handled during the Fox series’ last season.

I think with Dot Marie Jones handling the acting duties, the arc is in great hands.

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News Roundup – January 17, 2015

Dot Marie Jones as “Coach Beiste”

A few news stories you might have missed:

• GLEE’s Dot Marie Jones (“Coach Beiste”) revealed this week that her character will transition from woman to man in a transgender story arc in the series’ final season.

• Climate change deniers should take note: 2014 was the hottest year in recorded history.

• Fox has announced “Grease: Live” – a live TV adaptation of the hit musical – will star Julianne Hough (“Dancing with the Stars”) as “Sandy,” and Vanessa Hudgens (“High School Musical”) as “Rizzo.”

• A pastor in Denver has attempted to ensnare a pro-LGBT baker with charges of discrimination because she wouldn’t bake a cake in the shape of a Bible with the words “God hates fags.”

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Max Adler returns to GLEE for final season

I wandered away from GLEE a couple of seasons ago as the show seemed to settle into a rhythm that seemed “same old, same old.”

But I may have to tune in again as I hear that Max Adler, who played reformed bully and gay football player, Dave Karofsky, is returning for the Fox musical’s final season. Word is his character will be “romantically entangled” with Blaine. Adler will appear in at least 4 of the final 13 episodes.

Glee co-creator Ryan Murphy told reporters in April that the final season would feature a time jump and focus more on the core original cast members.  From the Hollywood Reporter:

“The final season is really its own story and its own location, and while the New York stuff will be alive, the final season is not New York-centric at all,” Murphy said. “It really [will be] a lovely, fitting season that … dwells on the original people that were on the show and what happens to them and how they give back. That really is the last season. .… We’ll revisit some of the new kids that came and went. There’s a return of the Jane-Matt characters in a big way. It’s really interesting, a very sweet, satisfying ending to the story.”

This all sounds like just the fix the show needs as those were the characters that were always the most compelling.

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Music: Lea Michele “On My Way”

In what could be an ironic nod to her GLEE character “Rachel Berry,” Lea Michele is at times somewhat infatuated with herself (see screen capture above) in this new music video for her single “On My Way” from her debut album LOUDER. When she’s not focused on herself, she’s smoldering at us the audience. Nothing wrong with it really, but it feels like she’s trying pretty hard here.

The video seems to be a road trip with girl friends out having fun until she meets the scruffy, blond guy who seems to drive her to her “blackout state of mind.”

Catchy enough song with lyrics about taking chances.

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Jane Lynch – “It Got Better”

You might know her best for her role on Glee, but Jane Lynch wasn’t always about song and dance.

Jane shares what it was like growing up with an “affliction”, and how New York’s piano-bar scene changed her life.

Says Jane, “I found my people.”

Dan Savage and Lisa Kudrow serve as executive producers on this project.

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Shirley MacLaine to guest-star on GLEE

Photo: Dante Di Loreto

According to TVLine, Oscar winner Shirley MacLaine is set for a multi-episode appearance on GLEE that ties into Darren Criss’ move to the big city:

MacLaine, whose limited TV resume includes a recurring role as Lady Grantham’s mother Martha on Downton Abbey, will portray a powerful New York socialite intent on turning recent Big Apple transplant Blaine into a superstar. Her first episode is slated to air later this month.