{"id":94494,"date":"2017-01-24T10:42:12","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T10:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/?p=94494"},"modified":"2017-01-24T10:42:12","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T10:42:12","slug":"supergirlflash-musical-episode-casts-darren-criss-as-singing-villain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/news\/supergirlflash-musical-episode-casts-darren-criss-as-singing-villain\/","title":{"rendered":"Supergirl\/Flash musical episode casts Darren Criss as singing villain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DISCLAIMER: This news piece was written by a massive Gleek.<\/p>\n<p>So, we&#8217;ve been pretty hyped for the upcoming musical episode of\u00a0<strong><em>Supergirl\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>for a while now, what with us loving both<em><strong>\u00a0Supergirl\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>and musicals slightly more than average. We&#8217;ve also been hyped for\u00a0the fact that the singing performances will actually be good, as actors Melissa Benoist and Grant Gustin (who will be visiting from\u00a0<em><strong>The Flash<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0for an episode)<em>\u00a0<\/em>are both ex-<em><strong>Glee\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>stars.<\/p>\n<p>Our hype levels have now reached critical, as another\u00a0<em><strong>Glee\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>alum has just been added to the cast of the musical episode. Fan favourite Darren Criss will be joining the heroes as Music Meister, a DC villain that originally appeared in the &#8216;<em><strong>Mayhem Of The Music Meister<\/strong><\/em>&#8216; episode of\u00a0the\u00a0<em><strong>Batman: The Brave And The Bold<\/strong><\/em> animated series, voiced by Neil Patrick Harris.<\/p>\n<p>Along with making masses\u00a0of guys and girls swoon with his velvety solos as Blaine Anderson in Glee, Criss is also mostly known for taking on lead roles in Broadway versions of <em><strong>How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>and\u00a0<strong><em>Hedwig And The Angry Inch<\/em><\/strong>, and playing Harry Potter in stage troupe Starkid&#8217;s\u00a0<em><strong>A Very Potter Musical<\/strong><\/em>,\u00a0<em><strong>A Very Potter Sequel<\/strong><\/em> and\u00a0<em><strong>A Very Potter Senior Year<\/strong><\/em> (which you should definitely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLC76BE906C9D83A3A\">check out<\/a> if you haven&#8217;t already).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/tumblr_m66ql4FpmD1qgzqnco4_250.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94505\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/tumblr_m66ql4FpmD1qgzqnco4_250.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"230\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"http:\/\/tvline.com\/2017\/01\/23\/darren-criss-the-flash-supergirl-music-meister-musical-episode\/\">TVLine<\/a>, executive producer Andrew Kreisberg said: &#8220;With our\u00a0Flash and our\u00a0Supergirl being\u00a0<em><strong>Glee<\/strong><\/em> alums, how could we not have them go up against another\u00a0<em><strong>Glee\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>favourite like Darren Criss?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have been blown away by his talent over the years and we can&#8217;t wait to see what he brings to the Music Meister.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The CW also recently confirmed which\u00a0<em><strong>Supergirl\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>and\u00a0<em><strong>The Flash<\/strong><\/em> stars will be singing in the crossover episode. As well as Benoist, Gustin and Criss, the list includes Broadway veterans Jesse L Martin (Joe West), Victor Garber (Dr Martin\u00a0Stein), John Barrowman (Malcolm Merlyn) and Jeremy Jordan (Winn Schott), and non-Broadway veteran Carlos Valdes (Cisco Ramon).<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Supergirl<\/em> is currently airing at 8pm on Mondays on Sky1 HD in the UK. Get an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the series, as well as Arrow and The Flash, <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.kelsey.co.uk\/SCI?utm_source=scifinow&amp;utm_campaign=website&amp;utm_medium=latestissuewidget\">in the latest issue of SciFiNow.<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mwZsNKm6j3I\" width=\"616\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Darren Criss is set to join his Glee co-stars in Supergirl The Musical<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":94496,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"MSN_Categories":"Uncategorized","MSN_Publish_Option":false,"MSN_Is_Local_News":false,"MSN_Is_AIAC_Included":"Empty","MSN_Location":"[]","MSN_Add_Feature_Img_On_Top_Of_Post":false,"MSN_Has_Custom_Author":false,"MSN_Custom_Author":"","MSN_Has_Custom_Canonical_Url":false,"MSN_Custom_Canonical_Url":""},"categories":[3,207],"tags":[2991],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2000x1385_mngghs.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94494"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scifinow.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}