Stars Of GLEE & ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK Set To Join THE WIZ LIVE Cast

New casting news about the upcoming The Wiz LIVE:

Orange Is The New Black’s Uzo Aduba will play "Glinda the Good Witch" and GLEE's Amber Riley will play her sister, Addaperle.

Musicals are not a new environment for either with Aduba having starred in the short-lived 2011 Broadway revival of Godspell and Riley appeared in the 2014 Hollywood Bowl production of Hair.

Check out both singing from the musical theater canon below.

First up, Aduba singing "Lily's Eyes" from The Secret Garden with Rachel Bay Jones at Broadway Backwards, followed by Riley's GLEE performance of "And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going" from Dreamgirls.

(via NewNowNext)

"Defying Gravity" gets the GLEE treatment for episode 100

For the highly anticipated 100th episode of GLEE, the hit show will feature WICKED's 'Defying Gravity' performed by Amber Riley, Chris Colfer and Lea Michele.

Take a listen...

GLEE fans - "Seasons of Love" from this week's episode honoring Cory Monteith

The cast of GLEE joins together to sing "Seasons of Love" from the Broadway hit musical RENT as part of the tribute to Monteith in this week's episode, titled "The Quarterback" in his character's honor.

Amber Riley leads the track, with Chris Colfer, Naya Rivera, Darren Criss, Kevin McHale, Jenna Ushkowitz, Chord Overstreet, Melissa Benoist, Becca Tobin, Blake Jenner, Jacob Artist, Lea Michele and the rest of New Directions making up the compelling collective chorus highlighted within it.

Additionally, Columbia Records, FOX and the artist will donate 100% of proceeds from the tracks from this episode in the USA and Canada entirely to Project Limelight.

"The Quarterback", airs October 10 at 9 PM on FOX. More information is available at the official site here.