Bash (Glee)

"Bash"
Glee episode
Episode no.	Season 5 Episode 15
Directed by	Brad Buecker
Written by	Ian Brennan
Featured music	"No One Is Alone" "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" "Broadway Baby" "Not While I'm Around" "Colour Blind" "I'm Still Here"
Production code	5ARC15
Original air date	April 8, 2014 (2014-04-08)
Guest actors
Whoopi Goldberg as Carmen Tibideaux Amber Riley as Mercedes Jones Mike O'Malley as Burt Hummel Michael Lerner as Sidney Greene Dana Davis as Tesla Ashley Blaine Featherson as Shaynice Assaf Cohen as Kurt's doctor

"Bash" is the fifteenth episode of the fifth season of the American musical television series Glee, and the 103rd episode overall. Written by Ian Brennan and directed by Brad Buecker, it aired on Fox in the United States on April 8, 2014. Special guest star Whoopi Goldberg returns as NYADA dean Carmen Tibideaux, and the episode features several songs by Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim.

Synopsis

Kurt Hummel (Chris Colfer) is attacked in a gay-bashing incident. Rachel Berry (Lea Michele) continues her journey toward her Broadway debut in Funny Girl.^[2] She, Kurt, and Blaine Anderson (Darren Criss) perform at NYADA.^[3]

Production

The episode features several songs by Broadway composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim.^[4] A number of these were filmed on location in the Walt Disney Concert Hall building, which is used for the NYADA Round Room concert hall.^[3]

Special guest star Whoopi Goldberg returns as NYADA dean Carmen Tibideaux. Recurring characters appearing in this episode include aspiring singer Mercedes Jones (Amber Riley), Kurt's father Burt Hummel (Mike O'Malley) and Funny Girl producer Sidney Greene (Michael Lerner).^[2]

Six songs from the episode are being released on a six-track EP with the title Glee: The Music, Bash. These include an original song, "Colour Blind", performed by Riley; Aretha Franklin's "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman," also performed by Riley; and four Sondheim songs: "Broadway Baby" from Follies, performed by Michele and Criss; "No One Is Alone" from Into the Woods sung by Michele, Criss and Colfer; "Not While I'm Around" from Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street sung by Criss, Michele, Riley and Chord Overstreet (although Criss performs the song as a solo in the episode); and "I'm Still Here" from Follies, performed by Colfer.^[5]

References

↑ "Listings – Glee on Fox". The Futon Critic. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
↑ 2.0 2.1 "Listings – Glee on Fox". The Futon Critic. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
↑ 3.0 3.1 Glee (April 4, 2014). "Broadway Baby". YouTube. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
↑ Bricker, Tierney (April 4, 2014). "Glee: Watch Darren Criss Hilariously Quiz Lea Michele and Chris Colfer's Broadway Knowledge!". E! Online. NBCUniversal. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
↑ "Glee: The Music, Bash". amazon.com. Retrieved April 6, 2014.

External links

"Bash" at the Internet Movie Database
"Bash" at TV.com

Glee

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Characters	Artie Abrams Blaine Anderson Shannon/Sheldon Beiste Rachel Berry Mike Chang Tina Cohen-Chang Shelby Corcoran Sam Evans Quinn Fabray Rory Flanagan Holly Holliday Finn Hudson Burt Hummel Kurt Hummel Mercedes Jones Dave Karofsky Santana Lopez Ryder Lynn Brittany Pierce Emma Pillsbury Noah Puckerman Terri Schuester Will Schuester Sue Sylvester Kitty Wilde Lauren Zizes

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