A GLEE MUSICAL CATASTROPHE
Summary: The Glee Club has to do a musical, but things get ugly when parts are distributed to the members. Things get messier when practice starts.
The Setting: before Regionals, and Jesse St. James is still a student of McKinley High, and Quinn Fabray is still pregnant.
Author's note: As much as I wanted to include "Wicked", I haven't seen it yet (Am such a loser! D: )
Disclaimer: Except for the story line, everything here is not mine.
Review! (Don't be harsh…)
The chorus room was buzzing as a glee meeting was being held. Well, barely. Mr. Schuester was nowhere to be seen and everyone was busy doing something else other than practice. Santana was doing her nails while Brittany was trying to remember what she ate at lunch. Matt and Mike were joking around, as Quinn and Puck were whispering to each other. Finn was staring at Rachel, who was staring at Jesse, who was staring at Finn. Tina and Artie were exchanging words, and Mercedes and Kurt were exchanging gossip.
Suddenly, Mr. Schuester walked in.
"Alright guys. I have an announcement to make," he said loudly so as to avert the kids' focus on him. "Principal Figgins just told me that he wanted us to stage a play."
"A play?" Rachel yelped excitedly.
Mr. Schuester nodded his head. "Yes, Rachel, a play which you guys will perform live in front of a paying audience."
Rachel squealed with joy as the entire room was filled with excitement. "W-what k-k-kind of play?" Tina asked.
"That's exactly why I called for this meeting. I don't know, and I am open for suggestions."
More excitement filled the room.
"Chicago! Let's do Chicago!" Kurt shouted. But Mr. Schuester said, "That involves too much provocative stuff. Principal Figgins would not approve, especially after a certain incident…" he trailed off as he looked at Rachel as flashbacks of "Push It" came flooding his memory.
Thinking quickly, Kurt raised his arm again and said, "How about we do Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats. It's a great opportunity to showcase our talents in both singing and dancing."
Mr. Schuester's eyes brightened and said, "Great, Kurt. Let's try that." Turning to the group, he asked, "Any more ideas?"
It was Finn's turn to suggest something. "What if we do Rent? I had a glimpse of it once in the tv, and it has all this kinds of people in a group, like us."
"It also touches a very sensitive issue in the community. Well done Finn!" Mr. Schuester clapped his hands as Finn let out a small smile.
"Anything else?" asked Mr. Schuester to the group. No one answered.
"Any more suggestions?" Mr. Schuester asked again. And again, silence. Everyone looked at each other, and shook their heads. Some shrugged.
Brittany suddenly spoke out of nowhere and said, "High School Musical."
Everyone stopped and looked at her, shocked. "That's a great idea!" Mr. Schuester said, and quickly added it to the list. At first everyone was a little bit weirded out. I mean, come on! High School Musical? After a while though, the group started exchanging nods with each other. They were in high school, after all, so it would make sense.
"What about Jesus Christ Super Star? I'm sure the principal is okay with that," Quinn suggested, to which Rachel shook her head in disagreement. "I don't think I can perform whole heartedly if we do that play, and we all know that everything will be in jeopardy if I don't," she said, to which Quinn just rolled her eyes.
"Can't we perform something more Jewish-friendly, such as The Sound of Music?" Rachel asked.
Mr. Schuester nodded quickly, his eyes sparkling. "That's a good idea, Rachel! We actually did that before when I was your age…" and he trailed off to memory lane.
As he did, Rachel let out a boastful smile and quickly added, "The Sound of Music is perfect because it is based on a true event in our world history."
Everybody else in the room rolled their eyes. What Rachel wants, Rachel gets. It seemed Rachel had the final word, yet again.
After a few minutes, Mr. Schuester went back to reality and started discussing about the plans for each musical, the Sound of Music first. Unfortunately, everyone got bored of the topic and soon they weren't listening to what Mr. Schuester was saying.
Not handling the boredom anymore, Santana said, "Mr. Schue? Can we stop? You're boring."
Mr. Schuester crossed his arms and asked, "Well what do you want to talk about?"
Rachel squeaked, "Parts! Let's discuss the distribution of parts!" Everyone agreed. "And practice right afterwards!" Mercedes said.
Soon everyone was pressing on parts and practice.
"It would make things quick," Kurt said.
After a trying out the kids' convincing powers, Mr. Schuester surrendered and shrugged, "Sure. Why not?"
Next chapter will be Discussion of Parts! :D