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Two-time Tony award-winner Patti LuPone will star with American Idol season one runner-up Justin Guarini in his Broadway debut in the musical adaptation of Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. Other cast members in Women include Brian Stokes Mitchell, Sherie Rene Scott, Danny Burstein, and LuPone’s Tony award-winning costar in Gypsy, Laura Benanti.

Look, I know a lot of people hate awards shows. I'm just going to put it out there -- I believe those people are fun-hating jerks. I live for the major awards shows. I love to place bets on the Oscars, I scream at the TV during the Emmys, pretend I know something about music while watching the Grammys. And the Tonys -- well, they have a very special place in my heart.

Much ado has been made about Glee’s “The First Time” episode in which two of McKinley High’s most beloved couples lose their virginity to each other. The school’s resident lesbian takes on the role made famous by the likes of Chita Rivera on Broadway and Rita Moreno in the big screen version, and kills on “A Boy Like That” with Rachel (Lea Michelle) singing Maria’s part and on the ensemble number “America.”

Maybe there isn’t any more sex to be had in the city, but Cynthia Nixon is not yet out of the game. According to TVLine, Nixon has been chosen to star in Law & Order: Criminal Intent’s upcoming episode “loosely inspired by the troubled Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.