From ‘Cabaret’ to Kanye, Songs of ‘Glee’ Are a Hit
When Fox Broadcasting announced this spring that it was adding to its prime-time television schedule a musical comedy about a high school glee club, there was plenty of reason to doubt it would succeed. While “High School Musical” was a hit made-for-television movie, the track record for broadcast network series that weave musical song-and-dance numbers into the plot has not been good. “Viva Laughlin” and “Eli Stone” were two prominent recent failures, and one can go back to “The Monkees” and “The Partridge Family” before finding a memorable hit.
