STAGE TUBE: Sneak Peek - COMMUNITY 's Musical Episode on NBC

On Thursday night's episode of NBC's COMMUNITY entitled "Regional Holiday Music', the Greendale Glee Club is unexpectedly sidelined, so the school's effervescent choir director Cory Radison (Taran Killam, "Saturday Night Live") sets about recruiting the study group members to fill in. Skeptical at first, they eventually fall under his hypnotic spell - one-by-one - singing and dancing their way to the annual Christmas Pageant. Joel McHale, Chevy Chase, Gillian Jacobs, Alison Brie, Yvette Nicole Brown, Danny Pudi, Donald Glover, Ken Jeong and Jim Rash also star.

The critically acclaimed COMMUNITY is a smart, exuberant half-hour comedy series about a tight-knit study group at Greendale Community College. At the center of the group is Jeff Winger (Joel McHale, "The Soup"), a fast-talking lawyer whose degree has been revoked. With some help from his fellow classmates, Winger forms a study group who eventually learn more about themselves than their course work.

Also among the series stars who comprise the group are comedy legend Chevy Chase ("Fletch") as Pierce, a successful businessman whose life experience has brought him infinite wisdom; Gillian Jacobs ("Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World") as Britta, the 20-something dropout with something to prove; Yvette Nicole Brown ("Rules of Engagement") as Shirley, a sassy middle-aged divorcée; Danny Pudi ("Greek") as Abed, a pop culture junkie; Alison Brie ("Mad Men") as Annie, a high-strung perfectionist; Donald Glover ("30 Rock") as Troy, a former high school football star trying to find his way and Ken Jeong ("The Hangover Part II") as Chang, the group's former Spanish professor - turned student. Greendale's fearless leader is Dean Pelton (Jim Rash, "That 70s Show"), an ultra-efficient yet slightly neurotic administrator, whose penchant for dressing in costume is well-documented.

After the dramatic paintball conclusion of season two, season three finds the group tackling a new set of challenges including a tough-as-nails biology teacher, Professor Kane, played by Michael K. Williams (HBO's "The Wire") and Chang's questionable appointment to campus security. Dean Pelton meets his match in Vice Dean Laybourne (John Goodman), the distinguished head of the Greendale Air Conditioning Repair Annex, while Troy and Abed also decide to share an apartment together, which creates new challenges for their friendship.

COMMUNITY airs Thursdays at 8:00 pm/et on the NBC network.

To get a sneak peek at Thursday night's musical episode, click below!