Video Roundup: Meet New WAITRESS Star, GLEE's Jenna Ushkowitz!

As BroadwayWorld reported yesterday, Jenna Ushkowitz ("Glee") will join the cast of Waitress as Dawn from July 29, while Kimiko Glenn takes a leave of absence.

Ushkowitz is best known for playing Tina Cohen-Chang on the Emmy nominated FOX TV series, "Glee." She made her Broadway debut at age nine in the 1996 revival of The King and I and was in the original production of Spring Awakening where she performed the roles of Ilse, Martha, Anna and Thea. She will be soon be seen starring in Tom Gustafson's musical movie, Hello, Again. Jenna also starred in Hair at the Hollywood Bowl alongside Kristen Bell, Amber Riley and SARAH HYLANd, and at Pittsburgh CLO as Julia in The Wedding Singer. She served as the executive producer of the documentary film "Twinsters,"which premiered at Sundance and SXSW. Her first memoir, "Choosing Glee" was published in 2013; she subsequently launched a podcast called "Infinite Positivities" on which she takes chapters from the book and speaks with actors, authors and experts about how to live life with a positive outlook. Baseball fans may know her as the first host of "Yankees on Deck," a behind-the-scenes show for young audiences on the YES! Network. Her independent film credits include Don Gaille'sBabyface, and Georgia Lee's Educated.

Below, checkout a collection of some our favorite Ushkowitz performances while we anxiously await her Broadway return!

Welcome back to Broadway, Jenna!