'Fringe' Takes Cue from GLEE; Preps for Musical Episode, 4/29

Taking a cue from the GLEE songbook, the FOX drama, Fringe, is set to air a musical episode entitled Overture on April 29, 2010.

Says Fringe star Lance Reddick to T.V. guide: "Oh, it's gonna be a blast...It's basically Walter telling a bedtime story to Olivia's niece and so it has these extreme versions of [the cast]."

In the episode, Broyles will play the piano, while Astrid will perform a song from "A Chorus Line." Olivia, meanwhile, will play a sexy private eye who gets serenaded by Blair Brown's character, Nina Sharp.

Fringe, gearing up for its second season, centers on the unexplained phenomena and terrifying occurrences linked throughout the world - known simply as "The Pattern" - in pursuit of a larger, more shocking truth.

Set in Boston, the FBI's Fringe Division formed when Special Agent OLIVIA DUNHAM (Anna Torv) enlisted the help of institutionalized "fringe" scientist Walter Bishop (John Noble) and his son, PETER (Joshua Jackson), to save her partner and lover from a mind-bending death. Through unconventional and unorthodox methods, the FRINGE team imagines and tests the impossibilities while investigating unbelievable events, macabre crimes, and mystifying cases involving pyrokinesis, neuroscience, cryonics, genetic engineering, astral projection, and other fantastical theories. When the unimaginable happens, it's their job to stop it.

Agent PHILLIP BROYLES (Lance Reddick) guides the group, while by-the-book Agent CHARLIE FRANCIS (Kirk Acevedo) and Junior Agent ASTRID FARNSWORTH (Jasika Nicole) provide support and depth to the team. Underscoring the unfolding mysteries, enigmatic Massive Dynamic executive NINA SHARP (Blair Brown) asserts that the advancement of technology is changing the world of science, and conversely, the science of the world.

Fringe airs on FOX Thursdays at 9pm EST and returns for its second season on April 1, 2010.