Who is the keyboard player on glee

CNN: There are so many actors on the show who have appeared on Broadway, it must feel like old home week going to work. Ellis: It's funny you should say that because when I first met Ryan [Murphy, the show's creator], I thought, "Oh, he is pure theater.

It's like I'm on the lot at Paramount, I'm not moving and they are bringing to me some of my best friends. For a while, Kristin [Chenoweth, who has guest-starred on the show as "April Rhoades,"] had a concert cabaret act and I was her music director.

Ellis: I seem to have three classes of fans because I am what I call a "sub-lebrity," which is a little below the basement of celebrity. So the three levels [of fans] are singers and tweeners and bears, oh my. The show has so many rabid fans who apparently have really good eyesight, so they go "Oh, hey, that's that guy. Ellis: I think that perhaps the most gifted, funny person on the planet right now might be Jane Lynch, who plays Sue Sylvester.

She's always kind of taking us to school in that if there is ever any excuse to watch her in a scene, the whole cast of kids will hang around to watch her. There was never much reason for Jane Lynch and I to be in the same scene at the same time until the episode where Sue divides the kids up into groups of minorities and nonminorities.

I was running through a song with Mathew Morrison [who plays teacher Will Schuester], and Jane looked at me kind of funny. She said "Hmm. I always thought you were an actor pretending to play the piano. Ellis: I've been getting calls to do things like that, and I always start with the caveat that I can play absolutely any character as long as they are exactly like me.

I've been doing some MCing for live events, and I've gotten a call for something Disney-related. CNN: People have been throwing around various names of artists they would like to see get a theme night on the show like "Glee" did with Madonna. Is there anyone you would like to see the show devote a night to? Ellis: Billy Joel.

I worked with him a few years ago, and I read it in print that he has said he wouldn't mind the show doing his music, and I would love that. CNN: And you know we have to ask the ultimate question: Will you ever get to speak lines on the show?

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I cannot thank you enough. I can't tell you how much I hate those kids. Do you know how demeaning it is when they just turn to you and yell "hit it," and you're just supposed to know what song they're gonna sing? I'm free. I'm free! Brad : You're early. Blaine : Geez! Oh, Brad!

You scared the crap out of me! Warn me before you talk! I'm having a bad week. Brad : Tell me about it. I can't stop playing online blackjack. I owe thousands of dollars to some very sketchy people.

Blaine : Why doesn't anyone listen to me? I'm in 23 clubs! I probably would've been prom king if this school didn't have so many stoners. And what's wrong with having a solid game plan?

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He is portrayed by Brad Ellis. Pilot Brad plays Respect, Mr. Showmance He plays during the rehearsal of Le Freak , and later plays Gold Digger with an electric keyboard.

Acafellas He plays during the choreography lesson. Preggers He plays Tonight in the auditorium as Tina sings. Mash-Up He plays Bust a Move.

Wheels He plays Defying Gravity. Ballad We find out his name is Brad right before he plays Endless Love. Hairography He plays at the "Hairography" lesson. Mattress He plays Smile. Laryngitis He plays The Climb. Dream On He is present when Tina announces her partner. Theatricality He appears when Rachel calls for him and plays Poker Face.

Journey He plays all the songs in the New Directions' Regionals set-list. Audition He plays Listen. Duets Brad plays Sing! Rumours When Santana performs a love song for Brittany , she tells her to disregard Brad, and calls him furniture, before adding "no offense.

Prom Queen Brad was a chaperone at prom. He wore a black suit with a white vest and bow tie. Heart During the Finn and Rachel kiss in the choir room, he is seen with an expression of dislike on his face.

Big Brother Brad is accompanying the Booty Camp full of inattentive members. When Sue takes Mercedes' phone after Mercedes states that she's "Donating to the Obama campaign" and proceeds to smash it because she was texting, Brad excitedly pumps his fist in the air with a smile on his face.

Britney 2. Swan Song Brad speaks for the first time in the series when he vents to Sue how much he hates Glee Club and is glad to be free now that they don't own the choir room. He explains that he gets really annoyed when all of them say "Hit it!

I Do He's at the wedding and plays the organ when Sue comes out. Shooting Star Ryder enters with Marissa , giving Brad a handshake, suggesting they have a good relationship with each other.

The Quarterback Brad is first seen in the choir room when Will gives the New Directions and alumni a chance to bid farewell to Finn.