Glee

Three weeks since opening, and I'm the toast of the town.

Signatures at the stage door,

across-the-board raves, and I don't want to jinx it,

but there's even rumors of a Tony nomination.

Look! That homeless guy is sleeping on my face!

New York really is where dreams come true.

And now he'll wake up to find

one of his dreams came true, too.

And this is just the beginning.

That's what my team told me when I signed

with a top-five talent agency, ICA.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. There must be a mistake.

This is Fanny Brice. I'm supposed

to be meeting Rachel Berry.

Hi, Mr. Rivkin.

Rachel...

we at Innovative Creative Artists are so excited

to go to work for you.

We want to be in the Rachel Berry business.

And I'm not just talking about me.

I'm talking about your whole team.

You got Mark and Matt and Sheila and Joe.

Although they're not to be trusted, okay?

I just... I'm your point person.

- I just want you to deal with me, okay? - Oh. Okay.

Okay, okay, great. So,

let's talk about your future!

Yeah. What does Rachel Berry want? Because...

she can have it.

Well, um, I guess I want to have

a good run with the show,

I-I don't know, maybe parlay this into a movie career,

or get onto a big hit

TV show, so... Uh-huh, great, great, great. Rachel,

those are not for you.

What?

Have you ever heard the term, "a face for radio"?

Rachel, you're a rare breed.

I mean, you got talent coming out of your ears.

But you got to remember something... this is TV, okay?

TV, the cameras,

they're this close, okay? They see everything.

Yeah. And movies, the same thing.

It's this close,

except this time...

your face is on a gigantic screen,

so that, for example... and this is just a for-instance...

your nose is gonna be 40 feet tall.

You got to ask yourself... is this gonna work?

And I think the answer is...

no... it won't.

Here's what I see for you.

If we play our cards right,

you could make a killing.

You could be doing Fanny Brice

for five, ten, I don't know, 15 years.

Look at Topol. I mean, he's been doing Tevye

for what, I don't know, what, forever?

Okay? And we're all in agreement on this...

Matt and Mike and Sheila and Joe. Rachel,

for you... the sky is the limit.

But I don't want you talking to them, okay?

I just want you to deal with me, all right?

Did you hear? The whole campus is abuzz.

It's drama school... the students get abuzz

when the snack machine runs out of gummi worms.

June Dolloway is coming!

They're renaming the dance studio after her,

and a select group of students have been asked to perform

at the ribbon cutting.

I'm... sorry, I'm not familiar

with all of the old Broadway stars

we're supposed to worship. Who is that?

June Dolloway! She's not an actress.

She's just, like, the coolest socialite in the world.

She's the widow of Lester Dolloway, the mineral baron.

Her picture's been taken by Helmut Newton.

And she took peyote with Joe Kennedy... allegedly.

- Impressive. - Yeah,

and she's pretty much the patron

behind every artistic endeavor in Manhattan.

Well, we got to make sure you're picked as one of the performers. I already was!

My God, Kurt, that's amazing. I'm so happy for you. Yeah,

I really want to do "Story of My Life" from One Direction.

That's a good song, but that's sung by five different people.

How are you gonna sing all those layers as just one person?

Well, you'll be singing with me.

Come on, we're a team.

We're getting married.

If something exciting happens to one of us,

it happens to the other one, too.

Oh, I love you. Thank you.

Let's go rehearse.

What are you doing home so early?

I thought that you'd be in the recording studio all day.

Yeah, well, my producer just listened to the final cut

of my album, and in his words: "Didn't hear a single."

Now he's worried

that the label won't give it a release date.

Wait. What?

And you're just gonna listen to these morons?

You know, if I don't get backed by the label, that means that

I won't get any promotion, which means I don't get any airplay,

which means I'm just another no-hit wonder.

Well, you would, uh, still be doing

a hell of a lot better than me.

I would kill to be you right now,

thinking about creating

the perfect single to save my record deal.

You know, maybe you can.

What are you talking about?

No, no, Santana, I'm serious.

Remember back in high school, every time we sang together,

it was always magic.

So...

maybe you can help me find some of that again.

Great job tonight, Rachel.

Thank you, Barclay. Remember to rest your voice.

We've got two shows tomorrow. All right.

46 down, 5,000 more to go.

If we're lucky. Oh, knock on wood!

Have a great night. Thank you.

Barclay, could I just have five minutes to myself, please?

Oh. I'm so sorry.

Hi, Rachel. So sorry to bother you.

You were absolutely radiant tonight.

I am such a fan.

Thank you so much.

Oh. Uh, Lee Paulblatt.

Hello. Yes, I have been

in love with Funny Girl since I was, like, seven.

A-Are you a friend of Paolo's?

No, no, no, no. Well, I mean, yes.

We did a pilot with him a few years back.

It was a train wreck. It's not Paolo's fault,

but... Actually, it is.

But no, I actually came here to see you.

I'm, uh, Lee Paulblatt.

I'm from Fox, the television company.

- Oh. - Yeah.

- Oh, okay. - Oh, okay. Yeah.

Yeah, I'm just in New York for the up-fronts, and this is the show

that I wanted to see. Oh...

Actually, I wanted to see the Rachel Weisz-Daniel Craig Betrayal...

but that's an impossible ticket to get... and there was this woman in this show

that was just eating candy the entire time... I wanted to punch her in the face...

but I enjoyed it, and you were wonderful.

Rachel...

I have got a pilot that I think you would be fantastic for.

It's called Song of Solomon.

I would love

for you to come in to test for it.

I think you would be perfect for it.

I mean, I close my eyes, Rachel,

and all I see is you in it.

That's how powerful of an image that you created for me tonight

upon that stage.

God, I wish I had a singing voice. I don't.

I'm not allowed to sing... my mother said that...

because I have this... I digress.

Does this sound like something that you would be interested in?

Yes. Of course! Well, great.

Well, we're gonna want you to read with our Solomon,

but, uh, he is in the middle of shooting a feature.

It's a terrible feature.

I don't know why he's chosen to do it.

But I am not his agent.

So, we would need to do it next Tuesday in L.A.

Does that work for you?

Um... no...

Well, Tuesday I have a show, so...

Uh, actually, your understudy has a show on Tuesday.

Ah, just fly out for Tuesday, and do the test, and then you

can hop on the next flight back. Does that work for you?

You know what? I'm gonna leave before you can say no.

That's how I work. Bye.

Hey. This is for you.