'Glee' Breaking News: Rachel's Gay Dads Finally Revealed

By: Joe Thompson
1.18.2012

SPOILER ALERT!! (But if you've clicked through to this post then you're already staring at the photo. Too late...)

One of the biggest questions since Glee premiered was which actors would play the Broadway-bound Rachel's two gay dads. We knew from a quick shot of a photo in the pilot episode that they were a biracial couple, but that was it.

Now TVLine reports (via a "show insider") that Broadway veteran Brian Stokes Mitchell and multi-talented TV/film actor Jeff Goldblum and have been tapped to play Hiram and LeRoy Berry, the adoptive parents of Lea Michele’s character.

The article states: "The duo will first appear in the show’s Valentine’s Day episode — which as luck would have it will actually air on Feb. 14, and is titled 'Heart.' And yes, they will sing."

Goldblum may seem like an odd choice since he's not necessarily known for having a musical background, but he is a great actor. The article also notes that he’s an accomplished jazz pianist and was on Broadway in 1971 in the Tony-winning musical version of Shakespeare's Two Gentleman of Verona. Mitchell, on the other hand, may have done a lot of TV over the years but he's primarily known for his stage work, including Broadway productions of Jelly’s Last Jam, Ragtime, and Man of La Macha. He even won the Best Actor Tony Award in 2000 for Kiss Me Kate, the musical based on Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew.

For a history of the gay dads casting process on Glee, check out SheWired.com.

Images: Getty

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