“They do want to do an “Ugly Betty” musical, a full-on Broadway-style musical, but it’s all hush-hush. I think it would be great, and they should use the cast from the show. I think we would all do it, although we maybe don’t dance and sing as well as professional singers and dancers. I think it would be fun for us to do it for a while, and then they could get real people in. They definitely want to do an episode that is a musical one, but then they want to do a full stage show. I think it’s a great idea. It would definitely work.”

I saw this in the original post at DeanPiper.com, and I thought, “What the? Where did this come from?” Before I could run this through my “maybe this is a misunderstanding” filter, the story got picked up by the LA Times.

Of course, I think a stage adaptation of the show would be wonderful, and most of the cast members are pretty good singers and dancers (hello? Vanessa Williams?). Becki Newton makes a great campy singer, and we learned from Hot in Hollywood last year that Urie and America Ferrera can carry a tune.

I love how Urie uses the term “real people” to describe what would be the permanent cast of a stage musical version of the show.

Hey, if this really is in the works, I’m all for it!

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