On its march of contrition for last season, Glee still stumbles toward the light, slowing things down and getting serious and dramatic once again. But every now and again it stumbles, just like last night.

The good news is that last night Glee continued its trajectory of correcting the many ills of its second season. Yay! However, my pronouncement last week that the show was good again might have been premature. Better, yes, but it's still having some growing pains.

Though it outs me as a fan of musicals and Bart's idea could never equal the Best Picture-winning Westside Story, I still admire this version of Sharks fighting Jets. Enjoy.

So you watched the Tony Awards last night, right? Prince did as well! And he really loved Karen Olivo from West Side Story, so much that he bought 20 tickets to her show so he can watch it all alone!

West Side Story opened this week, as did Blithe Spirit and a new rock musical. And the theater community lost one of the greats, Natasha Richardson.

[A still from the 'Mambo' scene from the original 1957 Broadway production of 'West Side Story'. A gorgeous, near-perfect revival of the musical officially opens at the Palace tonight; image LIFE © Time Inc.]

The new Broadway revival of my favoritest musical ever West Side Story, the first in almost thirty years, will feature actual Spanish spoken by the Puerto Rican characters, as well as a darker and more violent treatment of the gang aspects of the show. Jerome Robbins' ballet kicking fight scene choreography will…

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It is nightfall. The almost-silhouetted gangs come in from separate sides: climbing over the fences or crawling through holes in the walls. There is silence as they fan out on opposite sides of the cleared space. Then one of the Yahoos' Sidekicks rings, and they really have to take this…