"Ellen" Welcomes Emmy Winner Jane Lynch April 22; Lynch Will Sing "Little Girls" on "Glee"

By Andrew Gans
22 Apr 2013

Jane Lynch
Jane Lynch
Photo by Miranda Penn Turin/FOX

Emmy Award-winning "Glee" actress Jane Lynch, who will make her Broadway debut as tyrannical orphanage matron Miss Hannigan in Annie, will be a guest on "Ellen" April 22.

In the New York area, "Ellen" airs at 4 PM ET on WNBC-TV Channel 4; check local listings.

Lynch will also sing Hannigan’s show-stopping "Little Girls" on the April 25 episode of "Glee." In the New York metropolitan area, the musical series airs at 9 PM ET on WNYW-TV, Channel 5; check local listings.

Lynch will play Miss Hannigan for eight weeks only, May 16-July 14. Two-time Tony Award-winning actress Katie Finneran, who created the role of Miss Hannigan in the new production of Annie, will depart the production at a date to be announced, in order to begin filming a new NBC comedy series with Michael J. Fox.

Annie plays the Palace Theatre (1564 Broadway at 47th Street). Visit anniethemusical.com.