Glee Premiere – “The Purple Piano Project” – Synopsis! Photos!

GLEE: Rachel (Lea Michele) performs in the choir room for Mr. Schuester (Matthew Morrison) in "The Purple Piano Project",  the Season Three premiere episode of GLEE airing Tuesday,  Sept. 20 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. ©2011 Fox Broadcasting Co. Cr: Adam Rose/FOX

FOX has released premiere descriptions for their fall line-up. Check out the description for Glee:

GLEE
Air Date: Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Time Slot: 8:00 PM-9:00 PM EST on FOX
Episode Title: (GLE-301) “The Purple Piano Project”

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20

**SEASON PREMIERE**–“GLEE” – (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) CC-HDTV 720p-Dolby Digital 5.1

GLEE CLUB IS BACK IN SESSION ON THE SEASON PREMIERE OF “GLEE” TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, ON FOX

Its fall and that means back to school for the students and faculty at McKinley High. The New Directions clan returns after a devastating loss at Nationals, so Mr. Schuester (Matthew Morrison) assigns a project to get them back on track. Meanwhile, Sue Sylvester starts her congressional campaign on “The Purple Piano Project” season premiere episode of GLEE airing Tuesday, September 20 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (GLE-301) (TV-14-D, L)

Cast: Matthew Morrison as Will Schuester; Jane Lynch as Sue Sylvester; Lea Michele as Rachel Berry; Cory Monteith as Finn Hudson; Jayma Mays as Emma Pillsbury; Dianna Agron as Quinn; Chris Colfer as Kurt; Kevin McHale as Artie; Amber Riley as Mercedes; Mark Salling as Puck; Jenna Ushkowitz as Tina; Naya Rivera as Santana Lopez; Heather Morris as Brittany; Harry Shum as Mike Chang and Darren Criss as Blaine Anderson.

Guest Cast: Ashley Fink as Lauren Zizes; Iqbal Theba as Principle Figgins; Dot-Marie Jones as Coach Beiste; Lauren Potter as Becky Johnson; Josh Sussman as Jacob Ben Israel; LaMarcus Tinker as Marcus; Bill A. Jones as Rod Remington; Vanessa Lengies as Sugar Motta; Earlene Davis as Andrea Carmichael.

The premiere episode is directed by Eric Stolz.  Looks like Sue will be announcing her candidacy on the evening news–Rod and Andrea are back!  Also, new cast members LaMarcus Tinker (Marcus, Mercedes new boyfriend) and Vanessa Lengies (Sugar) will be introduced.

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