Hit show "Glee" spreads the joy with stage tour.

LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - It's six hours into the taping of the "Glee" season finale and the audience at the Saban Theater in Beverly Hills, California -- made up of Facebook and Twitter fans of the show, some of whom have flown in from across the country just for the taping -- is getting restless.

Fueled by just Dixie cups of water and fruit, blood sugar is lagging, and patience with the overhead balloon lights, being tweaked by a millimeter yet again, is wearing thin. Actress Jane Lynch, who plays the obstreperous cheerleader coach/drill sergeant Sue Sylvester, comes to the balcony to answer some questions and keep the crowd engaged -- or at least awake. One fan asks her what has been her favorite bitchtacular "Sue line" from the script.

"Actually, my favorite line hasn't aired yet," Lynch says, "but it's one she says to Kurt, the gay kid. 'Loving musical theater doesn't make you gay -- it makes you awful.'" Au contraire, Sue.

Starting Saturday (May 15), the entire cast of "Glee" -- from Broadway vet Lea Michele, who plays lead ingenue Rachel Berry, to dancer Harry Shum Jr., dubbed the "other Asian" in the show's snark-a-minute vernacular -- will embark on a four-city, 13-stop tour. It represents a turning point for the show; in less than a year on the air, it has moved beyond the Twitter-fueled zeitgeist to achieve a rare showbiz trifecta, generating substantial income across three platforms: TV, recording sales and touring.

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