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Post by betinad on Mar 24, 2011 14:38:42 GMT -5
Chandra Wilson explains 'Grey's' romance Chandra Wilson has suggested that her Grey's Anatomy character Bailey does not think of her latest romance as a relationship. Bailey started dating a nurse called Eli earlier this season and in a recent episode the pair had sex in an on-call room. Wilson has now suggested that the fling is Bailey's reaction to the shootings in the sixth season finale. "This whole season, it's been about getting on with it so that we weren't just mourning after the shooting," she told TV Guide. "So she let herself begin to try some new things. "That's not necessarily the 'new Bailey' but it was just enough mourning. I don't think she's even in a place where she's calling it a relationship." Daniel Sunjata, who plays Eli, recently admitted that he does not know how long his role will last. www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/s46/greys-anatomy/news/a310798/chandra-wilson-explains-greys-romance.html
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Post by Leanne on Mar 24, 2011 17:06:06 GMT -5
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Post by kaz on Mar 25, 2011 1:05:16 GMT -5
After Thursday night's tragic episode of Grey's Anatomy, which included the terrifying reveal that a pregnant Callie (Sara Ramirez) was about to be thrown through the windshield of Arizona's car, we have a small consolation for you: A behind-the-scenes look at next week's musical episode! First Listen: The songs of the Grey's Anatomy musical episode Executive producer Shonda Rhimes and the cast of Grey's dish on how the music made famous by the ABC medical drama will be incorporated into the episode as Callie goes through an out-of-body experience. Plus: Never-before- seen or heard excerpts from the episode, which airs Thursday, March 31 at 9/8c. See article and check out the two clips here: www.tvguide.com/News/Greys-Anatomy-Musical-1031073.aspxEDIT to add that Youtube versions of the clips can be found in the Promo/Sneak Peek thread here: kevinmckidd.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=season7&thread=1692&page=11#ixzz1HfJwMox5
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Post by betinad on Mar 25, 2011 19:54:05 GMT -5
Is the Grey's Anatomy Musical Event Going to Kill Callie and Her Baby? So. Mean. Just as Callie (Sara Ramirez) and Arizona (Jessica Capshaw) started working out their differences as a couple and begun planning a life together, Grey's Anatomy goes and literally throws Callie through a windshield. What the hell, show? We're terrified that next week's supersad musical episode is going to be curtains for Callie's baby, or even Callie herself. Are they doomed? Here's what the cast told us exclusively about who's singing and what they're so darn sad about: Kevin McKidd (love! him!) tells us, "Owen is given the job, during the musical event, he steps up to being the point person on saving Callie's life, essentially. Basically, there are so many different traumatic injuries that someone has to organize all these surgeons." So wait, like triage or…? "It's more of the fact that so many surgeries need to be done," says McKidd. "And Owen's kind of in charge of that—brokering all these surgeons—what Owen's challenge is, is that there's so much that needs to be done, and all of it is priority number one. Each injury should be done first. They are in this impossible situation. It just becomes really hard to finesse this and pull it off. He just has to step up to it and do it." So what about the actual singing part of the show? Tony winner Ramirez takes the lead, obviously, but who else gets in tune? Capshaw, who plays Callie's partner, pediatrician Arizona Robbins, also participates in the musical festivities. She tells us, "I sing a duet with her, and I sing bits and pieces of other songs." Chyler Leigh also participates in the musical event, but the actor who plays her love interest, Jackson Avery, stays mum. Jesse Williams tells us, "I am not a singer. I'm a horrible horrible singer. And I accept that, there's other things I'm good at." (Like being pretty, for one thing.) We'll also hear quite a bit from Sarah Drew's April Kepner during the musical episode. She tells us, "I had so much fun. I grew up doing musical theater; I have a classically trained high soprano voice, so when we found out at the table read, when Shonda asked us all, 'Does anybody sing? I'm thinking about a musical,' I shrieked. I got really excited." Drew says, "Everything I sing in this episode, I sing with Chyler. Double awesome, right? I sing on this song called 'Grace' with her and with Sara. And I sing on a song with Chandra Wilson called 'Wait'—and Chyler also has a tie in to another scene during that song, so she sings on that too. Mostly I did a bunch of harmonies. I had fun in the recording studio finding the harmonies." Now, for those skeptics amongst us who were wondering if a Grey's Anatomy musical episode was really a good idea, Drew has some consoling words about the quality of the episode and the emotional dividends paid by the combination of trauma and melody. She says, "I think you're going to cry a lot; there are multiple moments to cry. I think what the musical really adds is a level of gravity and gravitas. It's also a love letter to our fans, I think. The songs that we are singing are all iconic Grey's Anatomy songs from seasons one and two. I think people will love hearing our reinventions of these songs, and they are all interwoven into the stories, so the lyrics really make sense with what's happening in the story." And in case we haven't said Tony winner Sara Ramirez enough times to emphasize that the girl can sing, Drew reiterates that we are going to be in the hands of a master next week. She says, "Sara just kills it, it's insane. And there are a lot of really amazing voices out there—like Chyler Leigh has never sung before in public, and she has this amazing song that she does. And Kevin McKidd is fantastic and so is Chandra." Are you excited for the "musical event" or just dreading the melodrama? Do you think we're going to lose Callie, her baby or maybe both? Share your thoughts in the comments, and then be sure to check back next week for more on the musical event from Jessica Capshaw and Sara Ramirez about what this means for them and their kiddo. Read more: www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b232933_greys_anatomy_musical_event_going_kill.html#ixzz1Hf8emVZW
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Post by betinad on Mar 25, 2011 20:11:39 GMT -5
Shonda Rhimes on the Grey's Anatomy Finale: No Gunmen, More Growth Don't expect any crazed gunmen or rogue buses in the Grey's Anatomy finale. Instead, executive producer Shonda Rhimes tells TVGuide.com that she deliberately wanted to make the seventh season ender a less hectic and more character-driven experience. "I'm not looking to make some giant, huge, electric finale," Rhimes says. "You can't have a gunman in the hospital every season. It would just lose all its power. I wanted to do something that felt a little more quiet." That's not to say that the finale won't be emotional for the doctors of Seattle Grace. As Rhimes told us before Season 7 began, the doctors would be challenged with more grown-up problems this year... and boy, have they. Following last season's tragic shooting rampage, Meredith (Ellen Pompeo) has been struggling to get pregnant, Cristina (Sandra Oh) battled PTSD, and Callie (Sara Ramirez) found out she got pregnant with Mark's baby while Arizona (Jessica Capshaw) was working in Africa. And then there's the shocking conclusion to Thursday night's episode, in which Callie was seconds away from flying through Arizona's windshield. It's the catalyst for next week's big music event that Rhimes says they won't try to top in the finale. "Part of what we wanted to do at the end of the season is to really focus on the characters and to split our characters off in really new ways as we head to the end of the season, but not have it be an outside force that hasn't already happened," she says. "It's really about their growth as characters this year and who our characters are as people." Still, that doesn't mean Rhimes hasn't got a few tricks up her sleeve for the final few episodes, which we hear include some life-changing moments. www.tvguide.com/News/Greys-Anatomy-Finale-1031130.aspx
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Post by betinad on Mar 25, 2011 22:30:40 GMT -5
'Grey's Anatomy' musical sneak peek: Should the show be taking this kind of risk?You are probably extremely skeptical about next week’s Grey’s Anatomy: The Musical Event. I don’t blame you; I can’t help but be too. Next week, we learn that Callie was gravely injured in the car crash we saw at the end of last night’s episode, and, as the team works on her, we enter her subconscious, which is apparently rife with musical numbers we’ve heard on the show before. The thing is, I’m not concerned about the cast’s ability to execute this challenging episode of television. Sara Ramirez is a stage vet with a powerful voice. Sarah Drew’s single line about the endangered baby in the promo below broke my heart just a little. Chandra Wilson is, well, Chandra Wilson. Need I continue? Rather, I’m worried about how this risky move could affect the show’s upward momentum. Count me among the group that was loyal but wavering on Grey’s last season. Then that finale happened. Bam! Hello, drama, and welcome back, Grey’s! It’s been all uphill since. (Read: ‘Grey’s Anatomy’: 10 Reasons We Love It Again!) In fact, it’s been so good, I was terrified when I heard about a “musical episode.” I was terrified that it would bring to a halt one of the best seasons of the show. I was terrified that the stunt would smother this fine entrée of a season in a thick layer of gooey cheese. (I don’t care for cheese.) Then, I saw the aforementioned clip. My worries? Still there. But so is my intrigue. Grey’s, I love ya. Don’t let me down. What about you, PopWatchers? Feeling confident about this episode? Or do you have some worries? popwatch.ew.com/2011/03/25/greys-anatomy-musical-sneak-peek/
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Post by Leanne on Mar 26, 2011 10:03:34 GMT -5
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Post by Leanne on Mar 26, 2011 10:18:13 GMT -5
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Post by Leanne on Mar 26, 2011 10:18:40 GMT -5
Episode Titles
7.19 – It’s A Long Way Back
7.20 – White Wedding
7.21 – I Will Survive
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Post by Leanne on Mar 28, 2011 12:26:49 GMT -5
Stark ‘N’ Twisty | Grey’s Anatomy last week covered a lot of ground with regard to the April-Dr. Stark… “relationship.” They hung out a few times and had great conversation, but just when April thought From Here to Eternity might lead from the sofa to the bedroom, she trotted out the “just friends” speech. “They are intellectually compatible, and they really enjoy spending time together,” says Sarah Drew of the doctors’ dynamic. “I just don’t know how romantically interested she is.” Nonetheless, Drew says that in the weeks ahead, “the April-Stark situation takes some really fun and interesting twists and turns, so I’m really excited. Peter MacNicol is an absolute genius, and I’ve been having a blast working with him.” www.tvline.com/2011/03/matts-inside-line-good-wife-supernatural-greys/
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Post by COForever on Mar 28, 2011 23:24:49 GMT -5
Everything You Need to Know About the Grey's Anatomy Musical Episodeby Natalie Abrams SPOILER ALERT: This article contains key plot details from Thursday's musical episode of Grey's Anatomy.The cast of Grey's Anatomy is wearing Seattle Grace scrubs and small, unseen earbuds. There's blood, there's medical jargon and everyone is ... singing Snow Patrol's "Chasing Cars"? While this may sound like a bad Saturday Night Live skit, it's not. Thursday's episode, in which we learn what happened to girlfriends Callie and Arizona after that ominous fade-to-white, is a full-scale musical event, in which cast members sing many of the songs the show has made famous. "I have been wanting to do it since we made the pilot basically," creator Shonda Rhimes says. "We needed it to make sense for our show. Plus, I had to convince the network, which took me seven years." Having a Tony-winning singer-actress in the cast — Sara Ramirez, who won for Spamalot — certainly helped matters. At the close of the March 24 episode, Ramirez's character Callie, who is pregnant, was — spoiler alert! — moments away from flying through the windshield of Arizona's car after removing her seatbelt to retrieve the cell phone her girlfriend threw in the backseat. Just before the accident, Arizona took a big leap and proposed to Callie. "I think that the proposal is something that is 100 percent heartfelt, but it's just something that she sees as an answer to not feeling legitimate in this new arrangement," says Jessica Capshaw, who will sing KT Tunstall's "Universe & U" with Ramirez. "So, before you can even figure out why it is that she asks Callie to marry her, they're in this horrible situation." Harming a pregnant woman was not Rhimes' prerogative in trying to get ABC to green-light the musical episode. "That story was destined to happen whether or not there was singing in the episode," she says. "It just turned out to be the exact right way for singing to happen." How's that exactly? The musical portion of the episode is seen from a semi-comatose Callie's viewpoint, in which her colleagues both treat her and communicate with her in song. Ramirez points out that Calliope, Callie's full first name, is a mythological Greek figure who was the muse of song. "They make the connection from the get-go, so we understand why it's music that Callie's soul is speaking to her through and why she sees everybody singing." (For a better idea of how it will all work, check out this sneak peek of the first minute of the musical episode, which features "Cosy in the Rocket" by Psapp, the song used in the show's original title sequence.) "When they first said it, all I could think of was song-and-dance, jazz hands and kicking your feet and acting silly," Justin Chambers says. "I mean, at this point in Season 7, we've ventured into every territory you could, so why not do this?" After weeks of vocal lessons from Rachael Lawrence — who has worked with members of the Glee cast — and hours in the recording studio, the cast was ready. In the scene the Grey's cast is filming, it's all hands on deck because of Callie's extensive injuries. "In fact, it makes me laugh because it seems like there's no other patients in the hospital because everybody is working on Callie," Chambers says between takes. "Callie's injuries are so catastrophic," Chyler Leigh adds, likening Callie's plight to that of George O'Malley (T.R. Knight) in the Season 5 finale when he was hit by a bus. "It's pretty comparable," she says. "I think the only thing that gives Callie more of an edge is the fact that there's a baby involved too." What's next for the couples of Grey's Anatomy? "I don't know how anybody survives that," says Ramirez, who will sing Brandi Carlile's "The Story," among other tunes. "But, I'll tell you something: It's a wake-up call of epic proportions for Callie. What lies in front of her [after the accident] is more than just glass. It's an opportunity to fight for her life and to make sense of why her life, and her life with Arizona, is worth fighting for, if that's the case." While the action centers on Callie's treatment, "Owen is very much the man of the hour," says Kevin McKidd of his character. The Chief (James Pickens Jr.) has elected him to oversee Callie's case. "I am given the job to manage all the surgeons, who are all desperately trying to be first in line to get their procedure done and to try and save the baby and Callie," says the Scottish actor, who will sing Gomez's "How We Operate."Meanwhile, it's the relatively green Dr. Lucy Fields (Rachael Taylor) who is tasked with keeping Callie's baby alive. Not all will go according to plan. "Lucy is obviously young to be in the position that she is," Taylor says. "She's probably come from a world of academia and doesn't have a lot of hands-on emergency room experience. That kind of deficit in her training is revealed in this episode." "Obviously, what's cool is I get to work with the lovely Kate Walsh as a result of that," Taylor says, as Walsh's character, Addison, who heads Grey's spin-off Private Practice, returns to help save the baby. "She's one of Lucy's heroes," Taylor continues. "She's the person that, when Lucy was training, she wanted to be like her. But obviously, Addison is frustrated that Lucy hasn't taken some of the necessary precautions." Through the tragedy, Mark, who is the baby's father, and Arizona will find some common ground, following many episodes of discord between the pair as they navigate their unconventional parenting arrangement. "All he's wanted is a kid and now he's going to have one with his best friend," Eric Dane says. "In a matter of seconds, it all changes and very possibly gets taken away from him. So he's kind of freaked-out and a little shocked." Lexie will be there to support him during this troubling time. "They have a moment where they can just be together and it's OK to cry," Leigh says. "You just know that you're with somebody that you love, somebody that you trust, and somebody that you can break down in front of." Leigh will be one of the many cast members who will surprise you with her pipes when she sings a stunning version of Anna Nalick's "Breathe (2AM)," which fans will remember from the Emmy-nominated bomb-in-the-OR episode. "I'll never have this chance to be able to do something like this on this show again," Leigh says. "It was an opportunity for me to really be able to explore that side of me that I've always wanted to but just have been too afraid." Arizona and Callie's dire straits help to establish a couples theme in the episode, as each romantic pairing at Seattle Grace figures out where they stand, which will be highlighted by an ensemble performance of "Running on Sunshine," by Jesus Jackson. Because the episode is told from Callie's perspective, "some of us act out of character," Chandra Wilson says. For instance, McKidd reveals that the episode includes a fantasy sequence in which Cristina (Sandra Oh) and Owen "get a big make-out session, which seems kind of incongruous, but it's there for a reason."The real challenge for the actors came in timing the music and dialogue, which happens simultaneously as some cast members sing, while others, including Ellen Pompeo, Oh and Patrick Dempsey work to save Callie. "It's a game really to make sure that you get all the words in by the end of the music so it all matches," Wilson says. Executive producer Tony Phelan, who directed the episode, recalls thinking on the first day of filming, "'Oh my God, I made a horrible mistake; this isn't going to work.' Once we started shooting, then I knew it actually could work." He hopes the audience will go through the same experience. "You'll see them start to sing and then you'll just be in it and along for the ride." Whatever the fan reaction may be, the cast has enjoyed the experience. Taylor says she cried when she read the script. "Watching this happen, I feel like Grey's is doing something really special and it'll be part of the zeitgeist." The Grey's Anatomy musical airs Thursday at 9/8c on ABC. A full album of the episode's songs — which will also include the cast's renditions of The Fray's "How to Save a Life," Kate Havnevik's "Grace" and "Wait," by Get Set Go — will be available for download on iTunes Thursday morning. www.tvguide.com/News/Greys-Anatomy-Musical-1031185.aspx
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Post by FL on Mar 29, 2011 0:12:05 GMT -5
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Post by Leanne on Mar 29, 2011 6:05:06 GMT -5
Tks FL Lee in Atlanta: Will Cristina and Owen on Grey's have a new addition to their family this season? We just asked Kevin McKidd if there might be a season-ending Cristina-Owen baby surprise, and he told us, "That's an interesting idea; I never thought of that. It's interesting because there have been having a lot of discussions about that, heated discussions about that. So it's possible. But I'm not saying it's definite." Read more: www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b233250_spoiler_chat_will_there_be_another.html#ixzz1HzABnCLrmore GA spoilers if you click the link
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Post by Leanne on Mar 29, 2011 6:41:40 GMT -5
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Post by Leanne on Mar 29, 2011 6:52:01 GMT -5
"P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)" - Thatcher Grey, Meredith and Lexie's father, returns to Seattle Grace with stomach pains and a new, twenty-something tattooed girlfriend, Danielle. Meanwhile, Alex clashes with the new OB, Dr. Lucy Fields, over a patient and Mark places Jackson on his service in exchange for information on Lexie, on "Grey's Anatomy," THURSDAY, APRIL 14 (9:00-10:01 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. (Rebroadcast. OAD 2/10/11)
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Post by COForever on Mar 29, 2011 8:37:45 GMT -5
KEVIN MCKIDD ON ‘GREY’S ANATOMY’: OWEN AND CRISTINA’S UPCOMING ‘LIFE-CHANGING’ MOMENT As Kevin McKidd puts it, the Music Event on this week’s Grey’s Anatomy is the culmination of the season. That’s odd, I know, considering there are still a few episodes to go in the season. But after our conversation, I think I know what he means. Something tells me that after this week’s monster of an episode, it’s all downhill for many of our favorite pairs — namely Cristina and Owen. “Everything’s in a state of flux…but I think they’re getting down to the nub of what’s going on between Cristina and Owen,” McKidd says of the next few episodes. “They’ve been pretty content this season, but they kind of rushed into something without due diligence [regarding] core fundamental things about how they want their life to pan out. So there are some tough times ahead of them. I think people need to strap in a little bit because it’s going to get pretty bumpy for a while between these two.” While he stops short of saying how the pair will be challenged (although, it has been said before that it won’t necessarily be related to the couple’s baby discussions), he hints that the duo’s longstanding communication issues will play a part in their upcoming troubles. “I think he gets frustrated because one thing Owen’s pretty good at is that he’s pretty good at expressing how he’s feeling. Sometimes, if she’s in that frame of mind, she’s not that great at reaching out and saying, ‘I need this,’ or ‘I feel this.’ I think that is one of his biggest frustrations.” In the end, McKidd says, “I imagine it’s going to raise some pretty interesting debate. Who’s right and who’s wrong. Or is anybody right? It’s definitely going to be an ‘Oh, my God’ type thing. It’s definitely going to be pretty life-changing for them — the final moments of the finale.” Whether the polarizing debate results in a split, we’ll have to see. But McKidd says he thinks the pair is meant to be. “I think Owen and Cristina, from the moment he came out of that ambulance and they met each other, they were against the odds. When you look at them on paper, you think, these two shouldn’t be a good fit, and yet they are. When they’re together sparks fly,” he says. “I don’t think their wedding was their happy ending, but I think that eventually — through a lot of tough make-it-or-break-it moments — I’d like to believe that they’ll end up old and gray together.” insidetv.ew.com/2011/03/29/house-greys-anatomy-fringe-spoilers/
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Post by betinad on Mar 29, 2011 10:01:58 GMT -5
no a spoiler, but express a little what we have been feeling this season Missing in action: Where have your favorite TV characters gone? news.bostonherald.com/blogs/entertainment/love_that_tv/?p=493&srvc=home&position=recent(video) Update: Kevin McKidd, as you’ll see in my interview with him in Thursday’s edition, reports his “Grey’s Anatomy” character will be getting a lot more screen time. The one downside: Trouble is heading toward Owen and Cristina’s (Sandra Oh) way. Oh, no!
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Post by betinad on Mar 29, 2011 17:30:27 GMT -5
Ask Ausiello: Spoilers on 'Grey's"
Question: Do you know what will happen in the Grey’s Anatomy finale? —Shaz Ausiello: Unlike last year’s deadly bloodbath of a climax, which had a profound impact on everyone at Seattle Grace, this season’s cliffhanger will focus on three characters in particular. “Meredith, Cristina and Alex are all left in a position that’s surprising,” hints series creator Shonda Rhimes. “I think fans are going to be very surprised about a lot of the things that happen [in the episode]. A lot of things get turned on their head.”
Question: What was up with Grey’s Anatomy inserting an old Der/Mer love scene into the montage at the end of last week’s episode? Did they think we wouldn’t notice? —Katie Ausiello: First off, as Rhimes is quick to point out, “It was not a love scene, it was a shot.” The boss lady goes on to explain that the original version of the episode was screaming for “another beat with Derek and Meredith at the end” but Patrick Dempsey and Ellen Pompeo were not available to shoot the extra footage. “We would’ve had to drag them [back to the set] from places we couldn’t drag them in from to do one shot.” So Rhimes made the decision to splice in the previously used clip. “It’s something we’ve done before,” Rhimes says. “We’ve used the shot of Derek standing on the catwalk from the pilot like 700 times. It was just a shot. I would never recycle an entire scene. [But] I love that the fans are so invested in the show that they noticed. After seven seasons I take that as a true compliment that they got outraged.”
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Post by betinad on Mar 29, 2011 21:10:27 GMT -5
TV Guide Mega Buzz: What's the scoop on the Grey's Anatomy musical episode? — Emma NATALIE: Well, first of all, read this. Obviously, the question of whether Callie's unborn child with Mark will survive the accident is a major question of the episode. "Maybe Callie getting pregnant with Mark's child isn't really an accident in the bigger picture," Sara Ramirez says. "This child may teach Callie, Arizona, and Mark something they had no idea they needed to learn and grow from." www.tvguide.com/News/Mega-Buzz-Bones-1031224.aspx
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Post by Leanne on Mar 30, 2011 4:24:08 GMT -5
Keck's Exclusives: On the Set of Grey's Anatomy: The Musical If last season's bullet-riddled finale didn't teach you that lives on Grey's Anatomy can change in a heartbeat, then get ready for another harrowing reminder — this time with a fun, whimsical twist. I was on set for a preview of the special March 31 episode, in which a crisis unfolds involving five-months pregnant Callie Torres (Sara Ramirez) and we're taken on a musical head trip through the doctor's mind. It's a clever device that allows most of the cast, plus guest star Kate Walsh, to break into song. "We're in Season 7, so a departure episode is always cool," says Chandra Wilson (Bailey). "It's given everybody an opportunity to let off steam," adds Kevin McKidd (Owen). Rehearsing an OR scene, Kate (Addison), Chandra, Patrick Dempsey (Derek), James Pickens, Jr. (Webber) and Kim Raver (Teddy) are having a difficult time keeping straight faces as Kevin croons "How We Operate," by Gomez: "Calm down; and get straight" he sings. "It's not our eyes, it's how we op-er-ate." Taking in the absurdity of it all, Patrick cracks, "this is very James Bond," before joining in the fun with air guitar and spanking motions. He even suggests cutting the dialogue altogether and substituting in its place "interpretive dance." Admonishes Kate: "There will be no dancing before we stretch." What there will be: some "semi pole dancing" moves which Kim says she performs around a bed for Scott Foley's Henry. "Teddy gets a little frisky!" To be sure, the cast is making the most of a risky gimmick that was previously tested on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, How I Met Your Mother and Scrubs. The muse behind this variety hour is Sara, the cast's one musical pro who collected a 2005 Tony Award for her Broadway run in Monty Python's Spamalot. But even she had initial misgivings. "I'm protective of my character and didn't want anything to seem contrived," she says. "But the context makes sense." While remaining a bit cagey, Sara says Callie experiences "a life-altering event that [allows her] to process why her life with Arizona is worth fighting for." Before signing off on the idea, ABC executives needed some convincing. So series creator Shonda Rhimes recruited Sara, Kevin and Chandra to perform a cabaret-style presentation of favorite songs heard in Grey's early years. The next step: hiring a vocal coach and luring skeptical cast members like Patrick, Ellen Pompeo (Meredith), Sandra Oh (Cristina) and Justin Chambers (Alex) — none known for their musical stylings — to participate in the background chorus. "Everybody had their own reaction," says Sara. "And understandably so. For some, it can be confronting." But for Sara, it has been what she calls, "a dream coming true I didn't even know I had. It feels like everything in my life and career has been leading up to this moment." So, at hour's end will the doctors be singing lullabies or the blues? Sara advises coming prepared for either scenario. "Have a Kleenex nearby," she says. "Just in case it gets to be too much." www.seattlepi.com/tvguide/437900_tvgif29.html
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