Opening Night (Glee)

"**Opening Night**"
"Opening Night"
Glee episode
Episode no.	Season 5; Episode 17
Directed by	Eric Stoltz
Written by	Michael Hitchcock
Featured music	"Lovefool"; "N.Y.C."; "I'm the Greatest Star"; "Who Are You Now?"; "Pumpin' Blood";
Production code	5ARC17
Original air date	April 22, 2014
Guest appearances
	Chris Parnell as Mario; Amber Riley as Mercedes Jones; Michael Lerner as Sidney Greene; Lauren Potter as Becky Jackson; Max Adler as Dave Karofsky; Josh Sussman as Jacob Ben Israel; Bill A. Jones as Rod Remington; Earlene Davis as Andrea Carmichael; Chad Buchanan as the bartender; Rod McLachlan as the kiosk owner; Cyrina Fiallo as the online blogger; Tony Colitti as Salvatore; Cory Monteith as Finn Hudson (archive);
Episode chronology
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	Glee season 5
	List of episodes

"Opening Night" is the seventeenth episode of the fifth season of the American musical television series Glee, and the 105th episode overall. It was written by Michael Hitchcock and directed by Eric Stoltz, and it aired on Fox in the United States on April 22, 2014, and features Rachel Berry (Lea Michele) opening as Fanny Brice in Funny Girl on Broadway. Archive footage of Finn Hudson (Cory Monteith) is used in this episode.