The Curtain Rises on Buffy: The Musical
Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon wants to set the record straight — so to speak — about the show's upcoming all-musical episode. Contrary to his recent Buffy.com posting, in which he told fans, in jest, that the installment "could be the worst hour of TV ever made," the acclaimed auteur is now singing a different tune. "I actually think it's going to be good," he says of the episode, which is slated to air next season during November sweeps (it's episode six). "But it is something I've never done before, so it's a little nerve-racking." Whedon — who will write and direct the hour-long singing and dancing extravaganza (with a choreographer on deck to coordinate the fancy footwork) — reveals that beneath all the spectacle will rest something far more profound than, say, a Busby Berkeley opus. "It's about what it's like to live in a musical world," he previews, "because all our guys are gonn