Broadway star Cheyenne Jackson -- the reincarnation of Rock Hudson, if Rock Hudson were cool and out and could also sing and dance as well as act -- dished the dirt to The New York Times about his role on Glee next season. (Why didn't he call us? Did he lose our cell phone number? We emailed it to him, like, 20 times. Strange.)

Anyway, Jackson will play the vocal coach for our show choir's bitter rivals Vocal Adrenaline. As crazed Gleeks know, Jackson was going to play the choreographer for VA last season but was felled by the flu and replaced by...wait for it...Idina Menzel. (How Broadway-crazed can a sitcom get? Who would they get to replace, say, Matthew Broderick? Betty Buckley?)

Jackson has a multi-episode arc, as they say in the biz. But how "multi" is unclear. (More than one episode; less than 22, he cheekily told the Times.)

It's just the latest success for Jackson, who also has a recurring role in 30 Rock and a guest stint on Curb Your Enthusiasm. All he needs now is a romantic lead in a movie (maybe competing with T.R. Knight for the affections of Katherine Heigl?) and we can lay to rest once and for all the idea that out gay actors can't do it all.

After the jump, check out Jackson on the Tony Awards for Xanadu because the introduction is by Lily Tomlin, because he's wearing those shorts, and because well, it's Xanadu!