After ‘Glee,’ Jane Lynch Turns To Cabaret

As the final episode of “Glee” aired last week, Jane Lynch was beginning a new phase of her multi-faceted career.

While she’ll be forever linked to Sylvester, the notorious, sharp-tongued cheerleading coach she played for six seasons on the hit Fox television program, Lynch is reveling in getting back on the road with a new musical-comedy variety show.

On Saturday, she’ll star in “See Jane Sing,” a cabaret-themed show at Symphony Hall in Atlanta, part of a seven-city tour this spring. (Visit Atlanta PlanIt for ticket information).

As she told “City Lights” host Lois Reitzes this week, “See Jane Sing,” which is augmented by a five-person band, is “an hour long, and you won’t know what hit you.”

“See Jane Sing” is a collaboration between Lynch and Tim Davis, the vocal coordinator for “Glee,” and Kate Flannery, of “The Office” fame who like Lynch hails from the Chicago-based Second City improv comedy troupe.

It was that experience at Second City ─ and at Annoyance Theatre, another Chicago comedy outlet ─ that Lynch says inspired her to put together a musical to take out on tour. Last year, she tried out an early version of “See Jane Sing” at the 54 Club (formerly Studio 54) in New York for a four-night run.

“See Jane Sing” is just one of several projects Lynch is undertaking in her post-“Glee” days.

She’s also starring in a new CBS comedy pilot, “Angel from Hell.” In May, Lynch will appear as Miss Hannigan in a limited Broadway reprisal of “Annie.”

In her interview with Reitzes, Lynch said the legacy of “Glee” will be its message to young people who’ve been made to feel social outcasts.

“It’s OK to be whoever you are,” Lynch said. “You can go outside the choir and know that you are loved. That’s really what it was about.”