Madonna Throwing a Bar Mitzvah for the Glee Kids

As part of Madonna's deal with the producers of Glee, she will be throwing the student members of the Glee cast a giant Bar Mitzvah ceremony and party next month. Sources close to Madonna say "When the Glee producers approached Her Madgesty with the idea of a Madonna-themed Glee episode, she came back to them with some demands." One of the demands was a group Bar Mitzvah for all of the kids, basically converting them all to Judaism. A PA on the show says, "At first they balked, but they really wanted Madonna's music. The lady is a pro and she drives a hard bargain. Some of the cast didn't want to convert, but then they realized how much attention an "all Madonna music" episode of Glee would generate." One friend of the cast says the kids are studying Hebrew like crazy, trying to get ready for the ceremony. "Madonna wants them all to join Kabbalah," says the friend. "That's the ultimate goal of this whole Bar Mitzvah deal. But she wants them to be seasoned Jews before bringing them in." In addition to the Glee kids themselves, performing at the Bar Mitzvah party, which allegedly will be held in the Grand Ballroom of the Beverly Hills Hotel, will be Sting, Bette Midler, Cher, Connie Stevens, Rosie O'Donnel, Jesus Luz, Lourdes Ciccone, Britney Spears and Tom Jones. One of Madonna's executive team members says that "tickets for the Bar Mitzvah will be sold on Ticketmaster. Those are going to be the hottest tickets in town! They'll probably go for at least $20,000 a piece." He added that a portion of the proceeds will go to the children of Malawi.