Lea Michele and Kate Hudson Bond at the 'Glee' Season 4 Premiere Party in L.A.

By Melissa Noble

Photography by: Getty Images

Every self-respecting Gleek knows tonight marks the season 4 premiere of Glee.

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Co-creator Ryan Murphy upped the ante this time around, recruiting seasoned veterans like Kate Hudson and Sarah Jessica Parker to add some flavor and spice to storylines revolving around original cast members who have graduated high school and left Ohio.

Lea Michele's Rachel have packed their bags for NYC, Amber Riley's Mercedes is headed to L.A., Naya Rivera's Santana is headed to St. Louis and Dianna Agron's Quinn New Haven, Connecticut. Meanwhile, Chris Colfer's Kurt is still drowning his sorrows in Ohio after being rejected from NYADA.

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"I think it'll be really great because it gives us the opportunity for the characters who have been on the show for a while to move on and to start new story lines," Lea told MTV News, who this season gets schooled by Kate, who plays a wacky dance teacher.

Jenna Ushkowitz, Darren Criss, Chord Overstreet, Heather Morris, Vanessa Lengies, Matthew Morrison, Mark Salling, Jacob Artist, Melissa Benoist and Dean Geyer also showed up to party.