30 Rock - Donald Glover will play Tracy Morgan

Intriguing title, isn't it ? It's true : Donald Glover (Troy Barnes on NBC's hit show Community) will play Tracy Morgan in the live episode (6.19) of 30 Rock on Thursday, April 26 ! My whole brain is crying tears of joy as I learn this exciting news. 'Troy' will play a younger version of Tracy Morgan (Tracy Jordan) in flashbacks. He will perform twice, once for each Coast, like episode 5.04. In that first live show, Julia Louis-Dreyfus played Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) in a few scenes.

Before joining Community, Donald Glover worked as a writer on 30 Rock. He co-signed episode 2.10 (Episode 210) and episode 3.14 (The Funcooker), and popped up very quickly on screen in episodes 1.05 and 3.22. Plus, he lent his voice to... Tracy Morgan in episode 2.02, for the Werewolf Bar Mitzvah clip (which is a little more noticeable in the extended version) — as you know, Donald Glover is a rapper, Childish Gambino. Great impression of Tracy's voice.

Robert Carlock, writer/producer on 30 Rock, told TVLine that the plot of that second live show will revolve around Kabletown’s decision to discontinue TGS as a live show. Liz and Jack welcome the move, since shooting canned episodes will be far less time consuming. But Kenneth tries to convince everyone that live television is worth doing by taking us back through the history of TGS. As a result, a good portion of the half-hour features newly-created flashbacks to old shows, and the cast jumps around playing all of those old parts. Very cool story, if you ask me.