Fans of The CW’s growing table of DC Comics-based superhero shows now have two more things to look forward to: two big crossover episodes, said executive producer Greg Berlanti at the Television Critics Association press tour on Thursday.

All four of the network’s superhero shows – Arrow, The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow and now Supergirl – will participate in a four-show crossover later this fall, with elements of the crossover taking place on each of the four shows.

Then, next year, Supergirl and Flash will air a pair of musical crossover episodes.

“There are a number of people who can sing across all of the shows who will be making exciting appearances,” said Greg Berlanti, who executive produces all of these shows under his Berlanti Productions banner that’s housed at Warner Bros.

Those talented actors include Supergirl‘s Melissa Benoist and The Flash’s Grant Gustin, both alums of Fox’s Glee, who are “always singing,” Adler said. And Legends of Tomorrow’s and The Flash’s Victor Garber came to TV from Broadway, where he starred in such productions as Godspell.

“As a fan of both superhero shows and musicals, to have an opportunity like this with these individuals who have so much extraordinary talent is very exciting,” said Berlanti.

The CW did not face any criticism from the room about its commitment to diversity, but the topic still came up.

“It’s important for everyone up here to increase the level of diversity on our shows both in front of and behind the camera,” said Andrew Kreisman, who works with Berlanti to produce all of the superhero shows. “In a show like Supergirl with a female lead, it’s important to have a female behind the camera as well.

Berlanti backed that up by saying, “there are a lot of female directors out there who are the breadwinners for their families but they are also having to take care of their kids, so it’s challenging for them to have to shoot out of town. That just means we have to keep trying, we have to keep making offers. When we were producing Legends of Tomorrow, we made offers to direct to 20 women that we got passes on. But we kept our numbers up by asking the 22nd, 23rd and 24th person.”

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