#hinton battle

[caritaskaraokebar]

RIP Hinton Battle <3

Via @bufferingcast on Instagram

#hinton battle #btvs #buffy the vampire slayer #sweet #once more with feeling #rip hinton battle #you were iconic!!

[on-this-day-btvs]

November 6, 2001

Once More, With Feeling aired for BTVS season 6, episode 7. This was the only BTVS episode performed as a musical. All of the regular cast performed their own vocals, although two actors (those who played Willow and Dawn) were given minimal singing at their request. Apart from vocal and choreography prep: "[actual shooting] took something like 19 hours of singing and 17 hours of dancing in between shooting four other episodes."

The demon Sweet (shown in a blue suit above) is played by Hinton Battle, a three-time Tony-winner. This is his only Buffyverse appearance.

(mod note: Apparently Hinton Battle also choreographed the dancing in this episode!)

Commonly referred to as "OMWF," the episode was nominated for a 2002 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction. (If it had won, the award would have gone to Christophe Beck and Jesse Tobias.) Despite the nomination, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences neglected to include the title on the ballots. The Emmy was awarded to the Opening Ceremony of the Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Winter Games.

In March 2019 a vinyl press of the original cast recording was released, with cover art by Paul Mann (shown above).

The moderator is unaware of any recordings of the 2002 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony ever being sold, in any format.

(image create to illustrator Paul Mann) (vinyl details and image via Consequence) (SMG quote and other information via wikipedia)

#btvs #ep: 6x07 once more with feeling #month: november #the demon sweet #hinton battle #date: 06 #year: 2001 #dancing

[xxgothchatonxx]

Sadly, Hinton Battle passed away on January 29, so I'd like to take a moment to appreciate his iconic performance as 'Sweet' in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 'Once More, With Feeling'.

Sweet is easily one of the best villains in the entire Buffyverse. And imo he ties with The Gentlemen and Dracula as the best one-episode-only Buffy villain. What makes Sweet so great is that he perfectly exemplified how good Buffy was at taking a concept that sounds absolutely ridiculous and making it work. A demon who curses the people of Sunnydale to randomly break out into song and dance. Sounds pretty stupid, right? Well yes, until those people start literally dancing themselves to death. And through those songs, the main characters expose their deepest feelings and flaws. So, starts off goofy and fun, and then it gets serious and pretty heartbreaking. And while the Scooby Gang "beat the bad guy", they've still got to deal with all that's come out in this episode. "All those secrets you've been concealing/Say you're happy now - once more, with feeling".

Anyway, back to Hinton's performance. 'What You Feel' and its reprise are criminally underrated villain songs. So smooth, so fun, and very wicked. And Hinton's vocal performance was just perfect. As well as his dancing! He played the role of Sweet to perfection. Just the right amount of theatrical camp with a dash of quiet menace. And he was such a joy to watch in this show.

So, rest in peace, Hinton Battle. Thank you for gifting us with this truly iconic performance.

#hinton battle #buffy the vampire slayer #once more with feeling

[bestmusicalworldcup]

Hinton Battle passed away yesterday at the age of 67. He originated the role of the Scarecrow in The Wiz on Broadway and won three Tony Awards for Best Featured Actor in a Musical (the category record) for his roles in Sophisticated Ladies, The Tap Dance Kid, and Miss Saigon.

#hinton battle #musicals #not a poll

[loveboatinsanity]

R.I.P. Hinton Battle

#hinton battle

[drdavidhuxley]

“I Was Born On The Day Before Yesterday” - Hinton Battle, RIP

#hinton battle #the wiz #I love this song #Youtube

[tllgrrl]

3 time Tony award winner who choreographed, among other things, “Once More With Feeling”, the musical episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Outkast’s movie Idlewild.

Rest in Peace and Paradise.

Hinton Battle ✨👑✨

#hinton battle #broadway #legend #singer dancer actor

[ominous-synths-records]

Think We're Gonna Make It - Hinton Battle

Listen to more from this soundtrack

#music #audio #lost media #vinyl #records #80s music #record store #1980s music #soundtracks #Hinton battle #playing for keeps

[tygerbug]

#hinton battle

[mthguy]

The great Hinton Battle passed away at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on January 30, 2024, at the age of 67.

Hinton Battle (November 29, 1956 – January 30, 2024) was an American actor, singer, dancer, and dance instructor. He won three Tony Awards, all in the category of Featured Actor in a Musical. He was the first to portray the Scarecrow in the stage version of The Wiz.

He also starred on Broadway in Dancin', Dreamgirls, Sophisticated Ladies for which he won his first Tony Award, Chicago (Billy Flynn), and Ragtime (Coalhouse Walker Jr.), which garnered rave reviews from the Chicago press and earned him an Ira Aldridge Award. His role in The Tap Dance Kid earned Hinton a second Tony Award as well as the NAACP Award and the Fred Astaire Award. He won his third Tony Award for Miss Saigon.  

#hinton battle #actor #dancer #three-time Tony award winner #RIP

[bestmusicalworldcup]

The Broadway League has announced the light dimming ceremony honoring Hinton Battle will be a partial ceremony, with only 9 of the 41 Broadway theatres dimming their lights.

The Shubert, Marquis, St. James, New Amsterdam, Samuel J. Friedman, Circle in the Square, Hayes, Vivian Beaumont, and Todd Haimes theatres will dim their marquee lights for one minute at 6:45 PM March 12.

I find the idea of a partial dimming to be quite farcical. The fact it took the Broadway League this long to announce the light dimming also does not sit right with me.

#hinton battle #broadway #not a poll

[scifi4wifi]

Hinton Battle, Famed Song and Dance Man, Gone at 67

Battle Hinton as Sweet {image via Mutant Enemy Productions} January 29, 2024 was a sad day for Broadway. Hinton Battle, famous for playing the Scarecrow in The Wiz, passwed away. He was 67. A cause of death was not revealed. His longtime friend Debbie Allen revealed the news on Instagram on Jan 30th. “Today I honor Hinton Battle, my dear friend who left us to dance and sing in God’s Ensemble…

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#Brodway Theater #Hinton Battle #The Wiz #Tony Awards

[onegentlemansescapades]

RIP to the incredible dancer, singer and actor Hinton Battle (November 29, 1956 – January 29, 2024)

#hinton battle #dancer #in memoriam

[patwrites]

RIP Hinton Battle

#hinton battle

[choir-of-ex-girlfriends]

"What a lotta fun

You guys have been real

Swell

And there's not a one

Who can say this

Ended well

All those secrets you've been concealin'

Say you're happy, now

Once more with feelin'

Now I gotta run

See you all

In hell!"

- "What You Feel - Reprise", Hinton Battle (Sweet) from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, "Once More With Feeling"

#lyrics #songs #music #song lyrics #song #musical episode #buffy the vampire slayer #once more with feeling #hinton battle #sweet #what you feel - reprise

[toiletpotato]

Hinton Battle was the original Scarecrow in The Wiz, Mabel King was the original Evillene* (in both the stage show AND the movie), and Tasha Thomas was the original Aunt Em.

*Evillene is the name of the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wiz, so this is a picture of two Wicked Witches of the West meeting (!!!!!!!!!)

BONUS:

#I'm Really Really Really Really Really Normal about this picture's existence friends #like. AAAAAAAA #it makes me so so happy that the 1939 people were largely supportive of The Wiz #need to get my hands on an original cast album of the wiz #the stage show not the movie. i already have the movie on cd and dvd #mabel king died in 1999 and margaret hamilton died in 1985 so they could have never met an elphaba. however if that ever would have happene #i'd be nonexistent #I'm Very Incredibly Normal about The Wiz and the 1939 movie as evidenced by the above #ozposting #the wiz #the wizard of oz (1939) #musical theatre #Youtube