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)
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Blushing, covering my face, giggling, yelling, kicking my feet, losing my mind, falling head over heels, eating my hand-
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