who plays the demon in once more with feeling
Hinton Battle
title: Once More, with Feeling (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) text: my big emotional turning point for the season?' In the end, it was an incredible experience and I'm glad I did it. And I never want to do it again." Davies was so impressed with Hinton Battle's performance on Broadway in "The Wiz" that he asked Battle to play the demon Sweet. Battle, a three-time Tony-winner, wore prosthetic make-up for the first time to give him a demonic red face. Sweet was portrayed as "slick", smooth and stylish; in contrast, most demons on the series were designed to be crude and ugly. The set for The Bronze was used frequently title: Once More, with Feeling (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) text: Once More, with Feeling (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) "Once More, with Feeling" is the seventh episode of the sixth season of the supernatural drama television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997–2003) and the only one in the series performed as a musical. It was written and directed by the show's creator, Joss Whedon, and originally aired on UPN in the United States on November 6, 2001. "Once More, with Feeling" explores changes in the relationships of the main characters, using the plot device that a demon—credited as "Sweet" but unnamed in the episode—compels the people of Sunnydale to break into title: Hinton Battle text: Cat in the first U.S. pilot for science-fiction sitcom "Red Dwarf", based on the British show of the same name. Notably, he guest starred as Sweet the jazz demon, in "Once More, with Feeling", "Buffy The Vampire Slayer"'s musical episode in which his spell forces the characters to sing their biggest secrets and fears. Hinton’s other Broadway starring roles include "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 title: Once More, with Feeling (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) text: first season, when Buffy moved to Sunnydale after her parents' divorce. Xander is engaged to Anya Jenkins (Emma Caulfield), a former vengeance demon who has become human. They have struggled with disclosing their engagement to the rest of the group and individually doubt their impending marriage. Buffy died at the end of the fifth season ("The Gift"), sacrificing herself in place of her younger sister Dawn (Michelle Trachtenberg) in order to save the world. In the first episode of the sixth season, Willow, believing Buffy to be in Hell, used magic to bring her back from the grave. Buffy was title: Once More, with Feeling (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) text: love him ("Rest in Peace"). Dawn tells Tara she is glad that Tara and Willow have made up after their argument. Since Tara has no recollection of an argument, she suspects that Willow has used magic to alter her memory. She goes to the Magic Box to consult a book, leaving Dawn alone. Dawn starts to bemoan that no one seems to notice her ("Dawn's Lament"), but is soon seized by minions of Sweet (Hinton Battle), a zoot suit-wearing, tap-dancing, singing demon. They take Dawn to The Bronze, where her attempt to escape transforms into an interpretive dance with the