![]() ![]() I noticed all the other (actors) opening their doors, too. It’s Joss and (then-wife) Kai playing the piano and singing these songs. “He gives me this cassette and I play it. ![]() “I was taking a nap (when) Joss knocks on the door (to my trailer) and says, ‘This is your homework for the next episode.’ He doesn’t explain himself at all,” recalled Marsters. ![]() Without question, “Feeling” is Marsters’ favorite “Buffy” episode. I enjoy playing the goofy side character.” "That moment’s a fun one to play, too, where he’s like ‘My fault’ and everyone’s mad at him. “Xander unwittingly put events into motion," Coulter said. As a result, the dynamics of everyone’s relationships change, particularly Buffy and Spike’s. Buffy sings about dying and being resurrected, revealing she was in Heaven and not Hell. Hidden truths and dark secrets are revealed in the songs. Not immune to Sweet’s influence, they all sing. Sweet claims Dawn (Michelle Trachtenberg), Buffy’s younger sister, as his bride. Thanks to Sweet, people find themselves bursting into song – and flame. In “Feeling,” Xander (Nicholas Brendon) inadvertently conjures a stylish, zoot-suited demon named Sweet (three-time Tony-winning actor Hinton Battle) to see if his upcoming marriage to Anya (Emma Caulfield) would be happy. 6, 2001.Artist Adam Hughes evoked an Old Hollywood feel to it. The original poster for "Once More, With Feeling," the seminal musical episode of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" that originally aired Nov. 14 on its TV’s Top 100 Episodes of All Time list, as well as the fifth-best episode of the 21st century. 1 for the Top 50 Musical Moments on Television from 1990-2002, No. At some point, I think she hired two vocal coaches, so she did the best job that she possibly could for that show."Īdded Ogger: “The fact that everybody was singing their parts and didn’t bring in a vocal double says a lot.”Ĭritically lauded, “Feeling” is considered one of the series’ best episodes. “Nobody was better about this than Sarah," said James Marsters, alias Spike. Singer Jewel was supposed to be Gellar’s singing double, but Gellar didn’t want someone else doing Buffy’s emotional turning point. This was Whedon’s first time writing music, which serves as a narrative tool, essential to character development. 6, 2001, written and directed by “Buffy” creator Joss Whedon, who spent six months writing the episode. This will be our first production as an official group.” “I told my friends, ‘We are doing this! We are putting this on stage!’ From there, we casted the production within our friends and then branched out via everyone's connections in the community to fill the spots we still had available. “This all started right after I watched the episode in 2020,” recalled Ogger. ‘Buffy’ actors look back on the show’s 25th anniversary Photo courtesy of Oggler.Īfter rewatching season six’s “Feeling,” Ogger not only understood it, she wanted to adapt it. “I watched it from the beginning.” Dearborn native Rachel Oggler will play Buffy in her stage adaptation of “Once More, With Feeling,” the 2001 musical episode of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” Oggler will also choreograph and direct the adaptation of the musical episode, which will premiere at Detroit’s Redford Theatre on Saturday, July 16. “I decided I needed to watch the whole show,” Ogger said. When Dearborn native Rachel Ogger first watched “Once More, With Feeling,” the musical episode of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” she was thoroughly confused. ![]()
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