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Hinton Battle (born November 29, 1956) is an American actor, singer, dancer, and dance instructor. He has 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 (a role assumed by Michael Jackson in the 1978 film adaptation).
Battle was born in Neubrücke, Hoppstädten, West Germany, part of the Baumholder Army Military Community, and raised in Washington, D.C. and New York City. His mother was a homemaker and his father a U.S. army officer. Battle's talent became apparent at the age of nine. After three years of studying ballet at the Jones-Haywood School of Ballet, he received a scholarship to The School of American Ballet where he studied until the age of fifteen under George Balanchine. That same year, Hinton made his Broadway debut starring as the Scarecrow in The Wiz.
He has appeared in fifteen films and television programmes, including Quantum Leap, Dreamgirls, and Touched by an Angel. On Quantum Leap, he played Thames, the evil Observer from the future, in the final installment of the Evil Leaper trilogy of episodes. Battle played the role of the Cat in the first U.S. pilot for science-fiction sitcom Red Dwarf, based on the British show of the same name. Notably, he 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.
It Don't Mean a Thing - Phyllis Hyman and tap dancers - Gregg Burge and Hinton Battle
Why'd you run away? Don't you like my style? Why don't you come and play? I guarantee a great big smile I come from the imagination And I'm here strictly by your invocation So what do you say? Why don't we dance awhile? I'm the hottest swing I'm the twist and shout When you gotta sing, When you gotta let it out You call me and I come a-running I turn the music on; I bring the fun in Now, we're partying That's what it's all about 'Cuz I know, what you feel, girl I know just what you feel, girl All these melodies, they go on too long Then that energy starts to come on way too strong All those hearts lay open; that must sting Plus, some customers just die combusting That's the penalty when life is but a song You brought me down and doomed this town So, when we blow...
Sophisticated Ladies ( Duke Ellington's ) Hinton Battle, Gregg Burge " Kinda Dukish "
Hinton Battle wins the 1991 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his performance as John Thomas in Miss Saigon.
A clip from a Buffy episode starring Hinton Battle as Sweets who you know as the original scarecrow from The Wiz.
Hinton Battle performs "Sophisticated Lady" at Broadway Sessions on June 7th, 2012. Join us every Thursday at 11:00PM at the Laurie Beechman Theatre, 42nd & 9th, NYC. Hosted by Ben Cameron with Joshua Stephen Kartes on piano.
The late great Tony Award nominated Phyllis Hyman and Tony Award winner Hinton Battle performing one of Duke Ellington classics " Take The 'A' Train". Great Performance. From the "Must Have" DVD - Duke Ellington & Sophisticated Ladies (The Tony Award Winning Musical Extravaganza)
BET's Today's Black Woman hosted by Freda Payne. This interview took place during the Broadway run of "Sophisticated Ladies." Copyright Statement: I do not own this video. No copyright infringement is intended. This video is not being used to make money in any way and is for entertainment and leisure purposes only. This is an act of fair usage as described by the US Copyright Office, therefore, a dispute should not occur over this video. Copyright Disclaimer: "Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of f...
Hinton Battle created "swop," a mixture of swing and hip-hop for the feature film "Idlewild" and the highly-rated Dancing With the Stars.
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Footage Owned by Bill Boggs BillBoggsTV Managed by Exit 172 Productions, LLC. John Hedlund . Bill Boggs is a 4-time Emmy-award winning television interviewer, as well as an Executive Producer of three national shows, including The Morton Downey, . Phyllis Linda Hyman (July 6, 1949 – June 30, 1995) was an American singer-songwriter and actress. She is best known for her singles from the late 1970s to the .
The panel of performers - Hinton Battle ("Miss Saigon"), Roy Dotrice ("The Homecoming"), Timothy Hutton ("Babylon Gardens"), Mary Louise Parker ("Babylon Gardens"), Teresa Wright ("On Borrowed Time"), Stephanie Zimbalist ("The Baby Dance") - discuss working in regional and repertory theatre; where they started out in show business, if it was a family profession; the process of getting an agent; how the stage compares to television and film; and how different theatre spaces, sets, and stage sizes affect a show. Originally taped - September, 1991 An acclaimed fixture on New York television and in the theatre community for 30 years, the American Theatre Wing's "Working in the Theatre" offers an unprecedented forum for the meeting of theatrical minds. For more visit: http://www.americanthe...
Anthony Ray Hinton, incarcerated on death row in Alabama for nearly thirty years for a crime he didn’t commit, and Bryan Stevenson, Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative and author of Just Mercy, discuss the 16-year legal battle that exonerated Hinton in 2015. Part of the ongoing Sackler Center series "States of Denial: The Illegal Incarceration of Women, Children, and People of Color." This event took place at the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art on March 13, 2016. Video courtesy Elizabeth A. Sackler Foundation. www.brooklynmuseum.org/eascfa/video/
Here is a partial episode of the syndicated talk show America, hosted by Sarah Purcell and McLean Stevenson with Charlie O'Donnell announcing and lasting just one season. Today's guests/features include Hinton Battle of the Tap Dance Kid, a visit to the Harvard Square post office in Cambridge, Mass, and the Boston General Mail Facility, a phone interview with T.C. Swartz for Society Expeditions, an early attempt at commercial space tourism; and Tom Jones with his mother, son, and grandson.
Mr. Dennis Ray Battle, Jr. 21, and Mr. Jason Javon Britt, 29, of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, died on May 16, 2014 in Rocky Mount, N.C. Services Provided By H. D. Pope Funeral Home. Produced & Edited By Steven Perry.
Nov. 28, 2015 (show #534) Hoo-Rae! Featuring: Rabbi Sol Solomon chats with actress Charlotte Rae ("The Facts of Life"). Plus: Inside Broadway, Bob Dylan - Sooner & Later, Saturday Segues (Randy Newman, Allan Sherman), Greeley Crimes & Old Times, a call from Frendy, and more! Host: Dave Lefkowitz Guests: actress Charlotte Rae, friends Fred Cleaver and Wendy Highby, Dave's wife Joyce 00:00:01 DAVE GOES IN w/ Joyce ("The Facts of Life," Small-Business Saturday, The Miracle of Long Johns, "Angels Hamilton III, Esq.", 00:50:00 GUESTS: Fred Cleaver & Wendy Highby 01:17:00 GREELEY CRIMES & OLD TIMES 01:40:30 SATURDAY SEGUE - Randy Newman 02:02:00 Sponsors 02:07:30 INSIDE BROADWAY 02:26:30 GUEST: Rabbi Sol Solomon interviews Charlotte Rae 03:27:30 BOB DYLAN - Sooner & Later 03:47:00 Friends 03:...
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Watch complete Music Special at Classic American Cinema musicgroovez.gbox.com Follow Classic American Cinema on Pinter est Follow Classic American Cinema on Instagram @classicamericancinema Phyllis Hyman & Hinton Battle perform in this clip from the 1981 Broadway Play "Sophisticated Ladies" Watch the full Broadway play at Classic American Cinema video site at http://www.musicgroovez.gbox.com
3-Time Tony Award winner Hinton Battle recording the Soundtrack for Children's Theater Company's original show, Henry "Box" Brown. Website: childrenstheatercompany.org