Once More With Feeling LIVE NYC 2018

[@casseya9452]

THE JOYCE SUMMERS GRAVE I WASNT READY

[@JanAside]

U JUST GONNA IGNORE THE JENNY GRAVE

[@mayaenglish5424]

Joyce I was ready for Jenny I was thoroughly unprepared!

[@vicmarmo9334]

😱

[@drwhotvwam]

And they forgot poor Snyder

[@ellariel7457]

It’s *always* too soon for losing Joyce.

[@howardbeatman2820]

When I hear the phrase "Let it burn" repeated four times, I feel the urge, at the fourth time, to raise my leg and kick down a heavy door!

[@ClaudioGrecoPhD]

The actor who plays Giles just nailed Anthony Stewart Head's physicality.

[@KentMLewis]

Thx😉

[@charleshowd9784]

​@@KentMLewisawesome 👌

[@GoldTopSlinger]

I ran into this randomly and thought "Okay, three minutes of cringing and I'll move on". Nearly an hour later I'm whopping and clapping like I'm there. Fantastic performance. So much fun! And Matthew Hougland: that is one huge voice you've got there.

[@cmackiddie]

Buffy definitely studied those dance moves. excellent job

[@Commanber]

My god the toy fire trucks during the end of Walk Through the Fire gave me life. Such a nice attention to detail. God job everybody!

[@everettwhite3537]

This was a very unexpected fantastic recreation of one of my favorite TV episodes of all time. It is not not a reimagining, but rather a faitthful adaptation for a live performance on a (very) small stage. I was first blown away by how many scenes of the original were reproduced in such a short time with brilliant improvisations for limited space and resources. More amazing, however, was that the mood was replicated so well. The pathos, the grief, the anxiousness, the humor all as in the original [audience cluelessness at times herein, notwithstanding]. Yes, I am a Buffy fan, though I never would have thought to be, put off just by the title. I"m a guy. I don't watch "Buffy" anything! Then, Marvin Kitman, a critic for the Long Island newspaper Newsday wrote an article entitled (if I remember correctly), "The best show on TV that you're not watching." So, I tried "Buffy." I was enthralled. One of the smartest shows ever, in my opinion. Kudos to this cast and to the adapters from tv to stage. I will watch this many times again, I'm sure.

[@RockBandPlayer84]

You should also watch the spinoff Angel. You get to see Faith's redemption on Angel and a chance for her to act like the slayer without being in Buffy's shadow. Cordelia and Wesley also become much better characters than they were on Buffy

[@hereticmoses]

So impressed with Natalie Wisdom nailing those dance moves as Buffy!

[@kevinnelson66]

Great job to everyone involved. The woman playing Buffy did SMG justice. The knife throwing scene was awesome.

[@ComandoPadentro]

I love hoow they did the "previously on Buffy" segment exactly like it was. Awesome job!

[@senordan810]

Max props to Anya and Xander - they killed i'll never tell

[@LittleOxfordSt]

Loved Xander and Giles! They both did really well capturing what the original actors brought to the characters

[@nloving]

As a lover of both theatre and buffy I have watched quite a few once more with feeling stage adaptations and this is hands down the best one I’ve seen! The singing, acting, choreography (especially considering the obvious lack of stage space), comedic timing and overall direction are unparalleled. It embraces the inherent goofiness of both the episode and the process of bringing it to the stage. Nice job!

[@nloving]

Also, even though they were not in the main cast and had 8 million bit ensemble parts, Kelly and Michelle for real tied this whole show together shout out to them

[@PierangeloMilano]

This is the best thing that ever ended up on the internet.

[@ryanclark6402]

This is without a doubt the best-directed play I’ve ever seen. Your stage is 12’x18’ and you need to stage an epic musical? Here’s the instruction manual. LEAN IN! :)

[@n0namesowhatblerp362]

Love it! Old school Buffy fan here. But the audience didnt get the sadness in some parts unfortunatel. its not all a joke and i think you did great, the audience sometimes didnt get it.

[@eaziem8061]

Agreed, for example at 41:48 , I don’t see how this was something to laugh at...

[@Calistake047]

Honestly, the audience didn't get the tiniest part of this, probably due to lack of knowledge and understanding of the Buffyverse. Hearing them laugh at Dawn's feeble "The hardest thing in this world... is to live in it" (which we all know to be a quotation from 5x22 The Gift, easily the pinnacle of tragedy in the whole show) drove me INSANE. Just shut the hell up and have some respect for my teenage traumas, will ya.

[@lessismore8533]

Jelqius! As a huge Buffy fan I wish I was there live! I loved the Giles , Buffy and Spike actors,

[@DreamLvrNY]

Wow!! This was awesome!! I’m a huge Buffy fan and have watched Once More With Feeling many times. When I came across this I was curious enough to watch a few minutes but before I knew it I was glued and watched til the end! The cast did amazing! All the dancing, the singing, the comedic timing, the costumes, the set... everything was awesome! The funniest and most clever part was the knife work at 33:32!!! 😂 Great work everyone!! Thanks for posting this!

[@bexproctor360]

Yeah I loved it !

[@whitneyryangarrity5265]

Old guy and Buffy fan. This was very well done and touched my heart as I remain trapped during this virus. Be safe

[@BlueWren1508]

JOYCE AND JENNYS GRAVES LMAO IM DEAD

[@alexispetro7703]

This was actually really good. Loved every second of it.

[@valanceeisleben4161]

Loved this so much. The actor who played Sweet rocked it!!

[@lindseystein9676]

They didn’t laugh at the funniest part when Giles says that Buffy needs back up... Doesn’t seem like there are many fans of the show in the audience haha

[@justmeyo4589]

Ikr? That's my fave line. I was just in a production of this and no one laughed then either. But it's so funny

[@dees3179]

Congratulations to the music team , both performing and arranger. Must have been a difficult job. I’m dead impressed.

[@dassian]

I came across this by happy accident as well. All I can say is WOW! I loved it. It was clever, it was funny, and best of all it made me cry in the exact same places. Great job!

[@marinaeulalia]

Same here, exactly!

[@joon0]

For the record, if your group somehow produced a live adaptation of the whole series, I would buy tickets to every single episode, and buy it in every available format.

[@thelokiproject4085]

I'm sitting in England at gone midnight watching this in my kitchen. Great job guys

[@trobik]

This is so clever and so well choreographed, blocked and staged and you can tell those involved knew the original without completely doing a copy. Loved how you managed to get the costumes close when you could and just blown away by the puppet masks. The bits of business in "I'm Under Your Spell," "I'll Never Tell" and "Standing" especially are so much fun. Thanks for actually making me laugh with this. As a NYer, I wish I'd known/gone to the Duplex to see this live.

[@crescentmoon6029]

Wonderful show with a fabulous cast. Absolutely loved how they nailed the choreography in every number. Natalie Wisdom filled some pretty big shoes as Buffy. You could tell they all loved the show and this was a great homage.

[@flummoxedgiles]

THEIR GILES IS SOOOO GOOD

[@loopkill]

Oh man I'm so glad I discovered this!! An incredible rendition of the episode with amazing attention to detail! Such nostalgia watching this! I stayed up super late at night because I just couldn't stop watching once I started! Right from the intro, I could tell who everyone was playing because the outfits were so on point! Giles' acting was basically perfect. So was the choreo for Dawn's Ballet and What You Feel. Sweet, Xander and Anya all absolutely KILLED IT with their numbers! I loved how you guys did Sweet's color change! And the slow-mo training session during Standing was absolutely hilarious!! As was the bed scene in Under Your Spell (very clever making the bed vertical!)! And I gotta talk about Walk Through The Fire--there's a lot of moving parts, but you guys executed so well! It's very obvious that you guys were seriously hardcore fans to have gotten so many little details and nuances right from the original episode! And even the little extra things you added like Anya's thing about her song being a "retro, pastiche number that's never going to be the breakaway pop hit" were excellent and very in character! I could go on forever... So much respect and appreciation for you guys for creating this gem and putting on KZbin for all of us to enjoy!

[@omgpiruletta]

This is everything goals

[@leahrame5094]

Actor playing Xander is fantastic 👏

[@Tomy_Yon]

That intro was gold! And the rest great gems 💎

[@missammonoid]

I am shocked by how good this was. really improved my quarantine to watch it :)

[@CliffCutterActual]

Xander being late on the cue and Giles tapping him is a perfect character moment

[@johnsmi213]

Time stamp?

[@sushicat1]

@@johnsmi213 42:14

[@reginaphalange30]

I didn't think I would like this, now I want to go see it! Great job!

[@graxxor]

"Or maybe midgets..." Damn!!! 🤣🤣🤣 I watched this video when it was released, but deleted my original KZbin account 5 years ago so my comment has gone, I'm putting it back out there! Loved this whole performance...The cast was perfectly... ahem... cast with great acting and singing voices. Oh, and the production, lighting, stage management were all top notch! NGL the lady who plays Buffy has the facial profile of an Anime princess incarnate... Wow. She is gorgeous.

[@AmosRambles]

Love this. A few live show hiccups but the cast and band handled it well for the most part. A few lyric issues, which made some songs feel under rehearsed for a show that would appeal to fans who would likely know the episode back to front. But still mostly got the meaning across. Great way to fill time during quarantine

[@Karragh]

I think it is very funny that they did the previously on.

[@vicmarmo9334]

The best stage production I've seen of Once More With Feeling 👍😊🥰

[@NatGeodeWild]

The dude who played spike looks a lot like OZ

[@eileenkenney]

Why have I not seen this until now?! This should be traveling the world off Broadway. I guess I'm a biased Buffy fan, but this was an amazing redo. Great job guys!

[@freaktrio]

i just found this, after searching for a cover for the songs. i didn't knew i actually needed a re-done of the episode. you guys are great!

[@Fenchurche]

Oh, that was *awesome*!! You guys did an incredible job!!

[@JustMe-mp8on]

Excellent cast, acting, singing...very enjoyable.

[@carolinacastilloflores7296]

Definitely made my quarantine! Grear job guys

[@nancyharvey-noble2939]

This is hilarious, u guys nailed it!!!

[@dereknolin5986]

I love that this exists!

[@ConquerYourVictory]

You guys nailed It, love from Brazil 🇧🇷

[@HeiDidi92]

Such a great job lmao was obsessed with that episode back in the day xD

[@fern5971]

The Xander and Anya rocked this!!

[@bexproctor360]

Not gonna lie hated first 5 minutes....then I got it...bloody brilliant ! Well done !

[@rashedly]

this is so well done by all involved!

[@chakotay24]

Fantastic job. I love the touch of performing the episode recap.

[@KatjaBosies]

Wow, amazingly done. Thank you. And the "flying knives"... you really got the humor of the original show.

[@odjy]

Tha'ts amazing!! Great performers!!!

[@Tabira]

This is so good! I love the youtube algorithm bringing me here

[@purplerd2863]

Whoever came up with this idea, I LOVE YOU!

[@iKNuDDeL]

What a great Show, i had so much fun watching you! I loved that episode and u did it all so well! It was funny and on point

[@kaylakoerper6892]

I thought this production was amazing, down to the ringing bell of the magic box, the knives and even the actors nailed their parts! I sung along to it all!

[@flogerland-dobat6645]

I ended up on that video by accident, but WHAT A HAPPY ACCIDENT THIS IS !! This is perfection ❤❤

[@MagusAgrippa8]

This was bloody brilliant. Especially the Previously On.

[@isara108]

This was great 😂 😊

[@lafollable]

19:05 First time I realize the parking ticket scene ends with the "I'm not wearing underwear" line. I had to go back to the episode to check that this is a real line from it. Congratulations, great adaptation.

[@KnightKai]

bloody brilliant!

[@davidterhune8277]

Bloody priceless!

[@fel-]

This made me SO HAPPY! Brilliant job

[@spaceysan]

One of the things that brought me happiness in quarantine and across the ocean :).

[@dcthomp]

giles is more giles than giles

[@TheBloobster]

Love the 'previously on' lol I've watched the ep so many times I've got that stupid thing memorized too

[@paulgibson7353]

Lol

[@Illuminatus5]

This is great thank you for sharing 😄

[@matthewturner6026]

I watched the entire thing , incredible !!!!

[@norademe8240]

I loved it verrrry much. Great job, guys! Thank you. 👍😊😊

[@daisybates7054]

Really fantastic performance! I was slightly frustrated with the audience laughing during Under Your Spell though..... I miss Tara so much!

[@Braindizruptor]

im with you....

[@bexproctor360]

I didn't understand the audience laughing either

[@rfresa]

They were laughing at the staging gimmicks

[@0saintclark0]

@@bexproctor360 they were just laughing at the complete lack of effects on the "magic". Not in a nasty way, just laughing at the limitations of a stage play really.

[@justanotherhuman8592]

That was so good! Watched from the UK 🇬🇧🇬🇧😍😍

[@maureen_nyc1327]

omg I'm obsessed with this

[@kerrycavanaugh4268]

Love this musical. So funny and clever!

[@fionndalton9939]

Amazing loved it!!

[@OP-1000]

Oh man, I love stuff like this. Great big smile 😃

[@diegobacellar84]

This is awsome!!! Congratulations! As a fan of the show, I really enjoy it. Thank you!!

[@Angelus991]

this is absolutely amazing!

[@cassandrafowler5642]

I would love to perform this

[@graxxor]

Deleted my account to reduce my digital footprint, so basically came back to make the exact two same statements.... four years later... 1) Best live performance of OMWF ever... 2) Buffy actress is totes gorge and has absolutely theee most beautiful nose profile I have ever seen! major swoonage.... be still, my heart. welp... if I delete this account I'll be back in 2027 to say the exact same thing once more... with feeling.

[@SabsWhyTho]

Are you them, their partner, or just obsessive? Cause they're definitely pretty but certainly not remarkable, and they do indeed have quite a large nose, not that there's anything wrong with that. Wait are you a nose fetishist?

[@Drwhogirl]

I loved it! Awesome.

[@futurethinker3390]

WOW! Just fantastically wow! Loved it!

[@talknormal]

This is amazing genius wow

[@maricleiasilva1177]

It was amazing!! OMG!!! I LOVE IT!

[@LittleMissDivine]

this is so good! Respect to all performers etc!!! So much detail and heart poured into this not to mention... this is funny!! Great job people!

[@LovezKittie]

This was amazing! What a talented group!

[@antonioheji]

I loved!!!!!!!

[@Slurvify]

The amount of restraint not to sing along is impressive

[@nativesun7661]

This was GREAT!

[@jasonserson3783]

Great job to everyone involved! Buddy fan since from day one. You all did amazing! Congratulations!

[@gozerthegozarian9500]

this is sensational!

[@chaotic7cam]

This was awesome. 😂 Anya and Xanders song was probably the best. Spike messed up the lyrics after ‘willing slave’ but he was decent. Those puppet masks are fire btw. Wish I Could Stay reprise with Giles and Tara was beautiful. Let it Burn was done very well for a stage production where there can’t be voice overs. Overall this was done really well I enjoyed it. ^^ You can tell not everyone is a professional but everyone still brought their A game and sounded great!

[@erintheresa2430]

It can be hard when there is so much dialogue and lyrics to memorize and they are doing it all LIVE! When the original episode was being filmed, all the music had already been recorded so the actors were lip-syncing to playback. Regarding "Spike" messing up his lyrics: James Marsters used to perform the song at conventions and he would even mess up at times. This isn't Broadway. We don't know how much theatre experience these actors had prior. I think they they did pretty damn good job. As a life-long Buffy fan, I am truly satisfied w/ adaption.

[@MagusAgrippa8]

Kinda laughing that Spike's actor looks distinctly more... Oz-like. He killed it though.

[@billkarnes948]

This was an awesome version of the show! I didn't expect to laugh as much.,..if not more than the original. This was amazing!

[@EuropAir]

A truly excellent performance, thank you so much!

[@TheDreadedZero]

23:08 he said the wrong line here. It should be so I’m sayin stay away. Then again at 23:50 he botched the entire section. He’s supposed to say “And you just love to play the thought that you might misbehave. But till you do I'm telling you stop visiting my grave”