This week on Tuesday January 30th the theatre community lost two very important and influential members Chita Rivera and Hinton Battle. So to honour both these trailblazers we here at Before the Downbeat will be releasing remastered tribute episodes of musicals they were heavily involved in. For today we turn our focus to Mr. Battle who was not only an incredible dancer but also a 3 time Tony Award winner. He won his 3 awards in the cateogory of Best Supporting Actor in a Musical and this makes him the most award performer for single cateogory. His career spanned multiple mediums from his stage work where he originated the role of the Scarecrow in The Wiz and John in Miss Saigon to his cross over to TV and film, making appearances in Dreamgirls, Smash, These Old Broads, Quantum Leap, Touched by an Angel, and Buffy The Vampire Slayer and he even choreographed the 65th and 66th Academy Awards. So in honour of his passing we are revisiting our episode on Miss Saigon which is musical he won his 3rd Tony Award for. We will also dive deeper into his work next season when tackle The Wiz. But for now listen and enjoy this very special tribute.

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