In early 2004, the film was adapted for the stage in a production starring Luke Perry and Alyson Hannigan.

In early 2004, the film was adapted for the stage in a Theatre Royal Haymarket production starring Luke Perry and Alyson Hannigan.

She was developed by Joss Whedon and portrayed throughout the TV series by Alyson Hannigan.

After seven auditions, 23-year-old Alyson Hannigan was hired for the role.

Joss Whedon found that Hannigan was especially gifted reacting with fear ( calling her the " king of pain ") and viewers responded strongly when she was placed in danger, needing to be rescued by Buffy.

The show's popularity by early 1998 was evident to the cast members, and Hannigan remarked on her surprise specifically.

Willow was noted to be the spirit of the Scooby Gang, and Hannigan attributed Willow's popularity with viewers ( she had by May 1998 seven websites devoted to her ) to being an underdog who develops confidence and is accepted by Buffy, a strong, popular person in school.

The actors were not told the end result of the Willow – Oz – Tara storyline, not sure what the eventual trajectory of the relationship would be, until Hannigan said, " Then finally it was, ' Great!

" Hannigan was also positive about the way the character and her relationship with Tara was written: " It is not about being controversial or making a statement.

Pioneering publicist Steve Hannigan, who had successfully promoted Miami Beach, Florida, was hired and named the resort " Sun Valley.

She was very upset when commercials promoting the show used a different actress, Marcia Lewis, a white actress, as Miss Hannigan.

Amber Benson had known Hannigan previously, but did not tell her she was up for the part.

When she did, Hannigan found her on set and upon learning she was up for the role, told Whedon to hire Benson at the same moment Benson got the call from her agent that she had won the part.

Benson and Hannigan had such chemistry that the relationship was written to be more intimate.

One early episode was where he did a jam with his musician friend " Hot Lips Hannigan ", ( with Barney, who is apparently a skilled drummer ) where his singing caused teenage girls to swoon over him.

Because Annie was in Miss Hannigan's office, Grace asks to take her, and Miss Hannigan reluctantly agrees.

When Miss Hannigan hears, she barges in and demands to know what was happening.

During season seven ( 1959 – 1960 ) Terry was brought back played by Penny Parker ( as Jackson was still insulted by her firing the year before and refused to return ) for a seven episode story arc which saw her engaged and eventually married to Pat Hannigan ( Pat Harrington, Jr .), a nightclub friend of Danny's.

In 2010 Hannigan was featured in Tom Hoover's book ' Soundtrack Nation: Interviews with Today's Top Professionals in Film, Videogame, and Television Scoring '.

Joyce and Buffy's best friend Willow Rosenberg ( Alyson Hannigan ) both angrily confront Buffy ; Joyce admits that she does not know all the answers and that giving Buffy an ultimatum was a mistake.

Alyson Lee Hannigan ( born March 24, 1974 ) is an American actress.

James Hannigan ( born 1971 ) is an award-winning British film, television and video game composer who has composed music for various entries in the Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings, Command & Conquer, Wing Commander, Warhammer and Grand Prix series ' of games.

As it turned out, Hannigan was right ; in 1988, Shaw produced a birth certificate proving that he had been born on the same date in 1938, which made him eligible for the Senior PGA Tour ( now the Champions Tour ) starting with the 1989 season.

" Loudon later revisited the character of Miss Hannigan in the ill-fated 1990 sequel, Annie 2: Miss Hannigan's Revenge, which closed quickly after a dismal pre-Broadway engagement in Washington DC.

In the last season, she marries Mike Hannigan played by Paul Rudd.

Molly Ringwald and Michael Landes later replaced Hannigan and Perry for the second cast.

In the beginning of the series, Hannigan used her own experiences in high school — which she called " overwhelmingly depressing "— to guide her portrayal of Willow.

Hannigan described her appeal: " Willow is the only reality-based character.

Through the gamut of changes Willow endures in the series, Buffy studies scholar Ian Shuttleworth states that Alyson Hannigan's performances are the reason for Willow's popularity: " Hannigan can play on audience heartstrings like a concert harpist ... As an actress she is a perfect interpreter in particular of the bare emotional directness which is the specialty of writer Marti Noxon on form.

Two episodes later, Hannigan and Amber Benson were informed that their characters would become romantically involved.

The film, if ever greenlit, would star James Marsters, Alyson Hannigan and Amy Acker.

** Hammerhead Hannigan ( voiced by Laurie Faso in " Darkly Dawns the Duck ," Tad Stones in " In Like Blunt ")-A goat who is Bulba's lead henchman.

He invited a number of other villains — including Flintheart Glomgold, the Beagle Boys, Magica De Spell, Steelbeak and Ammonia Pine of F. O. W. L., and Hammerhead Hannigan, among others — to his resort to auction off the list and use the resulting billions to buy all the tea in China.

* Mark Mothersbaugh, Laura Räty, Mona Lia Ventris, Andrew Todd, John C. Volaitis, Jim Goodwin, Bill Mumy, David Kendrick, Patricia Friedman, Denis M. Hannigan and Michael Alemania ( Adventures in Wonderland )

She becomes best friends with Xander Harris ( Nicholas Brendon ) and Willow Rosenberg ( Alyson Hannigan ), and meets her new Watcher, Rupert Giles ( Anthony Stewart Head ).

She played the role of Miss Hannigan in a concert performance of Annie at Madison Square Garden in December 2006.

She won the 1977 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical for her portrayal of Miss Hannigan in Annie.

She appeared as Miss Hannigan in a professional theatre production of Annie at The Media Theatre in Media, PA, a suburb 25 minutes southwest of Philadelphia.

She lost to co-star Dorothy Loudon -- who played Miss Hannigan — but did receive the Theater World and Outer Critics ' Circle Awards for her performance.

She praises the entire cast equally, but highlights Gellar, Alyson Hannigan, and Emma Caulfield.

She also appeared in " Annie " as " Miss Hannigan " all over the country on tour.