HADESTOWN
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Walter Kerr Theatre
Opened on Broadway: April 17, 2019 Performances: 2,292 (as of 5/3/26) Director: Rachel Chavkin Choreographer: David Neumann Book, Music, Lyrics: Anaïs Mitchell Runtime: 2hr. 25min. (1 Intermission) Opening Night Cast:
For Orpheus: Brandon Cameron, Jeffrey Cornelius, Tanner Ray Wilson For Eurydice: Sojourner Brown, KC Dela Cruz, Sydney Parra, Jessie Shelton For Hades: Max Kumangai, Alex Puette, Tanner Ray Wilson For Persephone: Tara Jackson & Brit West For Hermes: Malcom Armwood & Max Kumangai Actors/Actresses Who've Played In the Show: Orpheus: Reeve Carney, Jordan Fisher, Carlos Valdes, Ali Louis Bourzgui, Jack Wolfe, Joshua Colley, Jeffrey Cornelius, Brandon Cameron, John-Michael Lyles Eurydice: Eva Noblezada, Solea Pfeiffer, Lola Tung, Isa Briones, Maia Reficco, Hailey Kilgore, KC Dela Cruz, Myra Molloy, Morgan Dudley, Jordan Tyson Hades: Patrick Page, Tom Hewitt, Phillip Boykin, Paulo Szot, Gary Dourdan Persephone: Amber Gray, Lana Gordon, Jewelle Blackmon, Betty Who, Ani DiFranco, Yola, Allison Russell, Merle Dandridge, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Gaby Moreno Hermes: André de Shields, T. Oliver Reid, Lillias White, Jon Jon Briones, Stephanie Mills, Daniel Breaker, Kurt Elling, J. Harrison Ghee Official Hadestown Archive at IBDB.com. Tour Cast: Jose Contreras as Orpheus Hawa Kamara as Eurydice Nickolaus Colón as Hades Namisa Mdlalose Bizana as Persephone Rudy Foster as Hermes West End Cast: Marly Fenton as Orpheus Bethany Antonia as Eurydice Alastair Parker as Hades Rachel Adedeji as Persephone Clive Rowe as Hermes |
Synopsis:
Welcome to the Way Down. Hadestown is a haunting, soulful reimagining of the ancient Greek myths of Orpheus and Eurydice and Hades and Persephone, transposed into a world that feels like a Depression-era New Orleans jazz joint welded to a gritty, industrial underworld. Winner of 8 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and the Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album, this through-sung masterpiece by singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell is a "sad song" that we sing anyway—a testament to hope, labor, and the power of art in the darkest of times.
The story follows the young dreamer Orpheus, a penniless musician who believes his song can restore balance to the world, and the practical, hungry Eurydice, who descends into the mechanical "company town" of Hadestown in search of security. Guided by the silver-tongued messenger Hermes and shadowed by the three mocking Fates, the production is famous for its Tony-winning lighting and a vibrant onstage band that blends folk, blues, and scorching brass. It is a defiantly hopeful theatrical experience that pits the warmth of the seasons against the cold steel of industry, asking us how we build the wall—and why we must try to tear it down.
Welcome to the Way Down. Hadestown is a haunting, soulful reimagining of the ancient Greek myths of Orpheus and Eurydice and Hades and Persephone, transposed into a world that feels like a Depression-era New Orleans jazz joint welded to a gritty, industrial underworld. Winner of 8 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and the Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album, this through-sung masterpiece by singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell is a "sad song" that we sing anyway—a testament to hope, labor, and the power of art in the darkest of times.
The story follows the young dreamer Orpheus, a penniless musician who believes his song can restore balance to the world, and the practical, hungry Eurydice, who descends into the mechanical "company town" of Hadestown in search of security. Guided by the silver-tongued messenger Hermes and shadowed by the three mocking Fates, the production is famous for its Tony-winning lighting and a vibrant onstage band that blends folk, blues, and scorching brass. It is a defiantly hopeful theatrical experience that pits the warmth of the seasons against the cold steel of industry, asking us how we build the wall—and why we must try to tear it down.
