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Hadestown is a musical with music, lyrics, and book by Anaïs Mitchell.It tells a version of the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Eurydice, a young girl looking for something to eat, goes to work in a hellish industrial version of the Greek underworld to escape poverty and the cold, and her poor singer-songwriter lover Orpheus comes to rescue her.
Her album Hadestown, produced by Todd Sickafoose, was released in spring 2010 to favorable reviews. [ 20 ] [ 21 ] Described as "the story of Orpheus and Eurydice set in post-apocalyptic Depression-era America, [ 22 ] the album includes guest appearances by Ani DiFranco , Greg Brown , Justin Vernon of Bon Iver , Ben Knox Miller of The Low Anthem ...
De Shields has appeared in the original Broadway casts of multiple stage productions, including The Full Monty, Warp!, and The Wiz, and most recently and notably originating the role of Hermes on Broadway in the musical Hadestown, winning the 2019 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical and the 2020 Grammy Award for Best ...
The show weaves together two love stories from ancient Greek mythology: Orpheus and Eurydice, and god of the underworld Hades and his wife Persephone.
Allison Russell, the Grammy-winning Americana artist, is coming back up from the underground. On Sunday night, she finishes up a 15-week run in Broadway’s “Hadestown,” which has left her ...
The production that began in Vermont in 2006 would go on to win eight Tony Awards in 2019, including Best Musical and Best Original Score.
Reeve Carney was born and raised in the West Village area of Manhattan with his brother Zane and sister Paris. He grew up in a family of musicians and actors: his father, John, was a songwriter for commercials, his mother, Marti, was a singer, actress and a jewelry designer and his grand-uncle was Academy Award-winning actor Art Carney.
Amber Gray is an American actress and singer. She is known for originating the role of Hélène Bezukhova in the musical Natasha, Pierre, & the Great Comet of 1812 [1] and the role of Persephone in the musical Hadestown, both off and on Broadway.