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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.
The musical Hadestown, written by American singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell and based on her 2010 studio album of the same name, has had two official cast recordings.In addition, various songs from Hadestown were re-recorded by Mitchell for her 2014 studio album Xoa, including the musical's opening number "Anyway the Wind Blows" which had not appeared on the original concept album.
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Hadestown is the fourth studio album by American folk singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell, and was released by Righteous Babe Records on March 9, 2010. The concept album, which became the basis for the stage musical of the same name, follows a variation on the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, where Orpheus must embark on a quest to rescue his wife Eurydice from the underworld.
Hadestown was the most awarded show of the season, with eight including Best Musical. The Ferryman won four awards, including Best Play . Musicals The Cher Show and Tootsie , the revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein 's Oklahoma! , and the new play Ink each won two awards.
The Musical (2006), Norman Osborn/Green Goblin in Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark (2011), and Hades in Hadestown (2019–2022), the last of which earned him a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album and a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical.
Rachel Chavkin (/ tʃ æ ˈ v. k ɪ n /; born July 20, 1980) is an American stage director best known for directing the musicals Natasha, Pierre, & The Great Comet of 1812 and Hadestown, receiving nominations for a Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for both and winning for Hadestown in 2019.
Hadestown Jessica Paz is an American sound designer , most notable for her work on Broadway and off-Broadway . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] She is the first woman to win the Tony Award for Best Sound Design .