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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.
Mitchell received the Tony Award for Best Original Score; she was also nominated for Best Book of a Musical. The Broadway cast album of the show took home the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album in 2020. Mitchell's first book, Working on a Song: The Lyrics of Hadestown, was published by Plume Books on October 6, 2020.
Book Tony Olivier Notes 42nd Street: 1980 Harry Warren: Al Dubin: Michael Stewart, Mark Bramble: 1981: 1984: The Broadway revival in 2001 won the Tony for Best Revival. 1776: 1969 Sherman Edwards: Edwards Peter Stone: 1969: Ain't Misbehavin' 1978 Fats Waller: various Murray Horwitz, Richard Maltby, Jr. 1978: Annie: 1977 Charles Strouse: Martin ...
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Eurydice is a 2003 play by Sarah Ruhl which retells the myth of Orpheus from the perspective of Eurydice, his wife.The story focuses on Eurydice's choice to return to Earth with Orpheus or to stay in the underworld with her father (a character created by Ruhl).
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.
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.
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.