In Hadestown, a song can change your fate. This Tony-winning new musical by Anaïs Mitchell and innovative director Rachel Chavkin is a love story for today, and always.
Intertwining two mythic Greek tales - that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and of King Hades and his wife Persephone - Hadestown invites you on a journey to the underworld and back. Mitchell's alluring melodies and Chavkin's poetic imagination pit industry against nature, doubt against faith, and fear against love, with art perhaps being the one thing that can save it all. Hadestown is a haunting and hopeful theatrical experience that grabs you and never lets go.
Chavkin, her production team and cast are working at the top of their form - and they go a long way to masking some of the show's shortcomings. Mitchell is a better composer than a lyricist, alas, and sometimes leans too heavily on De Shields' narration to advance the plot instead of her occasionally repetitive songs. And the fact remains that there's just not much story here - not nearly enough for a two and a half hour show.
This chilling scene remains the centerpiece of Hadestown, a love story and class-struggle parable based on the Orpheus myth that arrives on the same Broadway stage Bruce Springsteen worked for 14 months prior. The cast has changed from Mitchell's original LP (where Bon Iver's Justin Vernon, The Low Anthem's Ben Knox Miller and activist folk hero Ani DiFranco joined Mitchell and Brown in the leads). But the work's musical integrity and proletariat spirit remains largely intact.
Price: $47.50
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Price: $39
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2016 | Off-Broadway |
New York Theatre Workshop Off-Broadway Production Off-Broadway |
2017 | Canada |
Canadian Premiere Canada |
2018 | West End |
National Theatre Pre-Broadway Engagement West End |
2019 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
2021 | US Tour |
First National Tour US Tour |
2024 | West End |
West End |
2024 | US Tour |
North American Tour US Tour |
Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
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2019 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Choreography | David Neumann |
2019 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical | Michael Krass |
2019 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Director of a Musical | Rachel Chavkin |
2019 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Andre De Shields |
2019 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical | Bradley King |
2019 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Set Design for a Musical | Rachel Hauck |
2019 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical | Nevin Steinberg |
2019 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Amber Gray |
2019 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Andre De Shields |
2019 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Musical | Hadestown |
2019 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Actor in a Musical | Reeve Carney |
2019 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Book of a Musical | Anais Mitchell |
2019 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Choreographer | David Neumann |
2019 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Director of a Musical | Rachel Chavkin |
2019 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical | Andre De Shields |
2019 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Amber Gray |
2019 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design | Bradley King |
2019 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding New Broadway Musical | Hadestown |
2019 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding New Score | Anais Mitchell |
2019 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Orchestrations | Michael Chorney |
2019 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Scenic Design | Rachel Hauck |
2019 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Sound Design | Nevin Steinberg |
2019 | Tony Awards | Best Book of a Musical | Anais Mitchell |
2019 | Tony Awards | Best Choreography | David Neumann |
2019 | Tony Awards | Best Costume Design of a Musical | Michael Krass |
2019 | Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Rachel Chavkin |
2019 | Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design of a Musical | Bradley King |
2019 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Hadestown |
2019 | Tony Awards | Best Orchestrations | Michael Chorney |
2019 | Tony Awards | Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre | Anais Mitchell |
2019 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Andre De Shields |
2019 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Patrick Page |
2019 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Amber Gray |
2019 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Eva Noblezada |
2019 | Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design of a Musical | Rachel Hauck |
2019 | Tony Awards | Best Sound Design of a Musical | Nevin Steinberg |
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