HADESTOWN to be Presented at the Washington Pavilion in January

HADESTOWN will arrive at the Washington Pavilion next month! As part of the 2024-25 Pavilion Performance Series, the show will premiere with five performances in the Mary W. Sommervold Hall from January 17–19, 2025. 

“It’s a rare opportunity to experience a show that intertwines myth, love and fate in such a powerful and thought-provoking way,” says Regina Ruhberg, Director of Performances for Washington Pavilion Management, Inc. “We can’t wait for our community to experience the magic of HADESTOWN and the incredible talent of its cast and creative team.”
 
Following two intertwining love stories — that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife, Persephone — HADESTOWN invites audiences on a hell-raising journey to the underworld and back. Mitchell’s beguiling melodies and Chavkin’s poetic imagination pit industry against nature, doubt against faith and fear against love. Performed by a vibrant ensemble of actors, dancers and singers, HADESTOWN delivers a deeply resonant and defiantly hopeful theatrical experience.
 
HADESTOWN is the most honored show of the 2018-2019 Broadway season. In addition to the show’s eight Tony Awards, it has been honored with four Drama Desk Awards, six Outer Critics Circle Awards, including Outstanding New Broadway Musical and the Drama League Award for Outstanding Production of a Musical.

The acclaimed new musical is by celebrated singer-songwriter and Tony Award® winner Anaïs Mitchell and developed with original director and Tony Award® winner Rachel Chavkin. HADESTOWN marks the first time in over a decade that a woman has been the solo author of a musical: writing the music, lyrics and book, and is the fourth time in Broadway history a woman has accomplished this creative feat.

The show opened at the Walter Kerr Theatre on Broadway on April 17, 2019, where it played sold-out houses nightly before performances were suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. HADESTOWN resumed performances on September 2, 2021, as one of the first musicals to reopen on Broadway where it continues to play today.
 
The show originated as Mitchell’s indie theater project that toured Vermont, which she then turned into an acclaimed album. With Chavkin, her artistic collaborator, HADESTOWN has been transformed into a genre-defying new musical that blends modern American folk music with New Orleans-inspired jazz to reimagine a sweeping ancient tale.