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.
Directed by Rachel Chavkin ('Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812'), 'Hadestown' contains a stunning visual design evoking both a New Orleans barroom scene and a smoldering mechanical underworld, complemented by the motion of turntables, a rollicking band, bold performances and expressive dance choreography. Whereas the previous Off-Broadway production was performed in the round, no impact has been lost in the transition to a traditional proscenium theater. The score - which contains airy folk-pop for the lovers and a livelier jazz idiom for the denizens of the underworld - comes off as distinctive and authentic by Broadway standards. Many of the songs are reflective in nature, which leads to some slow points, especially in Act Two. But, more often than not, 'Hadestown' is exciting, compelling and beautiful.
Here's my advice: Go to hell. And by hell, of course, I mean Hadestown, Anaïs Mitchell's fizzy, moody, thrilling new Broadway musical. Ostensibly, at least, the show is a modern retelling of the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice: Boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy goes to the land of the dead in hopes of retrieving girl, boy loses girl again. 'It's an old song,' sings our narrator, the messenger god Hermes (André De Shields, a master of arch razzle-dazzle). 'And we're gonna sing it again.' But it's the newness of Mitchell's musical account-and Rachel Chavkin's gracefully dynamic staging-that bring this old story to quivering life.
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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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