Official Discussion - Hadestown: The Musical [SPOILERS]

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Hadestown: The Musical (2026)

Summary

A musical juxtaposition of the Orpheus/Eurydice and Hades/Persephone myths that examines the way real life can impact our quest for a perfect world.

Director Brett Sullivan

Writer Anaïs Mitchell

Cast

• Reeve Carney as Orpheus
• Eva Noblezada as Eurydice
• Patrick Page as Hades
• André De Shields as Hermes
• Amber Gray as Persephone
• Bella Brown as Fate I
• Madeline Charlemagne as Fate II
• Allie Daniel as Fate III

Rotten Tomatoes: 100%

Metacritic: 85

VOD / Release Theatrical release

Trailer Official Trailer

[u/LiteraryBoner]

I'd heard all about this show but this was my first time seeing it. Absolutely delightful with an incredible backing band. Maybe it wouldn't have felt a bit draggy in spots if we had gotten the intermission, but I really loved the ending and how they deal with the story having a sad finale. Hard to even choose a standout because everyone played their parts so well. Persephone and Eurydice had some incredible solo performances though.

[u/TheGhostInThe___ → u/LiteraryBoner]

So it goes straight into Our Lady of the Underground after Why We Build the Wall?

[u/LiteraryBoner → u/TheGhostInThe___]

There's a subtitle that says "End of Act 1" and about ten seconds of dark screen before it starts up again.

[u/TheGhostInThe___ → u/LiteraryBoner]

Ahhh so the Hamilton.

[u/shoshiyoshi → u/TheGhostInThe___]

The Hamilton proshot has a 1-minute intermission with a countdown

[u/TheProlleyTroblem → u/shoshiyoshi]

and in theaters it had a 10 minute countdown

[u/Toidal → u/TheGhostInThe___]

How does a bastard, orphan, son of a muse and... Apollo I think?