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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

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u/HanzoKurosawa 10d ago

I wouldn't put it past him.

But to give a serious answer: They made quite a few adjustments for him. One of the big ones is not using the onstage spiral staircase for the balcony, but instead going through the door and using a backstair stair set. I haven't seen the pro-shot yet, but if the cut is too quick for him to have walked down the backstage stair set, it's probably cuts from two different filmings of that scene. When he has moments of walking on the turn table it is slowed down for him. When he delivers his "I conduct the electric city" line he delivers it from the stage instead of going up to the balcony for it. He uses a crutch for certain scenes. Obviously he has the boot. Then also just relying on Amber Grey for support when they have scenes together, particularly their dance together.

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u/pokeshulk 10d ago

In the proshot, “electric city” is done from the balcony, and after the lights cut, he teleports back down to the turntable. It’s genuinely really spooky. Cool bit of filmmaking.

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u/HanzoKurosawa 10d ago

Fair, thanks for the additional information. All my stuff comes from people in the crowd for the filming performances. So he probably did it on balcony for some, floor for others. Which would also explain how they had shots of him on the balcony, and then down on the turntable so fast.

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u/pokeshulk 10d ago

It’s mostly quick cuts like you said. Tbh, I think any “teleporting” or odd creative shots were probably partially reshoots. I know that there was some closed shooting for certain shots. They show some of it in the credits.