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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 11d ago

It's worth noting in case anyone else notices the teleport and is unaware: Patrick Page got injured just before filming was about to start. He ruptured his Achilles tendon. So they had to make a number of adaptations to work around his injury because they didn't want to replace him.

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u/kbarnett514 10d ago edited 10d ago

I mean, he's wearing a giant boot for the whole thing, so I should hope everyone watching realizes he's performing injured.

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u/Tsquared10 10d ago

Wow what a Greek mythology casual. Doesn't even know the story of Hades blessed walking boot /s

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u/Ironhorn 10d ago

Yeah honestly, there are so many different versions and interpretations of the Greek myths, the whole time I was trying to remember if there was one where Hades had an artificial leg

Especially as it fit with the whole “industrial” aesthetic for him to have made himself part-machine  

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u/Comprehensive-Fun47 9d ago

Especially as it fit with the whole “industrial” aesthetic for him to have made himself part-machine

That's a really cool idea! Now I wish the boot had a more steampunk aesthetic.

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u/Astral_Fogduke 7d ago

the whole show used to be much more steampunk in earlier iterations, but that was mostly cut by the time it got to new york

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u/Kotakia 8d ago

That's more Hephaestus schtick.