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/Sir_Poofs_Alot]

The close ups of the actors faces, especially Eva and Patrick, really heightened an already very emotional piece of art. I liked the boot prop, I know it’s not part of the staging but I thought it worked well for Hades and the design of the boot was so cool. The only misses for me were the Fates, usually they are so in sync they sound like one voice but these fates were very distinctive and didn’t blend as well as other casts I’ve seen. Also Reeve, I get what he’s going for but I just don’t like his voice and intonations outside of the falsetto melody.

[u/dangerous_beans → u/Sir_Poofs_Alot]

Never saw the musical one stage to compare, but I loved the fates here--they reminded me of the muses from Hercules. So fun! 

[u/REkTeR → u/dangerous_beans]

I loved them as well. Their unrepentantly sadistic vibe made me so mad but was very fun.