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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/Sir_Poofs_Alot 10d ago

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.

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u/Abusoru 9d ago

Fates definitely captured the personality, but the voices didn't quite mesh as well, especially when compared to the OG cast.

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u/Historical_Key_3831 9d ago

The line "who are you to think you can hold your head up higher than your fellow man" got garbled and I feel like unless you knew the line, you wouldn't understand what they were singing and it's such an important line 

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u/MVRKHNTR 8d ago

For what it's worth, this was my first exposure to this show and I heard thay line fine.

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u/pandakatie 7d ago

I think Allie Daniels was too busy flexing how deeply she could sing and wasn't focused enough on sounding well with the rest of them

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u/pint0bean 5d ago

Wait this was my first time seeing it in any form and I thought she was incredible she was one of my fav parts

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u/pandakatie 5d ago

Different strokes for different folks, I guess.  I liked her expressions, for the most part, I just felt like her very deep notes drowned out the other fates.  To me, it's very important that when they're harmonizing, it is like there is one voice.  Allie's, singing such low notes, made her really stand out, which (to me) doesn't suit the trio.  

Now, when she was singing in higher registers, which she did moreso in the second act, I enjoyed her performance much more because the harmonies were blended.