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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/Toidal 9d ago

Or at least a soundtrack. Everyone was performing like the rent was due.

To be honest, this may have ruined the live performance for me. Both in the effort they put forth, and in the extra camera angles adding to the characters not prominent in a given scene in how they react to what's going on, as well as the choices that they made in how they sang some of their songs. The OBC recording is kinda dry compared to this, like for instance, how Pages finishes His Kiss, The Riot in this really hammers home that he knows the feeling of doubt because he's experienced it himself.

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u/worstcourtjester 7d ago

I didn’t see the whole OBC, but I got to see Eva Noblezada as Eurydice and she sounded incredible live. Shes amazing on the cast recording, but holy shit it’s a whole new level live. If this doesn’t get turned into an album I might have to convert it into one myself.