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Hadestown
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Welcome to Hadestown, where a song can change your fate. Winner of eight 2019 Tony Awards® including Best Musical and the 2020 Grammy® Award for Best Musical Theater Album, this acclaimed new show from celebrated singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell and innovative director Rachel Chavkin (Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812) is a love story for today... and always.
Hadestown intertwines two mythic tales — that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone — as it invites you on a hell-raising journey to the underworld and back. Mitchell’s beguiling melodies and Chavkin’s poetic imagination pit industry against nature, doubt against faith, and fear against love. Performed by a vibrant ensemble of actors, dancers and singers, Hadestown is a haunting and hopeful theatrical experience that grabs you and never lets go.
As part of our ongoing mission to ensure theatre is accessible to a new generation of audiences, we are delighted to offer Group pricing for select performances! Contact Audience Services 1.800.461.3333 for details.
A Teacher's Guide
Get To Know The ShowStudy Guide
Download the GuideHadestown Online Education
Connect with the showCONTENT ADVISORY: Theatrical Have/Fog. Use of strobe lights in Act 2. Recommended for ages 8+.
Fun Facts About Hadestown
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Tony Awards
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Years in Development
Resources
SUGGESTED LINKS FOR FURTHER STUDY
Apple Music (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
Listen to the musicSpotify (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
Listen to the musicTidal (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
Listen to the musicOn Costume Design
Read ArticleHadestown YouTube Channel
Watch VideoLearn 6 Quintessential Moves From Broadway’s Hadestown
Songwriter Anaïs Mitchell and Director Rachel Chavkin
Learn More with Writer Anaïs Mitchell
Inside the Music - "Road to Hell"
CBC Q with Tom Power - Anaïs Mitchell on Hadestown
Anaïs Mitchell is the first woman in years to have sole credit on a Broadway show and over the course of a decade, her musical has morphed into a Tony-winning sensation. As the show tours Canada, Anaïs tells Tom what it’s like to spend a third of your life working on a passion project, where she drew her inspiration from, and why her confidence in creating the musical never wavered.
Photo: SHERWIN LAINEZ