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Hadestown
Sign in to saveHadestown is a musical with music, lyrics, and book by Anaïs Mitchell. It tells a version of the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Eurydice, a starving young girl, goes to work in a hellish industrial version of the Greek underworld to escape poverty and the cold, and her poor singer-songwriter lover Orpheus comes to rescue her.
Key facts
- Musical.name
- Hadestown
- Musical.image
- Hadestown musical poster.png
- Musical.caption
- Broadway promotional poster.
- Musical.music
- Anaïs Mitchell
- Musical.lyrics
- Anaïs Mitchell
- Musical.book
- Anaïs Mitchell
- Musical.basis
- Orpheus and Eurydice
- Musical.productions
- 2016 off-Broadway 2018 London 2019 Broadway2021 North American Tour 2024 West End
- Musical.awards
- Tony Award for Best MusicalTony Award for Best Original ScoreGrammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album
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- Walter Kerr Theatre - Hadestown (48295952136).jpg
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- date of first performance
- 2016-05-06
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- Hadestown
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Article
28 sectionsContents
- Synopsis
- Act I
- Act II
- Musical numbers
- Productions
- Early versions (2006–2012)
- Off-Broadway (2016)
- Canada (2017)
- London (2018)
- Broadway (2019–present)
- South Korea (2021–2022)
- North American national tour (2021–2024)
- North American national tour (2024–present)
- West End (2024–present)
- Australia (2025)
- Netherlands (2025)
- Casts
- Notable replacements
- Recordings
- Themes
- Reception
- Awards and nominations
- Off-Broadway production
- Edmonton production
- Broadway production
- West End production
- References
- External links
Hadestown is a musical with music, lyrics, and book by Anaïs Mitchell. It tells a version of the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Eurydice, a starving young girl, goes to work in a hellish industrial version of the Greek underworld to escape poverty and the cold, and her poor singer-songwriter lover Orpheus comes to rescue her.
The original sung-through version of the musical was performed in Barre and Vergennes, Vermont, in 2006, followed by a tour in Vermont and Massachusetts in 2007. Mitchell, unsure about the future of the musical, turned it into a concept album, released in 2010.