Hadestown: A History of Defiance

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Whoever invented the rotating stage should get like 16 Tony's just for that

The way that Eva Noblezada and Reeve Carney actually fell in love during this process makes me want to cry in a good way

To me, the biggest proof that this show works, is that even tho I knew the story, I was at the edge of my seat in the end, wondering If Orpheus was going to keep his head forward or was going to turn it... The show made me care, gave me hope and then gloriously shattered them

This YouTube series is the exact thing every theater kid, young and old, needs

Wait a minute...so you're telling me Rachel Chavkin was working on Hadestown AND Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 at the same time?!?!?! Goddamn, I thought I couldn't respect and admire that woman more than I already did, yet here I am

The Reeve Carney/Patrick Page Broadway universe continues

Oh, I only just realized that the swinging lights are kind of like how you see passing lights by the road. Wow/

This channel is to musicals as defunctland is to theme parks and i love it

The importance of Orpheus’ turn and how it evolved in the staging is fascinating. I saw the tour last night, and in lieu of the trap door, they have a great illuminated garage door upstage and it is as gut wrenching as can be as he turns and the clamshell doors start to close before Eurydice can even get a word out. I love that the show can once again tweak to bring it across America while maintaining the spirit they strived so hard to cement in the final Broadway revisions

I am just glad Reeve is getting the recognition he deserves - he IS Orpheus, and even though I love Damon, Reeve captures that naïveté in a way that is mesmerizing and perfect for the role. Plus that falsetto tho - SHEEESH and I mean we’d all die for Eva so I have that one part of Wait For Me (Reprise) on repeat always

No one is talking about how hysterical your retellling of the myth was! Start to finish I was DYING laughing. Orpheus goes: "Well that's kinda weird.. but whatever dude. HOT TOPIC CLOSES AT 8!"

“This is going to win a Tony” Cut to YouTube ad: “Broadway’s reigning Grammy and Tony winning Hadestown…” Gods that made be laugh and tear up a bit. This masterpiece has come so far and although I have nothing to do with it I somehow feel so proud of it.

I'm glad that Ben Matchsticks part of the story has finally been told, he's always forgotten about when talking about this show. I feel bad for him and how he was told to "Walk away" from the project but at the same time I understand why.

It’s weird how in a lot of productions, we don’t really hear about the constant revisions and tweaking unless it goes wrong and it’s all “They should have left it alone, it was fine as it was.” While sometimes I understand the “don’t fix what’s not broken” or “too many cooks in the kitchen,” I sometimes can’t help but think there’s some dishonesty whenever someone says that was the reason why a production went wrong. Because they don’t point out the examples where it went right.

I wish there was more footage of the 2016 off-broadway version. That one is my faaaavorite

I love this show. It's AMAZING! I read the book that Anïes Mitchel wrote with the lyrics and stories behind all of the changes that were made to the show over it's many years. If you like the show I would highly recommend it. It's called "Working on a Song: the Lyrics of Hadestown".

I’m still waiting for a Great Comet wait in the wings. That show needs its recognition and redemption.

"We had a really lovely meeting during the whole awards season. You wind up seeing all the same folks everywhere and [...] well, I basically just told him — "Hello, uh, actually, sorry, we worked together... Sorry, we did this once together", and then he very beautifully, very just gracefully pulled out his little bag, pulled out this piece of paper and unfolded it and it was the program from the 2012 reading of Hadestown that had all of the information on it, and he had all these notes scribbled on it, and he gave me a big hug [...] And I did a thing where I just sang in restaurant or something and he was right there and he was like "See? You're still Orpheus" and I was just like "Ahh, gosh... thank you!" — Damon Daunno on meeting André de Shields during the Tony awards season

I saw this show back in October 2019 it was my 18th birthday gift. I was so excited when I entered the theatre and all throughout the show I was mesmerised by the cast visuals and the music. At the end of the show I stared to cry because I was so overwhelmed and happy at what I just witnessed and during we raise our cups me and Amber Gray locked eyes she gave me a little smile and continued on looking at the rest of the audience. that moment broke me I started to sob and I couldn’t stop sobbing for like ten minutes. I know I maybe sound like a cry baby but that night was truly like an out of body experience that I’m never going to forget