Hadestown
Musical by Anaïs Mitchell
Summary
Hadestown is a musical with music, lyrics, and book by Anaïs Mitchell. It blends versions of two ancient Greek myths, Orpheus and Eurydice and Hades and Persephone, to explore enduring and contemporary themes. The story begins with Eurydice, a hungry young girl, going to work in a hellish industrial version of the Greek underworld to escape poverty and the cold, and a poor singer-songwriter lover Orpheus proposing to her.
Originally created by Cclick
12/1/2016, 12:57:36 AM
Modified
5/18/2026, 8:43:55 PM
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That is not what the NY Times article says.
I added more information on the theme of Hadestown and cited a NYT article.
Only original production, plus B'way and WE revivals go in the IB.
Undid revision [[Special:Diff/1332946477|1332946477]] by [[Special:Contributions/Finlay McWalter|Finlay McWalter]] ([[User talk:Finlay McWalter|talk]]) capitalised when in sentence case as a first letter, see [[Off-Broadway#Awards|#Awards]] for example; cr
[[WP:NOTABLE]] means blue-linked
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