#hadestown live

[galaxyhearth]

'And all that he loves is a woman,

A woman is all that it loves'

[deathofafangirl01]

So I’m listening to Hadestown (again) specifically the original cast and I’m listening to Chant II and I just realized after Hades songs about how to keep a woman blah blah blah. While the company is singing “keep your head low” both Orpheus and Eurydice are singing the “La La la”s

[bumble-b1]

So I got to see Hadestown yesterday and I wanted to share some highlights.

It's obvious even when listening to the album that Orpheus is extremely innocent, but seeing his face and mannerisms makes it even more obvious and more tragic.

When Hades comes for Persephone he and Eurydice exchange looks and Orpheus jumps in front of her to block Hades view.

The woman who played Persephone faked a lisp to seem drunker for most of the play but whenever she said something serious she dropped the lisp which just added to the effect that her words had.

When Orpheus says "to the world we dream about and the one we live in now" everything goes dead quiet. No music, no movement just those words.

When Eurydice is looking for food the fates rip off her jacket and her coat.

The entrance to the train station is a bay door that opens to reveal a bright panel of lights and smoke.

When Orpheus takes the back entrance to Hadestown the set separates to let him through just like the rocks split in the original myth.

When Hades says "I conduct the electric city" the lights get so bright that it is blinding.

When Orpheus sings for Hades there are three spot lights; one for him, one for Eurydice and one for Persephone.

Hades and Persephone dancing. Also the way Orpheus holds Eurydice.

The works all wear caps that make them look almost identical. When Orpheus makes them remember their lives they take the hats off.

The stage is so dark and smoky when Orpheus is walking that even the audience does not know if Eurydice is there.

They light up a set of stairs and a doorway to represent the end of the journey back to the surface. When Orpheus turns around there are audible gasps from the audience and the bay doors slowly close on Eurydice.

At the very end, they reset the entire stage to make it look exactly like it did when they started emphasizing that they will never stop telling the story.

That got a bit long, but there is so much to say. I honestly barely covered half of it. It's an incredible show and if you ever get the chance to see it you should.

[hadestownhistory]

It's here!

Behold, your one-stop guide to all the songs in many of the versions of Hadestown! This document covers the Broadway version, Live version (including bootlegs), original concept album, and independent recordings by Anaïs Mitchell and Michael Chorney. There are more versions of certain songs and more versions of the musical itself, but this covers a whole lot. Have fun!

(And of course, if there's anything you noticed that I need to add or change, shoot me a message! I don't bite!)

Hadestown

Some notes before we begin: -These songs are in the Broadway recording’s order, as that one is probably most accessible and well known. -S

[witchysolfan]

(A quick animatic sketch sequence I did in English lit College class cause I was bored and I always pictured this sort of sequence happening with the Promises (live) song from Hadestown.)

I have no ring for your finger

I have no banquet table to lay

I have no bed or feathers

Whatever promises I made

Can’t promise you fair sky above

Can’t promise you kind road below

But I’ll walk with you, my love

Any way the wind blows

[emptythen-emptynow]

If gender is a performance, then my gender is the hadestown live recording epic iii

[igneous-dykes]

i’m not the biggest fan of the original 2017 live cast recording of Hadestown but persephone’s verse in chant II that isn’t in the broadway cast recording is so beautiful and really goes along way to show how much she loved hades in the beginning and tells the story from her perspective aghshshdh i love it so much

[demigodkass]

I know this isn’t Kass related but everytime Eva looks at the camera I get CHILLS

(Plus combined with the new dlc this musical is sort of quite related)