#Hadestown London

[alyona11]

Also my dudes, if you ever in London and you’re huge Hadestown nerds, you can visit National Theatre Archives and watch the proshot of London Hadestown from 2018 (for those who might not know, it’s similar to Broadway/tour/west end in terms of costume design but has different characterisation for orphedice in particular + different lyrics) with most of the OBC playing the roles.

The archives have 2 proshots, one from different angles and one from a wide angle, I watched a multiple angle one and it’s really great. Plus they have some other Hadestown stuff, you can see all of it in the archive catalogue. You can book the day to see it in the archive website and even watch it in group for free.

Also the people who work in the archives are super lovely and we accidentally run into one lady who works there and also is a huge Hadestown fan :3 Overall 10/10 would recommend!

[raccoonsockss]

i went to see dónal and graces last show and jesus christ. wow. i cried so much. it was so so good and so many songs hit so much harder knowing it was the last time they’d be singing them

i’ve been lucky enough to see the show twice already and the cast is just amazing every time and these two are so talented and i’m so happy that i got to see them again :) if you can see the show you definitely should. i’m so excited to hopefully see dylan and madeline in the future once i’ve saved up again

[19th-century-gay-german-teens]

Anyone else wake up at 2pm and immediately think “I should map out the changes to Epic III between Broadway and the West End” ?

No, just me?

Anyway, I listened to both (and in particular read the lyrics to the Broadway version while listening to Dónal Finn singing), and here is the change to the ending.

[emptymasks]

i got to see hadestown on the west end and all i have to say is AAAA. i liked the original broadway cast so much i didn't think anything else could compare to me, but omg they were all amazing and maybe it's a bias from seeing it live vs seeing broadway through recordings, but i actually enjoyed them so much more. i think what helped is i felt a lot more for donal's orpheus, whereas reeve's never managed to really put at my heartstrings.

okayokay what i have to list out loved (going to try and go through the show chronologically):

la barrie's hermes using no titles and they/them pronouns. the lyrics were changed to reflect this eg "excuse me, hermes" instead of "mister hermes" at the beginning of 'wait for me', and "feathers on their feet" instead of "feathers on his feet" in 'road to hell'.

the cast keeping their own accents. it's not often in uk theatre to hear british regional accents, even if the actor has or had that accent. so hearing a nothern accent from eurydice was aaaa. as a northerner it made me really happy. i'm not sure if that's grace's real accent or not but aa it just made .

donál keeping his irish accent too. and the chemistry between his orpheus and grace's eurydice was adorable.

hermes slowly kissing persephone hand during 'our lady of the underground'.

PERSEPHONE didn't think I could love anyone more than grey but omg. i've never loved "our lady of the underground" but I do now, the way gloria performed it and this one long belting note she did while bending over crazy far backwards aaa. and at one point while dancing she acted like she'd gone too hard and pulled her back and got stuck, but then very smoothly went into leaning down towards the audience and singing directly at people in the front rows.

wasn't 100% sold on hades at first since his voice isn't as deep as what I'm used too (used to listening to page as hades), but after "i conduct the electric city" and the lights went out and when they came back on there was a single silly spotlight on hades was stood leaning against the door checking his nails all sultry like. his acting was so different from what I'm used too, more energetic and more... playful? i'm not sure if that's the right word but i can't think of anything else. and less cold and stern than page but I ended up really enjoying him. i've got two very different versions of hades i love now.

new lyrics in epic three, "what has become of the heart of that man" has been replaced with new lyrics. i think "man with his arms outreached" has reverted back to pre-broadway "man with his hat in his hands" but i'll be honest me memory of what the new lyrics are is not great.

i cried when hades and persephone danced. both of them were crying. and when they finished dancing he sobbed and crumpled into her arms and she stroked his head and back and held him the whole time orpheus and eurydice sang "promises"

hades breaking it down during the dance, doing silly dance moves and making persphone laugh, and then she joins in and does his silly dance moves with him 10/10 people supporting their partners silly dance moves.

hades "i don't know" answer to if orpheus and eurydice can go... i'm used to patrick page's grave, defeated "i don't know" and here instead you could really see the inner conflict and he was holding hands with persephone and when he said it she angrily let go of his hand and he had his little "his kiss the riot" freak out.

orpheus and hades handshake during the wait for me reprise aaaa

[shiningnorthernlights]

So I'm asking if it's true, I'm asking me and you... and you... and you!

[gideonthe9]

i need to sit down for 30 minutes after hearing donal finns "if it's true"

[hasthecityrearranged]

Where is your treasure inside of your chest?

Simon Oskarsson as Orpheus, Hadestown West End 2024: @westandonshakyground’s master

[gif-its-true]

All I've Ever Known video

[tinyphantomenemy]

GUYS OMGOGNGOGOMG IM GNONNA DUFMDHAKKAKSDJ

[love-little-lotte]

no “our lady of the underground”, “flowers”, and “doubt comes in” in the west end hadestown live recording…… I AM SEETHING

[ourladyofeternity]

Production photos from West End Hadestown 🥰

Via WhatsOnStage in Facebook :)

“Come see how the world could be!

We've got your first look at Hadestown in the West End. Get more info as the show returns to London: bit.ly/42MY2YE

📸 Marc Brenner”

Happy Opening Night :)

[jaxs-beanie]

Re: Behind Closed Doors, in the Vermont and early workshop days it was stated that Hades was with other women, including Eurydice, to fill the void. NYTW and Edmonton softened it to implications with just Eurydice (Persephone: "I don't mind if you look at other girls now and then"), while London and Broadway left it more ambiguous as a whole since she came in angry about Orpheus's treatment and Hades was more clearly written as only having eyes for Persephone even at his worst.

Flowers did not exist in the Vermont days and was written for the 2010 album, and an NYTW interview mentioned the song is tinged with so many different things it could be--sex, drugs, sleepiness, death--that having it be all of them and none of them was freeing in its abstractness, so I think overall what happened is up to the audience, though Hades clearly wants Persephone to think he was up to something. (In my head they played dominoes.)

I dunno what Anais currently thinks on the matter, but Rachel Chavkin told Zachary James, the first West End Hades, that he'd slept with the Workers who signed his contracts. (I hope that doesn't mean everyone who's died ever... how would he have time for anything else!?)

[irreplaceable-ecstasyy]

Ladies & gentlemen, her.

The marquee was raised yesterday at the Lyric Theatre, London, & by coincidence, I happened to be in London. So, naturally, I had to pay a lil visit.

[19th-century-gay-german-teens]

Not to make an entire post just to talk about the fifth word of an entire album…

But Melanie La Barrie’s third “Alright” at the start of Road to Hell is IMPRESSIVE.

Just how much vocal control she demonstrates in that one word: the power, the VERY clean and clear notes…

Like, for a moment, it sounded autotuned to me, but no, I think Mel’s voice is GENUINELY that clear and pure.

And it’s that contrasted with the growl, edge, and vibrato she puts on various other lines across the whole show. She truly has the range.

[optimistic-autistic]

i looove 2018 london orpheus. he's so utterly pathetic.

[tahtireki]

I saw Hadestown live for the first time on Friday and this moment (ending of epic iii) broke me. I adored the whole cast but especially Zachary James’ Hades.