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hadestownreconstruction · 7 months ago

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You know what? It's probably controversial, but I'm fine with Anais Mitchell's next musical happening only decades from now. I'm even fine with Hadestown being her only musical. It's a masterpiece and I hope she and everyone involved in creating it are massively proud of it. It's as good as it is because they spent years and years perfecting it, even right up to the West End revival opening where they changed a few lines in Epic III. Sometimes letting things grow slowly overtime and caring for it with love is fine. I'll take one Hadestown over a slew of musicals that were made on a time crunch and that might end up being disappointments. And I think that goes for art in general - being productive really shouldn't matter. What matters is that you make something you're proud of and that brings joy to others.

#absolutely this!!!#tbh I never expected her to write another musical #her getting into songwriting professionally wasn’t really on purpose for her afaik #she went to school to be a journalist #and rn she’s writing a play #last I heard at least #but yeah if hadestown is all we get im fine with that!#tho tbh. hadestown is a A LOT of musical. at least nine versions and I know I’m forgetting some #so it’s not like she only wrote one #to quote someone from the early days #there’s at least three hours worth of extra stuff on the cutting room floor #anyways this has been a ramble. I hope whatever anaïs does with the rest of her life is fulfilling for her #no matter what we get out of it

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