#hadestown orpheus

[makoyzu]

Take this voice, take these hands, I can’t use them anyway.

[october-funeral]

What if when Orpheus calls Hades “king of shades” he’s actually referencing Hades’s insane sunglasses collection.

[emmelineart]

not liking reeve carney's orpheus is a skill issue to me honestly. you dont like complete open earnestness??? where is the whimsy and love in your heart.

[kafeino]

… 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐬

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞'𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞

Finally saw Hadestown a month ago and I’m definitely gonna see it again when I visit London.

[lasagoofs]

Hadestown lineup because I was lucky enough to go see it in ny a couple weeks back and I've been listening to the songs on loop ever since

bonus sketches:

[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!

[obscureaestheticist]

The Adult's Pan-Bisexual's Guide to Greek Mythology Media ::

Hades & Hades 2

Epic The Musical

Hadestown

Absolute Wonder Woman

The Lighthouse [2019]

Its a lotta hot people and trauma.

No rules. Enjoy.

[tabooi]

Reeve Carney and Solea Pfeiffer as Orpheus and Eurydice <3

🎥: bikinibottomday

[winteraurora]

Hadestown and Newsies are very interesting revolutionary musicals. Unlike Hamilton or Le mis they are not explicit in their anti-capitalist and anti-government statements. They are subtle. 'Build the wall' and 'bottom line' hold the same meaning in their stories of the capitalist ruler discussing why they do what they do.

Though in 'the bottom line' Pulitzer is more blatant with his cutting of the newsies fees and how this is all for profit, 'build the wall' is more subtle with the explanation of why hades does what he does, as a way to control his citizens, he obviously is useing this explanation as a way to control them. 'We build the wall to keep us free, and the wall keeps out the enemy and the enemy is poverty and our work is never done.'

Both stories also use this familiar tone with the characters. Hades calls his workers 'my children' and Pulitzer says 'I couldn't have given them a better education if they were my own children'

Both stores have good revolution songs with hades town it's 'if its true" "nothing changes" "how long?" And of course "chant (reprise)"

While newsies has "the world will know" and "once and for all"

The fundamental difference between these two musicals is that Orpheus fought back for love, he did all of this for Eurydice for his wife, he went literally to hell and back, he fought through song and through appealing to Hades love for Prosephone.

While Jack fought for freedom through aggression...yes but ultimately he fought to go to Santa Fe which to his is freedom.

And the biggest difference between these two musicals two is the ending. Hadestown is a retelling of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice he will look back we know this. This freedom of leaving hades town comes with a sting attached, with a stipulation of 'is he tricking me? Would he really let me leave?' While Newsies ends with Jack finding his freedom in New York and child labor laws being implemented. (Like in real history)

Sorry I'm not the best at media analysis especially with musicals since to me a lot of it feels like text and not subtext,

[lavenderfairiez]

I have not stopped thinking about Carlos Valdes' performance as Orpheus since I saw Hadestown last weekend 😭

[autisticaradiamegido]

day 74

wait for me bitch!!!!!!!! 🌺

[gif-its-true]

All I've Ever Known video

[thesweetnessofspring]

An alternative to Epic III.

This came to me in a vision from Apollo.

[sydneyofalltrades]

hadestown where everything is the same but orpheus is a lesbian. that's it, sapphic orpheus (played by me)

[tubbishtobias]

Hades: Give me a reason to let you live

Orpheus: La la la la la la la

Hades: bro that’s my song