#michael chorney

[hadestownreconstruction]

Hadestown Reconstruction Project

Well howdy there! Did you know that this video has a total of ten minutes of footage from the 2007 production of Hadestown? This is, to my knowledge, the only pre-studio album footage available on the Internet.

You might also know that Anaïs Mitchell's book, Working on a Song, contains lyrics from cut and reworked songs? Fragments of those very songs can be found in the video.

With those fragments, and the lyrics given to us in the book, I plan to reconstruct a handful of altered or cut songs from the 2007 era. This project will, assuming I complete it, span a couple of months. I'm gonna start with vocals, and depending on who and what I have available to me, later consider recreating the instrumentals to match.

Songs I plan to recreate include:

Epic I

Way Down Hadestown

Everything Written (including the reprise)

Wait for Me

Cloud Machine

Of course, not all songs are possible to recreate at this intersection. For example, the only footage of Everything Written is of the verse altered for the reprise, which tells me nothing about the melody or rhythm of the body of the song. That one's gonna take some effort.

I've got the lyrics prepared for Epic I, Way Down Hadestown, and Wait for Me pretty much sorted out, and I'll hopefully be recording a one-part track soon.

If anyone knows anything about anything pre-2010 Hadestown, gimme a shout! And of course, stay tuned for more updates to come. Seeya!

[kitawolf12]

https://www.tiktok.com/@gaiamusiccollective/video/7348204232329170219?lang=en

full video!!

i cannot be the first person to post this here but i am going so fucking insane about the gaia music collective's one day choir singing wait for me. the opening harmonies are you KIDDING me

[hadestowndaily]

brian drye on the trombone, marika hughes on the cello, dana lyn on the violin, ben perowsky on the drums, robinson morse on the base, michael chorney on the guitar and liam robinson on the keys 

[idontknowaboutyouboys-blog]

say it with me now friends, MICHAEL CHORNEY IS A GOD!

[casi-eternal]

Before the night ended here my predictions

Well... 16/26 I think is good

[andrebearakovsky]

Caps Bromances

Most Prominent Bromances

Ovi & Nicky

The Brobeans - any and every combination of Willy, Burky, and Latts

Carlzner

Holts & Schmidty

Kuzy & Dima

The Russians - Ovi, Kuzy, and Dima

The Swedes - Nicky, Mojo, and Burky

Criminally Underrated Bromances

Alzner, Carlson, and Beagle

Schmidty & Chorns

Kuzy & Mojo

Holts & Grubi

Alzner & Nisky

Nisky & Dima

Oshie & Shatty

Burky & Mojo

Nicky & Mojo

Nicky & Burky

The Top Line - Ovi, Nicky, and Oshie

The Lunch Pail Line - Winnie, Beags, and Willy

[orange-yarn]

THIS IS HOW WE LOST THE WAR (a strange trails playlist)

Let me start by saying, the newest chapter of strange trails is finally done! Sorry it took me almost an entire month. Ahhh!

If you know anything about me and this wild and crazy story I’ve been writing, you probably know that I love a good outline. Usually this involves lots and lots of post-it notes. This “Prophecy Timeline” arc that I’ve been exploring these past three chapters, however, is very different from the fic proper, and therefore it needed a different sort of outline. And since this is such a heavy and important part of the story, I thought I would share it with you all.

SO, here it is! 28 29 songs that go along with the events of this arc of the story -- one that ultimately ends where the movie begins. If you know me, you also know that I love a good fix-it fic, and that Strange Trails will ultimately have a happy ending. This is not that ending. I hope you enjoy this playlist all the same.

LINK: THIS IS HOW WE LOST THE WAR on Spotify!

Click below the cut for a tracklist and some very brief liner notes! 

PARTS I & II

1. “Miss Templeton’s 7000th Dream” by Jukebox the Ghost a premonition.

2. “Special Death” by Mirah for Naia. a debt repaid.

3. “Julia” by Reeder for Brea. saying goodbye.

4. “Time” by Reeder a quiet loneliness.

5. “Old Black Train” by The Blasting Company. for Hup. a sudden parting.

6. “Threnody” by Goldmund a song of lamentation for the dead.

7. “Reckoning Song” by Asaf Avidan & The Mojos forgiveness & forbidden questions.

PART III

8. “3 Rounds and a Sound” by Blind Pilot a wedding.

9. “Lover’s Desire” by Anaïs Mitchell & Michael Chorney one quiet summer.

10. “Doorkeeper of the Grove” by Louie Zong a guardian falls.

11. “Tanystropheus’ Reign” a war that takes and takes and takes.

12. “In Past and Present Tense” by Reeder loss and new life.

13. “Morton’s Fork” by Typhoon for Rian. a choice between two undesirable outcomes.

14. “Papers (Hades Finds Out)”  by Anaïs Mitchell & Michael Chorney for Rian. the laboratory. 

15. “Youth” by Daughter regret & inevitability.

16. “The Golden Hour” by Louie Zong a new arrival.

17. “The Ghost on the Shore” by Lord Huron for Gurjin. a last stand.

PARTS IV, V, & VI

18. “Orpheo Looks Back” by Andrew Bird moving forward.

19. “The Inevitable Haunted House” by Boqeh visiting a friend.

20. “Warm with You” by Hayden Calnin building a home.

21. “Growing Up” by Lullatone on childhood.

22. “Wood” by Rostam dancing.

23. “A Song For You” by Kishi Bashi writing on the wall.

24. “Wriggle” by Cosmo Sheldrake looking back.

25. “The Wild Hunt” by The Tallest Man on Earth for Kylan. making peace.

26. “The Violet Hour” by The Civil Wars the hardest goodbye.

27. “Won’t Go Quietly” by Company of Thieves for Deet. the end.

28. “No Time for Caution” by Hans Zimmer the clock winds down.

BONUS

29. “Wildflowers” by The Wailin’ Jennys for Jen. a mother’s wish.

[hadestownreconstruction]

I may be so-so on the vocals, but I’d like to take whatever Michael Chorney put into the OG hadestown album and inject it directly into my veins

[roadtohadestown]

Honestly I love that Persephone introduces the band during “Our Lady of the Underground.” So whenever I’m like, “Oh wait, who plays what instruments again ??” my mind immediately answers with

“bRIAN DRYE ON THE TROMBOONNNEEEE

MARIKA HUGHES ON THE C E L L O

DANA LYN ON THE VIOLI IIN N N

BEN PEROWSKY ON THE dr Um SssSS

ROBINSON MORSE ON THE baaS S ss sSSSSsS SS

MICHAEL CHORNEY ON THE GUIT A R

AND LIAM ROBINSON ON THE KEEYYYYYYSSSSsss ¡¡!!!”

[druid-for-hire]

HADESTOWN, BROADWAY, Apr 25th 2019

Reeve Carney as Orpheus; Eva Noblezada as Eurydice; Amber Gray as Persephone; Patrick Page as Hades; André de Shields as Hermes; Jewelle Blackman, Yvette Gonzales-Nacer, Kay Trinidad as the Fates; Afra Hines, Timothy Hughes, John Krause, Kimberly Marable, Ahmad Simmons as Workers Chorus.

Liam Robinson as Conductor/on piano/accordion; Dana Lyn on violin; Marika Hughes on cello; Michael Chorney on guitar; Brian Drye on trombone/glockenspiel; Robinson Morse on double bass; Ben Perowsky on the drums/percussion.

Notes & lyrics:

(Note: these lyrics are directly transcribed out of the audio and i’m going off my memory, so there may be inaccuracies.)

[The turntable rises. Eurydice is gone, and in the very center is her red carnation. Orpheus appears onstage from stage right.]

ORPHEUS Mr. Hermes!

HERMES Hey, the big art-eest! Ain’t’cha workin’ on your masterpiece?

ORPHEUS Where’s Eurydice?

HERMES Brother, what do you care? You’ll find another muse somewhere.

[Orpheus steps down into the main stage, looking around.]

ORPHEUS Where is she?

HERMES Why you wanna know?

ORPHEUS Wherever she is Is where I’ll go

HERMES And what if I said she’s down below?

ORPHEUS Down below?

[Orpheus looks at the carnation. Dread and horror dawn on his face.]

HERMES Down below. “Six feet under the ground” below. 

[Hermes steps down onto the main stage from his post at the mic stand.]

She called your name before she went, but I guess you weren’t listening.

ORPHEUS No...

[He bends down and picks up the flower delicately.]

HERMES So. Just how far will you go for her?

ORPHEUS ... to the end of time. 

[He extends his hand out towards Hermes with the flower.] 

To the end of the earth.

HERMES You got a ticket?

[Orpheus’ arm lowers.]

ORPHEUS ... no?

HERMES Yeah, I didn’t think so. ‘Course, there is another way, but, eh--

[Hermes turns away and waves a dismissive hand at Orpheus.]

I ain’t supposed to say...

ORPHEUS Another way?

[Hermes turns back to him, leaning in.]

HERMES Around the back. But that ain’t easy walkin’, jack. It ain’t for the sensitive of soul, so do you really wanna go?

ORPHEUS With all my heart.

HERMES With all your heart? Well. That’s a start.

[The lights dim and turn off, except for the orchestra’s music lights, a light on Hermes, a light on Orpheus, and a little bit of ambient light on the main stage.]

How to get to Hadestown: you have to take the long way down, through the underground, undercover at night--layin’ low, stayin’ out of sight. 

[Workers appear, lined up on the outer turntable ring on stage right, headlamps shining as they look around¹, each carrying the heads of a larger ceiling lamp. Orpheus walks along the outer ring of the turntable, which spins against his pace, and meanders through them. Fog begins to roll in over the ground.]

Ain’t no compass, brother, ain’t no map, just a telephone wire and a railroad track. You keep on walkin’ and don’t look back ‘till you get to the bottom land.

[The turntable stops; Orpheus is center downstage and holds the flower out in front of him. The Workers behind him, in formation, each turn in circles in a swayed rhythm, lamp heads in hand and their headlamps casting all around as they turn.]

ORPHEUS Wait for me, I’m comin’ Wait, I’m comin’ with you Wait for me, I’m comin’ too, I’m comin’ too

[Orpheus is on the turntable again and the Workers line up on the center turntable as it spins them, their heads and bodies bobbing, headlamps flashing and shining all around. Orpheus dips his head under the lights a couple of times.]

HERMES The River Styx² is high and wide, cinder bricks and razor wire, walls of iron and concrete, hound dogs howlin’ ‘round the gates. Those dogs will lay down and play dead, if you got the bones, if you got the bread, but if all you’ve got is your own two legs--just be glad you got ‘em!

[Orpheus is brought back to center downstage; the Workers’ headlamps have turned off, and have attached the lamp heads to cables that have come down from the ceiling in a C formation along the turntable’s outer ring, the break being where Orpheus is. They pull them back towards center upstage, then push them out as golden light blooms from each of them and crouch down out of the way. Orpheus stands with the flower in a hand outstretched against a backdrop of swinging lamps.]

ORPHEUS & WORKERS Wait for me, I’m comin’ Wait, I’m comin’ with you Wait for me, I’m comin’ too, I’m comin’ too

[The Workers stand up and still each of the lamps, holding them where they naturally hang. Their headlamps burst to life and focus on Orpheus, and a bright white spotlight comes down on the very center, who startles and turns around, shielding his eyes against the light. The Fates appear suddenly: one on the onstage stage right exit, one on the balcony, one on the onstage stage left exit, each holding a lantern. The Workers bob up and down in sync.]

FATES  Who are you?

[Orpheus wanders in towards the very center of the stage, then turns to the audience.]

Where do you think you’re goin’? Who are you? Why are you all alone? Who are you? / Who do you think you are? Who are you? / Who are you to think that you can walk a road that no one’s ever walked before?

[He shuts his eyes and sings.]

ORPHEUS La, la la la, la la la...

[The turntable slowly begins to elevate under him as his melody floats into the air and sinks into the ground. The Workers still and stand straight, awestruck. Orpheus looks around, startled by what he’s seeing, and keeps singing with new energy.]

La, la la la, la la...

WORKERS La, la la la, la la... La, la la la, la la... La, la la la, la la...

[Industrial lamps along the ceiling light up; the Workers look around to the walls, their headlamps also serving as pointers to where the audience should look. The stage heaves and rumbles and cracks open as the stones of the River Styx move aside, revealing passages of pipes and machinery, factory lamps burning bright. The Workers turn and face the audience, looking around as if the same thing is happening where they are. The golden light of the Underworld spills onto the stage.]

ORPHEUS & WORKERS La, la la la, la la la... La, la la la, la la la...

[The center turntable begins to lower.]

La, la la la, la la...

[Orpheus hops off the center turntable onto the outer ring, which spins faster as he runs faster as well, spinning him ‘round the stage more. The golden light turns back down except for the industrial lamps that burn low light and the swinging lamps. The Workers line back up in the center and their headlamps switch on as they bob up and down, scouting like searchlights.]

HERMES You’re on the lam, you’re on the run Don’t give your name, you don’t have one And don’t look no one in the eye This town will to suck you dry, they’ll Suck your brains, they’ll suck your breath They’ll pluck the heart right out of your chest Truss you up in your Sunday best And stuff your mouth with cotton

[Orpheus ends up center downstage again, and again the Workers take the lamps and swing them into the audience, this time joined by a cascade of blue spotlights on Orpheus and across the whole of downstage. They are still bright, but calm down and dim towards the end.]

ORPHEUS & WORKERS Wait for me, I’m comin’ Wait, I’m comin’ with you Wait for me, I’m comin’ too, I’m comin’

[The Workers catch their lamps and stand in formation. For each “wait” they cry, spotlights flash on Orpheus, each time getting brighter, then joined by ambient golden light flashing along the ceiling.]

WORKERS Wait!

ORPHEUS I’m comin’, wait for me

[The Workers crouch down.]

WORKERS Wait!

ORPHEUS I hear the walls repeating

WORKERS Wait!

[They begin to walk backwards.]

ORPHEUS The fallin’ of my feet, and

ORPHEUS & WORKERS It sounds like drummin’

[They rush back up to the lamps, pointing them all suddenly directly at Orpheus in sync.]

WORKERS Wait!

ORPHEUS And I am not alone

[The Workers turn back to the audience, holding the lamps directly over their heads.]

WORKERS Wait!

ORPHEUS I hear the rocks and stones

WORKERS Wait!

[They crouch.]

ORPHEUS Echoin’ our song

[The Workers rise up again slowly and grasp their lamps.]

ORPHEUS & WORKERS I’m comin’!

[Orpheus moves backwards into the center stage, which begins to sink. The Workers send the hanging lamps spinning in short circles and crouch. Orpheus gazes up as the golden lights of the lamps pass over him, illuminating his skyward gaze as he lowers and vanishes from sight. On the final beat, all the lights cut except for the golden light that spills from the Underworld from the cracks in the Styx.]

¹ I got flashed in the face for a solid two seconds. ² André messed up his line here. Uh, oops. ³ The applause lasted almost half a minute.

[roseategales]

                                         created for eludysia lavellan & solas.

                                                listen here.  tracklist below the cut.

epic iii (live) — original cast of hadestown; damon duanno, patrick page. talk — hozier. falling slowly — glen hansard, markéta irglová. say it — maggie rogers. treacherous — taylor swift. sunrise — coldplay. all i’ve ever known — original broadway cast of hadestown; eva noblezada, reeve carney. orpheus — sara bareilles. lover’s desire — anaïs mitchell, michael chorney. epic iii (”they danced”) — original broadway cast of hadestown; andré de shields, reeve carney. hallelujah — lindsey stirling. easy on me — transviolet. must be dreaming — bien. cruel summer — taylor swift. you matter to me — sara bareilles ft. jason mraz. someone who loves me — sara bareilles. take me home — us the duo. orpheus - ballet in 3 scenes / 1st scene: introduction — igor stravinsky. foreigner’s god — hozier. nothing changes — anaïs mitchell, the haden triplets. flowers — original broadway cast of hadestown; eva noblezada. afterglow — taylor swift. what a time — julia michaels ft. niall horan. prom — riah. about you — fletcher. supercut — lorde. this love — taylor swift. graveyard — halsey. wait for me (reprise) — original broadway cast of hadestown; ensemble, andré de shields, reeve carney, eva noblezada.                                                    + more being added.

[hadeestown]

I love 14-time Tony Nominee, Hadestown the Musical!

Hadestown has been nominated for BEST MUSICAL.

Anais Mitchell has been nominated for BEST ORIGINAL SCORE.

Anais Mitchell has been nominated for BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL.

Rachel Chavkin has been nominated for BEST DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL.

Eva Noblezada has been nominated for BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL

André De Shields has been nominated for BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL.

Patrick Page has been nominated for BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL.

Amber Gray has been nominated for BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL.

David Neumann has been nominated for BEST CHOREOGRAPHY.

Michael Chorney and Todd Sickafoose have been nominated for BEST ORCHESTRATIONS.

Rachel Hauck has been nominated for BEST SCENIC DESIGN OF A MUSICAL.

Michael Krass has been nominated for BEST COSTUME DESIGN OF A MUSICAL.

Nevin Steinberg and Jessica Paz have been nominated for BEST SOUND DESIGN OF A MUSICAL.

Bradley King has been nominated for BEST LIGHTING DESIGN OF A MUSICAL.

Congratulations!

[there-is-no-barrier-between-us]

congratulations to hadestown on twelve (12?!) outer critics circle nominations:

outstanding new broadway musical outstanding book (anaïs mitchell) outstanding new score (anaïs mitchell) outstanding director (rachel chavkin) outstanding choreographer (david neumann) outstanding scenic design (rachel hauck) outstanding lighting design (bradley king) outstanding sound design (nevin steinberg and jessica paz) outstanding orchestrations (michael chorney and todd sickafoose) outstanding actor (reeve carney) outstanding featured actor (andré de shields) outstanding featured actress (amber gray)

[idontknowaboutyouboys-blog]

Michael Chorney and Todd Sickafoose win the Tony for Best Orchestrations.

[reprise-supporter]

michael chorney on the guitar? i think you mean tony award winner michael chorney on the guitar

[gracefc]

Hadestown Audio 4.25.2019

Pretty sure this exact audio has already been posted on Tumblr, but here’s another version if you want it. 

Download here. 

Evidently Eva had laryngitis this night which is... literally incomprehensible considering how good she was. It’s an amazing show! I loved it so much! I saw it twice! Ask me anything! 

Original Broadway Cast

Hermes - André De Shields 

Orpheus - Reeve Carney  

Eurydice - Eva Noblezada 

Hades - Patrick Page 

Persephone - Amber Gray  

Fates - Jewelle Blackman, Yvette Gonzales-Nacer, Kay Trinidad

Ensemble/Workers Chorus - Afra Hines, Timothy Hughes, John Krause, Kimberly Marable, Ahmad Simmons  

Conductor/Piano/Accordion - Liam Robinson 

Violin - Dana Lyn  

Cello - Marika Hughes 

Guitar - Michael Chorney  

Trombone/Glockenspiel - Brian Drye  

Double Bass - Robinson Morse 

Drums/Percussion - Ben Perowsky