2,252 results for ""Hadestown""
The folk singersongwriter's Off-Broadway musical strikes modern chords in telling an ancient story.
Songwriter, arranger and performer Shaina Taub is having a banner 2016. The critically acclaimed music she wrote for, and performed, in Bill Irwin and David Shiner's Old Hats was released in…
With his gentle cowboy swagger, movie star good looks and smooth voice, Damon Daunno should be playing the lead romantic roles in most Broadway shows (Georg in She Loves Me! Raoul in Phantom…
Composer/musician Anaïs Mitchell and director Rachel Chavkin talk contemporary theatre, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 and why immersive theatre is all the rage.
On Maxamoo June 15th Episode they discuss RIZING, HADESTOWN, SHREW, LIBERATED, WAR. Diep, David, and Lindsay discuss and dissect the latest in NYC theater. But first, a big thank you for Liz…
Download fileDiep, David, and Lindsay discuss and dissect the latest in NYC theater. But first, a big thank you for Liz Richards for creating these gorgeous and hilarious pieces of Maxamoo s…
Mitchell's hit off-Broadway show about a tyrannical billionaire building a wall to 'keep out the enemy' was written in 2006 but could hardly be more topical. The folk singer discusses retell…
In this week's edition, we caught up with Damon Duano, who stars as 'Orpheus' in HADESTOWN, playing at New York Theatre Workshop.
Damon Daunno and Nabiyah Be sing "Wedding Song" from the musical by Anaïs Mitchell.
Mitchell's folk opera is in the midst of an off-Broadway run at New York Theater Workshop.
Anaïs Mitchell's musical is directed by Rachel Chavkin.
In this week's edition, we caught up with Shaina Taub, who stars as 'a Fate' in HADESTOWN, playing at New York Theatre Workshop.
It's been a long time since I walked out of a musical and couldn't wait to hear the score again. Luckily, the singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell recorded a concept album for Hadestown,…
by Samuel L. Leiter That subterranean rumbling you may feel as you walk by the New York Theatre Workshop isn't a forgotten subway line suddenly come to life; it's the basso-profundo voice…
Responsible for this busy pseudo-poetic edging towards pretentious production is the imaginative and theatrical director Rachel Chavkin
If you are going to reimagine the legend of Orpheus and Eurydice " a poor poet guitar strumming musician with a voice to die for and his ravishing but hungry counterpart as a sung-through fo…
his almost sung-through version of the much told story has been brought to fascinating, lushly staged new life.
By Jordan Cohen In 2010, Anaïs Mitchell, who has been called the "queen of modern folk music," gained critical acclaim for the release of Hadestown, a folk opera concept alb…
Peter Filichia, James Marino, and Michael Portantiere discuss The Total Bent @ The Public Theater, Hadestown @ New York Theater Workshop, Chita Rivera at Café Carlyle, The Roger Re…
In this week's edition, we caught up with Lulu Fall, who stars as 'a Fate' in HADESTOWN, playing at New York Theatre Workshop.
The latest works by Nick Payne ("Constellations") and Stew ("Passing Strange"), along with a clever musical take on the Orpheus myth, all land off-Broadway this week.
In the past week I happened to see two musicals built in similar ways -- HADESTOWN at NYTW and THE TOTAL BENT at The Public. One really grabbed me, whipped me around, shook me up and...
With Hadestown, celebrated singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell and inventive two-time Obie award-winning director Rachel Chavkin (Three Pianos; Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812) tra…
In the myth, Eurydice didn't have much of a choice. She died, woke up in the underworld and waited around for Orpheus to save her. Not so in Hadestown, singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell's …
