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“Hadestown” Keeps Up The Fight

by Brian Slattery | May 2, 2024 9:53 am

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Orpheus is smitten with Eurydice before they even speak. Hermes, Orpheus’s wingman, helps him work up his courage to ask her out.​“Orpheus,” he warns,​“don’t come on too strong.”

Orpheus extends his hand to Eurydice, offers flowers.​“Come home with me,” he says, to audience laughter.​“Who are you?” Eurydice responds.​“The man who’s gonna marry you. I’m Orpheus,” he says.

So begins the drama in Hadestown, the celebrated musical running now at the Shubert Theatre through May 5. With music, book and lyrics by Anaïs Mitchell, it’s a retelling of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice.