#I do think cutting seph's verse was a wise choice in terms of tightening the story but damn do i still miss it

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It absolutely sucks the Hadestown crew felt Chant Reprise had to be shortened because they REALLY struck poetic gold with the broadway Persephone lines: “When I was a young girl like you, this old world was younger too. We set it spinning hand in hand, me and a young man” and “It was love that spun the world when I was a young girl!” The lost love between these two ancient deities being what caused the cycle of the seasons and thus the spinning of the earth is just SUCH a cool image and while I do understand cutting bits out to make the story tighter, it’s a bummer it had to lose some of the best lines because of it.

#and it even ties back to Epic I when Hermes says that it was their love that made the world go round #ah well #I do think cutting seph's verse was a wise choice in terms of tightening the story but damn do i still miss it? #hell yeah you bet i do #hadestown #hadestown broadway #amber gray #anais mitchell #persephone #musicals