a couple of maria-christina oliveras' persephone sketches because she was an absolute joy to watch and my favorite part of seeing hadestown on tour a few months ago i would not change it for anything.
whenever i remember specific moments and snapshots of that day she is the one thats often in them. i remember her sitting in the balcony, walking around the stage, the little bits and body jokes she made throughout the play. i am not sure i can properly explain why i loved her performance so much (other than the obvious of her being an extremely talented woman), i can only say that her persephone just inspired so much fondness in me, the same fondness with which i look at the women of my family and think of how much better they have deserved in their life. i wanted things to get better for her, i felt the weight that she carried in her soul, i understood her character in a way i hadn't before
so yeah, i think her persephone will always have a special place in my heart and i am so lucky she was the first one i got to see.
(ft a lil nathan lee graham because he was also incredible and i am so so sorry and mad a phone alarm went off during road to hell reprise because he was killing it)
Theater Camp (dir. Molly Gordon & Nick Lieberman).
What [it] gets so right is the very specific personalities and eccentricities of children deeply enmeshed in theatre culture and their young adult counterparts. There's so much inherent drama mixed with codependency in the name of putting on a show and chasing the high of a performance. Gordon and Lieberman's naturalistic yet heightened sense of artistic melodrama is hilariously on point.
NFT FOREVER EXCEPT THROUGH MASTER. For sale only through November 1st 2023
Cast: J Antonio Rodriguez (Orpheus), Hannah Whitley (Eurydice) Nathan Lee Graham (Hermes) Maria Christina Oliveras (Persephone) Mathew Patrick Quinn (Hades) Belén Moyano (Fate 1) Nyla Watson (Fate 2) Dominique Kempf (fate 3) Raquel Williams (Worker), Eddie Noel Rodríguez (worker), Sean Watkinson (s/w worker), Courtney Lauster (worker) Jemal Lee Harris (Worker)
I saw the national tour of Hadestown the other night and it was so good.
Both versions of Wait For Me made me cry. Both Chibueze Ihuoma and Hannah Whitley were amazing and the sets for these parts are so incredible live.
After Epic III and their dance, Hades falls to his knees and buries his head in Persephones stomach and she pulls him close amd cradles his head and they stay like that for several minutes I DIED! I wish I had an image of it.
My friend and I cried so much at ending that the girl sitting next to is actually turned and asked "are you guys okay?" We were not.
Anyways, this was awesome and I loved every second of it.
Clyde Alves and Nathan Lee Graham lead a genderflipped production of "Big Spender" from "Sweet Charity" for Broadway Backwards in 2019, with original Bob Fosse choroegraphy retained
Summary: After AdirondACTS's founder Joan (Amy Sedaris) falls into a coma, her son Troy (Jimmy Tatro) must team up with Amos (Ben Platt), Rebecca-Diane (Molly Gordon), and the other camp teachers to come up with a solution to prevent it from closing.
Sharp mockumentary that functions as redemption arc for Ben Platt’s acting career. Molly Gordon thrives as co-lead, co-writer, and co-director.