Some things about watching hadestown live that tragically donโt translate to the recordings:
In hey little songbird, those three little guitar notes directly correspond to the three fates moving remarkably like birds, or perhaps very enthused gossips.
Eva Noblezada puts SO much into her performances. Like sobbing, on her knees, so much emotion.
Orpheus and Eurydice have great chemistry, but Reeve Carney and Eva Noblezada are absolutely magnetic on stage. They bring a depth to their interactions and dynamic that are to die for.
In our lady of the underground, Persephone is flirting like hell with the whole audience. Itโs so fun to see, and really makes you feel roped in!
In general, this show does a wonderful job of incorporating the audience. The only time in the recording (live or OBC) that gets close is Hermes saying โyouโve got a lonesome road to walkโฆโ (and the associated verse).
More bits of audience incorporation include:
In Orpheusโs toast in living it up on top, when he says, โand the one we live in now,โ carney looks right at the audience. Everyone does. The silence is so tense nobody breathes until he stomps his feet, and youโre almost relieved theyโve looked away, because being seen like that is almost too much.
In Wait For Me, the workers have headlamps and sometimes stare directly at and hold very intense โeye contactโ with an audience member. They see you, not that they actually see you more than they can see anything other than their own work right then.
Moving on,
When Hades is doing Papers, he commands the workers, and they look unsettlingly like attack dogs. Itโs uncanny.
A recurring style for the workersโ movements is to seem rigid as a statue until a โhuh!โ or โch!โ which marks them seeming to collapse or falter under their invisible burden
Seriously I could wax poetic for hours about how beautifully the workers move
Persephone sings why we build the wall, and to me it read almost as spiteful. โYou want obedience so bad? Well here it is.โ
Persephone is honestly so much fun to watch, just in general.
In Living it Up on Top, the trombonist comes down and does a little bit. Unfortunately I canโt tell you more, as I was utterly enraptured by Persephoneโs sparkly green dress.
Thatโs all for now, I may rb with more additions!
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'Cause hereโs the thing
To know how it ends
And still begin to sing it again
As if it might turn out this time
I learned that from a friend of mine
Hadestown
Broadway, August 9th 2023, 2pm
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seeing hadestown rn and solea is phenomenal everyone go see her because she puts such an intriguing spin on eurydice and I love her, also jewelle and tom are getting so much love tonight and i Will sob when this ends
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๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ'๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ง
๐๐ฎ๐ง ๐จ๐ง ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ
๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ก๐๐ง๐
๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ
Pose based on the painting โThe Soul Of The Roseโ by John William Waterhouse.
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