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tending-the-hearth · 3 months

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why hadestown was literally one of the best shows i've ever seen

so i saw hadestown this past saturday for the first time ever and when i tell you i have never been so emotionally wrecked by a broadway show before

so i've compiled a little list of my favorite things from the show!!

act 1:

orpheus doing the stomping cues for the opening with hermes... that's his mom your honor!!!

"his mama was a friend of mine" THAT LINE WHEN LILLIAS WHITE VOICED CALLIOPE IN THE DISNEY HERCULES MOVIE I LOVE LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT LIKE ORPHEUS' MOM REALLY IS ONE OF HER FRIENDS

short king orpheus and tall wife eurydice supremacy

jordan fisher was SUCH a sweet and silly orpheus, like he was fully tripping over himself around eurydice the entire first act

LOVE the chorus so so much

eurydice being so cynical until she sees what orpheus can do and then immediately falling for him

they're the definition of "he fell first, she fell harder"

also during "wedding song", orpheus continues to reach out to eurydice, and then during "all i've ever known", the way she reaches out to him but it's so hesitant and awkward, but orpheus just beams and immediately holds onto her 😭

hades and persephone were playing dominoes up on their little balcony and they actually looked so in love until orpheus started the epic, such good bg character acting

lillias white and betty who said mama bears hermes and persephone supremacy!!!

persephone #1 wingwoman she wants these two idiots to get married immediately

the entirety of "way down hadestown" with eurydice and orpheus being giggly and in love!! they're so so oblivious and focused on each other, just the most innocent love

adding onto the fact that jordan is shorter than both solea and phillip the moment where he jumps between them at the end of the song was so silly

i really love the detail that orpheus stays on stage for "a gathering storm" and the rest of the act, he's so focused on his work and doesn't notice anything

i was worried "wait for me" wouldn't live up to the hype but OH MY GOD OH MY GODDDDDDDD

the little details between hades and persephone, with them shifting from how they were acting in the balcony to persephone barely being able to reach out to hades

act 2:

love that eurydice is naive like orpheus, but in a cynical way

holy SHIT solea my beloved "flowers" was actually godlike

what if i lost my mind at how gentle orpheus was when he found eurydice... what if...

the way eurydice drew back when hades told orpheus that she went with him willingly, like she was ready for him to be angry at her... the way he went right back to her and was checking to make sure she was okay

literally started sobbing during "if it's true", the way orpheus gets angry in a way we haven't seen, and the chorus + eurydice join with him

when the chorus removed their caps and became people again... i was a wreck for the rest of the act ngl

"epic 3" or as i like to call it the "hey look at how hard i can cry" song

orpheus comparing himself to hades, and it being so emotional because we see how innocent and happy he is, how he loves so much, and has so much hope, and seeing how hades had become, and knowing that without eurydice, that's how orpheus becomes, giving up on love and life until he's killed

HADES AND PERSEPHONE DANCING 😭😭 THEY WERE SO PLAYFUL AND HAPPY

jordan and solea were just... the most amazing orpheus and eurydice. they just had such sweet chemistry, and "wait for me" reprise with them reaching for each other UGH

the way you could hear orpheus quietly crying as hermes began to sing the "road to hell" reprise somebody sedate me

IT'S ABOUT SINGING THE SAD SONG AND CONTINUING TO HAVE HOPE THAT IT'LL TURN OUT HAPPY THIS TIME

the only reason i didn't completely decompose is because the knowledge that in the myth, when orpheus dies, hades gives orpheus and eurydice their memories back, and they get to be together, happily, in the underworld.

anyways if i had the money and it was possible i'd fully go see hadestown over and over and over again because it just was so beautiful and impactful plus i'm a sucker for good greek mythology retellings

#hadestown #broadway #orpheus #eurydice #hades #persephone

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nachosforfree · 2 years

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I think it's interesting how in Hadestown, while Hades and Orpheus have many many parallels, one I notice in how trying to please their partners they end up pushing that partner away, but the difference is Orpheus is much quicker to atone for this than Hades is.

Persephone wanted to be allowed to spend time in the upperworld, to let it flourish and give humanity time to grow their food and play in the warm spring and summer light. Hades misconstrued this as her loving the sun and its warmth. Not saying she doesn't, but Hades doesn't even consider that her priorities lie in helping humanity live. This could be because Hades only deals with dead humans, being the ruler of where all of them reside and not even having to watch the process of them dying (he's only the god of the dead, after all, not the god of death.)

In him believing she only wants the light and warmth of summer, he tries to recreate it, not even giving her the ability to ease humanity into the real summer because he keeps her too late and takes her back too early. Spring and fall don't concern him, they aren't the primary time she is away.

When Orpheus first meets Eurydice, all she talks about is how screwed up the weather and seasons are. While obviously he was working to fix things prior to meeting her, I think her being so vocal about it is what made him throw himself into trying to create the song that will fix things, unintentionally neglecting Eurydice emotionally and not helping her look for food, shelter, or heat. Which caused her to die/make the deal with Hades.

In Chant I and II, we see that Hades is very set and stubborn in the belief that what he is doing is what Persephone wants, and is the best way to keep her loving him and staying with him. Obviously he is wrong, and we as the audience see this, but he can't realize this until Orpheus reminds him of how he and Persephone fell in love in the first place. I think this can kind of reflect how in real life, men will sooner listen to another man about a woman's feelings than they will a woman actually telling them.

Orpheus' mistakes weren't intentionally nor planned. As soon as he realizes how much his actions harmed her, he tried to fix things by following after her. In Promises, he tells her that he can't promise he'll never accidentally hurt her again, and she promises that she understands that and is willing to go with him anyways. Mistakes are human. Change is human. Orpheus and Eurydice are human.

Hades and Persephone are not human. They are gods. Persephone understands humanity and allows herself to be close to them. Hades doesn't understand humanity, and distances himself from it, needing to control it and Persephone. But the further he tries to distance himself from humanity, the further he distances himself from Persephone.

In Word to the Wise and His Kiss, the Riot, we see how even after being shown that he needs to change, he still desperately wants to hold on to his control of humanity. But with his and Persephone's lines in Wait for Me (Reprise), we see that he's going to at least try.

I forgot where this was going and I don't know if the last paragraph is even on the same railroad track as the first but I love Hadestown.................who gave the god of the underworld separation anxiety

#hadestown

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partiallypearl · 1 month

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ask box name is very funny considering current ask game. speaking of which one of those please :0

also unrelated question you may remember me DMing you last year asking what number you counted to while playing stella-ella-ola. you said 10 but do you know of any people (esp other people from your city) who count to 5

hi meg ily pls come bug me more often. as for the stella ella ola thing, i have managed to convert both of the youth musical theatre classes i teach so everyone ik who plays that game does it to 10 so HAH! anywho here's ur playlist!

we're gonna be friends by the white stripes

wait for me reprise by hadestown cast

place where i'm from by amelie patterson

the love club by lorde

alberta bound by gordon lightfoot

#meg tag #playlist game #yes i did put alberta bound on this #i apologize in advance

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gotosleepsydney · 1 year

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so for ur spotify wrapped 14 and 73

hihi!!

14. Wait for Me (Reprise) by André De Shields, Hadestown Original Broadway Company, and Anaïs Mitchell

sooooo I'm a lil obsessed with the musical hadestown. like, just search my "hadestown" tag. while my fav part of the song is eurydice's part in the last chorus, my favorite LYRICS are:

I'll tell you where the real road lies / Between your ears, behind your eyes / That is the path to Paradise / Likewise, the road to ruin

LIKE BRO

this song happens as Orpheus and Eurydice are starting their walk about of hell — Orpheus leading with Eurydice following, as the story must go. before the song starts, Orpheus asks Hermes, the show's narrator and Orpheus' mentor, if the conditions Hades has set are a trap, a trick. Hermes insists that no, they're a trial, a test. So in these lyrics Hermes is saying to the audience that the real road out of hell isn't the physical path Orpheus and Eurydice are walking on, but the road in Orpheus' head, and the trials he must face on his journey out of hell; the doubts he must face. the next song is Orpheus singing about his doubts that Eurydice is following him and whether Hades has tricked him instead of following through their deal. of course, Orpheus turns around, because this is a tragedy. but the beauty is in the telling of the story and how, after thousands of years, this story is told again and again. the path to Paradise that Hermes talks of is Orpheus overcoming his doubts, and the path that likewise leads to ruin is Orpheus not overcoming them. but we all have a bit of that, don't we? after all, that is where the real road lies.

73. The Unseen Ones by Darren Korb, Masahiro Aoki, and daisuke kurosawa

this is part of the soundtrack from the video game Hades (Supergiant). it plays when you have the max heat for giving the bosses extra power — so, when Hades himself has bonus power. it's a suuuper intense and adrenaline-filled fight!! the entire song is sick electric guitar so there aren't lyrics. the song goes so hard and I have mad respect for the musicians. if you want to get your heart racing and adrenaline pumping, give it a listen!

#spotify wrapped #hadestown #hades game #yes i like the story of hades and persephone #and orpheus and eurydice #how could you tell?#asks

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self-proclaimed-chaotic-good · 2 years

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If you wanna walk through the Upside Down... | Steddie

Prompt: Underworld

Words: 2355

Fandom: Stranger things

A/N: Another Hadestown inspired fic. I just love Wait for Me (Reprise) so much. It’s another late Writer’s Month entry and if I don’t get the badge, then at least I tried. I wasn’t able to do last year’s one and I’m surprised I was able to get this far this year now that I’m back in college. It was fun regardless and I was able to vent out and cope with certain shows and movies through these prompts.

Hints of child abuse and physical assault. Nothing too descriptive. Hurt/comfort stuff.

Summary: Eddie had sacrificed himself to save everyone, but Steve wants him back. If not for his sake, for the kids’ sake. The trip to the Upside Down is difficult and one he must do alone, but he can’t just leave him down there.

A trial, he claimed. A trial to see if they were able to withstand the demons in their mind, if their bond was strong enough to push on through. Vecna/Henry/One was a sick bastard for that. El warned Steve of the risk of venturing back to the Upside Down, especially going alone. He would do it though. For Eddie.

In order to get Eddie back from the Upside Down, they must travel through the twisted version of Hawkins with Steve walking at the front and Eddie at the back. Steve had to trust that Vecna released his hold on Eddie. He had to trust that Eddie would follow him, that he wanted to leave. It seemed simple enough, but it wouldn’t be a trial if it didn’t come with a price. If Steve turned around to see if Eddie was following, Vecna would wrap his slimey vines around him and drag him back to where he held him. Then, Steve would have to return alone and the gates would be closed.

“He’s gonna mess with us,” Eddie said, doubt already creeping in. He rubbed his eyes in frustration, holding back tears. If they screw this up, he’ll never be able to leave. “That’s what he does. He gets into our minds and –”

“We can do this, Eds,” Steve said, holding on either side of his head, making the older boy look at him. There was sheer determination in his eyes and Eddie was inclined to believe him.

Eddie nodded, gripping on Steve’s shoulders, as if making sure that Steve being there wasn’t a trick all along. Steve sniffed, wanting to scream, to cry out, demanding why they should prove that they deserve to live, to leave this hellhole. Someone like Eddie did not deserve to be here, to be used as a puppet to hurt others. He just wanted to graduate, to grow his band and earn enough money to spoil his uncle, to play DnD with his friends and create heroic tales together.

“Wait for me on the other side?” His voice was so small, it made Steve mad at Vecna for shrinking this young man that always held such a large presence in any room he walked in.

“Why can’t there be another way?” El demanded at One.

He twisted his head towards the girl that he once hoped would help him rule the world. Someone that held such promise, siding with these weaklings that clung onto the illusion of freedom while chaining themselves to the restraining rules of society. El glared at him, the fire in her eyes had grown brighter from the last time he saw her.

“Papa is gone,” she continued, “The world is changing. It’s always changing. Humans… they can be narrow minded, mean, and liars, but they’re not all like that. They can be accepting, kind, and honest, and loving, and… people change. If we give them the chance to change –”

“Then, let’s test your faith in humanity. Let’s see if it is deserved,” he said, turning back to the pair in front of them. “If they can overcome what I throw at them, all the ugliness and pain that ever set foot in their minds, then they can leave. You can leave… but you still need to face me if you want this to end once and for all and I’ll be waiting for when the time comes.”

Steve pressed his forehead against Eddie’s. “I’ll wait for you. As long as it takes. I’ll wait for you. I trust you. We’re gonna prove him wrong and get the hell out of here,” he muttered, repeating those words over and over like a prayer.

“Stevie,” Eddie said shakily, “In case that this is actually a trap, I just wanted to tell you, what I’ve been wanting to tell you, is that I… I lo –”

“No, no, no. You tell me when we get out of here,” Steve insisted, “We’re getting out of here.”

“Steve…”

“It’s time to go,” One rumbled.

El walked over to them, squeezing their arms. “It’ll be okay. I need to go first, but I’ll be waiting on the other side of the gate for you. I cannot interfere.”

They nodded in understanding, pulling her into a hug before she pulled away towards the gate. Once she disappeared through, the demobats and the crawling vines seemed to be more agitated. The demobats swarmed closer, perching themselves along the telephone wires and buildings that lined the broken road, which seemed to stretch out forever, that led all the way to the open gate. The vines crawled up along the walls and slithered along the cracks, waiting to grab Eddie’s ankles the moment Steve turned around.

Steve took in a deep breath and spun around. Eddie wanted to reach out and touch his hand, already missing him, but he knew that they weren’t allowed to touch. The moment Steve takes a step forward would be when the trial officially started.

He exhaled slowly, closing his eyes for a moment and thinking about his happiest memories. After hearing from Max what he had put her through, he had taken the time to think about what those memories were and he was glad that he did. It helped him realize what he had waiting on the other side for him, what he could forward to in the future. He just hoped that Eddie had enough of those memories as well.

He took one step forward, then two, a chill running down his spine at how still everything felt. Then, it hit him. Memories of his childhood, of his father’s anger and his mother’s sorrow, of the fakeness and bravado that he used to have, of bullying victims’ misery, of heartbreak after heartbreak, of all the near death experiences, including the kids’ that he was unable to prevent. Every sting on his cheek, every cut and bruise on his body over the years slamming onto him all at once, guilt and helplessness weighing him down like chains, like the souls of the underworld dragging him into the asphalt below.

He closed his eyes once more, struggling to push forward. Then, he saw Eddie, shoved in his locker, dunked in a toilet bowl, beaten in the alley of the arcade, hunted down by the town mob, beaten again and again, rushed to the hospital and handcuffed to the bed rail. Why should he come back? What did he owe the town that turned on him? Why should he save them?

No. Eddie wouldn’t do that to his uncle. To Dustin. To all the boys in Hellfire. To Robin and Nancy. To Steve. He was right behind him, walking with one foot after another.

Steve began to think of the kids. Of Dustin smiling at him with such joy and admiration. Of the boys rambling about some DnD or sciencey thing that Steve had yet to wrap his head around. Of Will’s quiet presence, concentrating on his drawing as his friends spoke around him and interjected with his deep insight or quick wit. Of Max and her snarkiness, her stubbornness, her reluctance to admit that deep down, she loved hanging out with those kids she called dorks. After she recovered from her second encounter with Vecna, she even admitted that she saw Steve as an older brother.

Then he thought of Robin, his best friend. His platonic soulmate. Someone who did not expect anything from King Steve, but accepted the real Steve. Someone who opened his eyes to what he had suppressed from his childhood and helped him realize that it was okay to like men and women. That he was stupid to have not grabbed Eddie by the collar and kiss him like he wanted to. He thought of their time at Scoops, at Family Video, of their drives around town, and their sleepovers when the nightmares became too much. He thought of how they could live together after she graduated and figure out life while they had each other's back.

He was moving down the road with impressive speed, powered by his love for those kids and his best friend. One wasn’t having it, hitting him with the memory of him and Nancy in the bathroom, her eyes glaring up at him as she spat that everything was bullshit. Their relationship was bullshit. He stumbled on his feet, feeling the air rush out his lungs as if being punched in the gut.

Then, the memory of a younger Steve being left alone as his parents went on another business trip, how the trips were getting longer and their stay at the house getting shorter. He once thought that they did that to avoid coming home to him, that they decided that he was not the son that they wanted and gradually pretended that he did not exist.

Steve pushed through it, thinking about his realization and acceptance that he and Nancy were just not meant to be, that there was no point in forcing it. He was happy to be her friend. They’ve been through a lot together, so there was no getting rid of each other from their lives that easily. And he was fine with that.

The group that he had found himself surrounded by, the ones that he fought monsters and evil Russians and abusive brothers with, were his family. Even the persistent and gentle badass that was Joyce Byers and the gruffy but kindhearted Chief Hopper were his family. Not the parents that don’t even bother to call even on holidays.

He wondered how Eddie was doing. Was he powering on with the memories of his uncle buying him his first guitar? Of discovering freshmen that were equally if not more passionate about DnD than he was? Of the crowd of five to six drunks cheering for his band at the Hideout? Of his and Robin’s inside jokes about Dorothy and Rocky Horror? Of his flirting with Steve and the latter’s flustered expression before flirting back?

The glow of the gate was shining into his eyes, the faint breeze of fresh air teasing him. They were almost there. The gate was just up ahead.

Did Eddie even want him back? What if all that flirting was just Eddie being Eddie? Just because he found out that he liked guys, too, doesn’t mean he liked Steve. He was horrible to him in high school and still called him a freak even after he graduated. He refused Dustin’s requests to play DnD with him if it meant avoiding hanging around with ‘the freak’. Did Steve deserve to make it out? Would it have been better if he traded places with Eddie to stay in the Upside Down?

Steve squeezed his eyes shut again, thinking back to the open field where they had parked the RV. He was making molotov cocktails with Robin, Nancy was showing Max how to use a shotgun, and the Sinclairs were making spears together. Then there was Eddie and Dustin, playing with the nailed trash can cover shields they made.

After tackling the younger boy, Eddie held him at arm's length and spoke with a proud smile on his face. They laughed at something and pulled away, readying their shields again. For a minute, Eddie looked up, feeling Steve’s eyes on him. He sent a quick wink and a dimpled smile before turning back to Dustin. All those small moments like that had to mean something. Because what Steve felt when he’s with him was real, and scary, and exciting, and warm, and right.

“You think I’d ever love you?” he heard Eddie’s voice spat. “A selfish, worthless asshole that took joy in other people’s pain? That was possessive and insecure and scared of what he was?”

“Eddie, no,” Steve breathed, “You don’t mean that. The Eddie that I know gave people second chances. He… he knows I changed.”

“Why would I ever want to follow you out of here only to be mocked and hunted down?”

“They won’t do that. Hopper will sort everything out. We know you’re innocent. We could hide you –”

“And be your dirty little secret,” Eddie’s voice growled, “Hidden with shame while you protect your reputation. But, you can’t have both, Steve.”

“I don’t care about my reputation!” Steve shouted, fighting the urge to turn around to face him. It wasn’t the real Eddie speaking, One was provoking him. “I’ll kiss you in front of the whole town if I have to. I’ll fight anyone that ever tries to hurt you. Even if it kills me.”

“Interesting,” One purred, his voice bouncing around Steve’s brain. “You are more physically capable in fighting than this one is. If I were to release Eddie Munson from my hold, would you accept being my right-hand man? I can do this in an instant. Neither of you have to suffer anymore. Your Eddie would be safe from me… Join me.”

“I… No, I can’t. I –” He felt his mind slipping away, like he was being lifted in the air.

“You lied!” El’s voice boomed through the void, jolting Steve back to his physical body.

He blinked, adjusting his eyes to the dimness of the Upside Down, seeing the gate two feet away. He was so close. The gate ripped open even further as El stepped through with fury on her face.

“You are not to interfere!” One shouted, waving a hand towards her, the demobats leaping into action.

“You broke the rules first,” she said, holding a hand out. She turned to Steve and Eddie and shouted, “Go! I’ll hold them off.”

Steve nodded, running towards the gate. He was still afraid that Eddie could still disappear, that he would be ripped away from him for good. He didn’t turn around.

The fresh air felt good in his lungs as he stumbled to the ground, catching his breath. The sky was a calming light blue and the clouds were rolling lazily across, blocking the sun for just a moment. He closed his eyes, holding onto Eddie in his heart and counted to ten. He’ll be here.

“Steve.”

He opened his eyes.

#writersmonth2022 #writer's month #steddie #steve harrington x eddie munson #steve x eddie #eddie x steve #steveddie #steve harrington fic #steve harrington imagine #steddie fic #steddie fanfic #eddie munson fic #eddie munson imagine #hadestown inspired #im so behind in writer's month that I'm just going to post them when they're done and not wait for an appropriate time to do it

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dentpx · 2 years

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7/7/2022: Hadestown babyyyyyy

i cried the whole time, long-ass rambles below

- i really like hadestown but i’ve never listened to it in order all the way through because i knew it would be a very special and unique show, and i was right, it’s truly unlike anything i’ve ever seen

- it truly does feel like a greek epic. there’s not extended dialogue, everything spoken happens as a part of a song, and songs move between each other so seamlessly you don’t even notice it’s happening

- started crying during the first song because the music was so beautiful. started crying again during gathering storm, and wait for me, and basically by the chant reprise i was silently crying with growing intensity until the end of the show

cast stuff:

- Reeve Carney and Eva Noblezada (original Orpheus and Eurydice) are still with the show and i got to see them. both incredible performers

- funny story, I didn’t know Reeve was the original Orpheus, i know him as “the guy in the spider-man musical” and, more importantly, “riff raff in the kenny ortega rocky horror” (beloved to me for that role), he sounds a lot different than on the hadestown soundtrack so i totally thought he was new to the show

- on the soundtrack he alternates between the other-wordly falsetto style and singing like a normal guy, in person he’s doing the falsetto thing the whole time and it was a little off-putting at the start but i was completely sold by wedding song. it really does make him feel “touched by the gods” so to speak

- Jewelle Blacknab was our Persephone, she had a lot of energy and a VERY powerful voice. incredible dancer too. she was less matter-of-fact and more pleading and passionate which I liked. she used to be one of the Fates in the OG cast

- Tom Hewitt was Hades, and I looooooved him. his voice was crazy deep (way deeper than Page!) and he had a great stage presence. you really did feel like he was the most powerful person on the stage

- T. Oliver Reid as Hermes, obviously a lot different than Andre, but while Andre is obviously incredible I didn’t find myself wishing he was there instead. I think Reid brings something unique to the role and he’s fun to watch

set/lighting/blocking stuff:

- best set in the fucking world what the hell. what the hell. turnables are kind of expected at this point but hadestown made it really unique with the 3 turntables AND it fit with the theming of the show (cyclical choreography rules)

- from memory i think my favorite bit with the turntables was with the hades and orpheus confrontation when they’re on opposite ends of the turntable and walking in place but also walking against the turntable and then with it, it just ruled. i was endlessly impressed in general with the control the performers had on those things, they knew how to move and how to stay still ON SOMETHING THAT IS MOVING

- lol when it descended. and then when it came back up again. blew my mind what the hell

- the set was designed in such a smart way that it would have looked good from anywhere in the theater - i know this because i was in nosebleed seats and most productions don’t think about those seats and certain tricks/blocking don’t work from those angles. did NOT have that issue with hadestown. it also helps that the actors were in character no matter where they were on stage - when the turntable descends, they stayed in character all the way down, even though you’re really just playing to the nosebleeds when you do that. i appreciated it immensely.

- the set transformation when they go into the underworld also blew my mind, when elements of a set are THAT BIG you really don’t think they’ll move them around, and then they do and it’s like. excuse me.

- i feel stupid because i don’t remember if this is exactly what it was (it might have been switched???) but i liked the use of red/orange lighting for Eurydice and blue lighting for Orpheus in their earlier duets, it alludes to her going to hadestown and such.

- really cool lighting design where certain characters would be in shadow even though the stage was lit where they were standing - most notably Why We Build the Wall, persphone was in shadow even though the whole stage was lit, it was a neat effect

- lighting/special effects ruled most exquisitely during doubt comes in, the whole stage is dark except for the actors who are lit, and there’s smoke/fog, so you can’t see the turntables at all and the movement is so beautiful. seeing eurydice come in and out of the song is very cool.

favorite moments/things:

- wait for me (the song i know the best) was so gorgeous and it made me CRY SO FUCKING HARD. the choreography with the lamps is so gorgeous and ethereal. i had a moment after the song ended where i had to put my head in my hands and just dry heave sob quietly because the inevitability that he would not rescue Eurydice just got to me so bad

- i liked the revolution songs and the choreography for it. there’s a lot of repeated lyrics and movements throughout the show with layered meanings the more certain things come up so it’s nice

- i liked the costuming and specifically the use of red for love and hope, other than persephone’s green dress basically nobody is wearing color except for orpheus and his red bandana

- i liked the ensemble a lot. it’s a small cast so every voice counts, and it was so beautiful to see everyone sing together. in particular Epic III is incredible with the swelling of the voices and everyone coming in and out at different times

- Chant reprise, Hades gets more and more powerful during the song, and when he shouts “i am the king of the electric city”, the lights get VERY bright and then go out. it ruled

- the core aspects of the myths involved are used very smartly and the changes and parallels are deliberate and cool. i very much like that hades is characterized as an insecure and lonely man, and that he uses these insecurities against Orpheus at the end of the show, and that is what does Orpheus in.

- at the end of the show when Orpheus turns back (waghhhh) after Eurydice responds to him, she collapses to her knees and does this beautiful and sad silent wail to the heavens as the platform descends. favorite moment in the whole show for reals

theater notes:

- this is in the Walter Kerr theater, i’m not sure if it doesn’t have a lobby or what but they ushered us straight into the theater from off the street which is really weird

- i was in the front row of the balcony, which is insanely high up and far away from the stage. note to short people: this is sort of a struggle because you have to lean forward to see the whole stage (you can see most of the stage but the front is a little blocked off if you don’t lean). i am 5′4 and my back hurt so much at the end of the night. i didn’t mind though

merch notes:

- i got the program :) i love to get the program if they have it, they’re basically just original high-quality production stills with quotes about the concept/creation from the production team

- hadestown program is a lot different and more artsy than my other programs, it’s like a beautiful collage of stills with handwritten production notes. very cool.

#i'm gonna do some long ass posts for all my musicals so i don't forget what i saw lol #as is tradition.#tumblr posting is the only reason i remember the last time i saw phantom after all #musical journal #i will add more if i remember anything else #zoeposting #hadestown

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wavesmp3 · 3 years

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I think you should all unfollow me actually

#this blog is barely holding it together #I haven’t written anything to put on here in so long #and I don’t think I will be soon #working on original stuff babes #but when that gets boring or too hopeless #I’ll be back #this is where I play the wait for me reprise from hadestown #these tags are progressively making less and less sense #goodnight #shawna speaks and no one listens #I feel like ppl who have followed me recently don’t understand the essance of this blog #need to return to how this blog was ran circa this time last year #also my new favorite word is circa don’t ask #oOMG I just remembered my crochet hooks are supposed to come in tomorrow #good bye life I’m gonna crochet til o get bored #how does one spell essence (?) essance(?)#spell check had failed me #now I am the king and the jester #cause I am the fool but also the only one watching #thinking 🤔💭 about the love 😍❤️💦between a king 🤴👑 and his jester 🤡😍 now that homies 😳🔨 that’s true love 😫🥵#oh wow okay I can’t believe I typed that out #I really need to go to sleep don’t I #wait why is it almost 2 am .... I thought it was still one #the fact that people saw this post before I updated the tags #I can’t tell if that’s more embarrassing for me or for you #for my sake let’s say you 😋

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kimikaami · 4 years

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back with the hadestown au heyooooo

(can you tell where i lost steam? lol)

brief plot synopsis and some explanations for who’s who and why below

ok so plot first

short version: Hadestown is a musical retelling of the tragedy of orpheus and eurydice, but set in something closer to the great depression. Hades and Persephone also play pretty big roles. If this interests you at all, I’d reccomend listening to the original cast recording of Epic III, and the song Wait For Me (reprise) from the Broadway version. If you can, find a video recording of that one; I think the spectacle of it all is a big reason for why it’s a favorite.

Long version: Act I opens with Hermes, the narrator, introducing all the characters. He owns a... bar? restaurant? thingy? and Eurydice enters, taking a seat. Orpheus is immediately in love. He introduces himself, and Eurydice’s skeptical, but when Orpheus is able to make a plant grow just by singing, she’s won over. They sing a song together about planning for their wedding and promise to stay together forever uwu.

Persephone arrives on a train from the underground (underworld) for spring. There’s a big party, and Orpheus is hopeful for the future. You should know that it’s very hard to survive in this world during winter. It’s near impossible to find food.

so eventually Hades comes to get Persephone for winter and things get Bad. Instead of ya know, working, Orpheus becomes fixated on finishing his song to make spring come again, to the point of ignoring Eurydice, who is struggling. While Orpheus has part of his song to sustain him, Eurydice needs to actually eat and is barely holding on. After a fight with Persephone about how she hates seeing the underground so industrialized and unnatural, Hades appears and offers Eurydice a job working on his wall. Eurydice, desperate, accepts and gives her soul to Hades. He gives her the 2 drachma she needs to cross the river styx. The fates sing a song that boils down to them telling you to not be so judgey since you’ve never starved to death.

Act II starts with Orpheus asking Hermes about Eurydice, and when he tells him, Orpheus pledges to come for her. He follows the train tracks to Hadestown (the underground). Orpheus sings his way past the wall (i think he makes the stones cry or smth?) into Hadestown. He gets beat up a little but finds Eurydice, who isn’t doing great. She’s gradually been losing her sense of self as she works constantly for almost nothing (capitalism, everybody!) Hades tells Orpheus he can’t take Eurydice because he owns her soul. Orpheus almost loses hope, but. doesnt. He also starts a revolution with the people working on the wall.

Persephone manages to get Hades to give Orpheus a chance. Orpheus finally finishes his song as he’s singing it (Epic III) and it moves Hades. He and Persephone dance which is a Big moment. But now Hades has a problem. If he doesn’t let them go, the workers will revolt. If he does, he looks weak. So he gives them the test: they can leave together, but if orpheus looks back to see if eurydice is following, she gets taken back to hadestown.

They leave together (Wait for Me Reprise). The inevitable happens; Orpheus starts to doubt himself and looks back at the very last moment and Eurydice is taken back.

Hermes sings a song about how the story is a tragedy, but they sing it anyway in the hopes that it’ll turn out better next time. The play starts again, with Eurydice entering Hermes’ bar.

Character Notes I guess

Ahiru as Orpheus is the most obvious. She’s the protag, the one full of hope. Orpheus is described as the one who sees the world as it could be, and i think that’s rather fitting. Not much else to say here.

Fakir as Eurydice. The skeptical one, the one who sees the world as it is. Fakir’s a realist. There’s also a line about how Eurydice falls in spite of herself and ugh. My heart. It’s a puddle. I also just like the idea of Fakir being the one that needs saving this time around.

Rue as Hades. So Hades’ whole deal is that he still loves Persephone and he tries really hard to make their relationship work, but he goes about it in all the wrong ways. Persephone is the goddess of spring ffs, but he keeps her down in the stuffy underground with the neon lights and coal fumes and wall construction etc etc etc. And that’s what Rue spends much of her time doing, isnt it? Pretending that Mytho loves her when he simply doesn’t have the capacity for it (yet), trying desperately to make him love her, and going about it all wrong. It’s all very tragic and. very fitting.

Mytho as Persephone is probably the most awkward tbh. Persephone is full of life. On top she’s a party girl, and in the down below she’s bitter. Ofc Mytho is numb for much of the show but I think that sort of relates to Persephone using alcohol to numb things. I think they’re both really earnest and honest though, and Persephone is the one responsible for getting Orpheus and Eurydice a chance in the first place. Tbh that’s kind of the only rationale i have for him. If you’ve got something better I’d love to hear it, and I don’t mean that sarcastically.

A quick note about Hermes and The Fates. So Hermes is the narrator, which sounds perfect for Drossylmeyer on a surface level. The thing is, Hermes is like. A nice guy, and I like to think of him as a sort of surrogate father to Orpheus. I don’t wanna do that to poor Ahiru. I suppose you could bend the story a bit, but I don’t really wanna do that either. The other option would be Edel, but again, personality. Hermes is a really loud character with lots of personality. So no really great choices. As for the fates... well tbh it just feels icky to adapt their roles as POC with a lot of culture represented in the clothes they wear and the type of songs they sing for white characters. I suppose I could humanize some of the animal characters but that feels kind of cheap. I don’t know. If you’re more educated that me on this I’d love to hear it.

#princess tutu #fakiru #ruetho #hadestown #hadestown au #princess tutu au #my art #sorry for the MASSIVE read more oof

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blackevermore · 3 years

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Danny Phantom au you been working on?

x I'm a slut for good musicals and Greek mythology so I've had the though of a Hadestown AU for my ship. Of course Hades and Persephone would be Vlad and Tayonna ( I really just need an excuse to five him tattoos) but I was up in the air if I wanted Danny or Tucker as Orpheus but Sam was totally Eurydice. If I made Tucker Orpheus then Danny would be prefect as Hermes (let's be real Danny totally has a God complex)

Difference from the musical though:

In Wait For Me reprise Vlad would be the one to ask "Can we try again?" And Tayonna is the one that says "it's time for spring we'll try again next fall" simply because I wish for the man to beg....😌

Sam realizes she's not getting out even if they try and she's already accepts her fate

The fates (who ever they should be) play a larger roll because they are awesome.

Tayonna isn't a drunk but she does supply it, she always makes sure Vlad is looking to piss him off

x College professors AU where Danny is the biology and astrology professor that gets mostly along with everyone and befriends both Tayonna the history and women studies professor and Vlad the chemistry and business finance professor. And Danny has to play peace keeper between them whenever they are near each other because Vlad won't shut up and Tayonna is too stubborn to stand down.

x Everything is the same except Vlad I'd an actual fucking vampire pfff

#📖ghost stories👻#vlad masters #oc x canon #self ship #au headcanons #danny phantom

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winter-sunshines · 3 years

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hello this is a xiaoven!hadestown au post

long post ehe xiaoven nation i am so not sorry but here i am anyway

eurydice!xiao x orpheus!venti !!!!!!!!!

ANY WAY THE WIND BLOWS??$:$;&: adepti as fates??? xiao singing any way the wind blows is actually so perfect

but lol imagine aether paimon and lumine as the fates omg it might actually be better

come home with me??!!!

"i also play the lyre" "OH a liar AND a player too? i've met too many men like you"

dvalin as hermes cause i cant think of anyone else... or durin... omg wait i might be onto sumn

i have realized that people wont see my reblog but after doing dainsleif quest he might be hermes now

persephone!childe plus hades!zhongli??? holy shit

(i was thinking ning but ning's too serious for persephone's role)

yo i forgot guizhong as PERSEPHONE YO

contract with demeter aka the tsaritsa for them to share childe aka epic i... so perfect

ALL I'VE EVER KNOWN!!! xiao singing "i was alone so long i didn't even know that i was lonely"??? so perfect actually

second stanza of all i've ever known is kinda like how venti silences xiao's demons by playing his songs

hey little songbird with zhongli and xiao? hey? ohmygod my big brain zhongli making a contract with xiao providing safety while orpheus!venti goes to god knows where to make his song??? zhongli's deep voice singing hey little songbird????

FLOWERS speaking of i havent decided if the significant flower would be a cecilia or a qingxin but im leaning towards cecilia

i actually made this whole thing from listening to flowers and come home with me (reprise) nd thinking Wow... xiaoven so true and boom brainrot moment

venti singing if it's true? yeah he's the god of freedom for a reason

how long!zhongchi or guili yeah might just sob

hit kiss, the riot is basically zhongli making a contract and ofc if someone breaks the terms then he shall face the wrath of the rock he takes eurydice and the workers back to hadestown

we dont talk about the angst song that is doubt comes in in this house my heart is already breaking

maAAAN road to hell (reprise) . MAN .

ok i'm done... that's it methinks !

cast: venti as orpheus, xiao as eurydice, childe or guizhong as persephone, zhongli as hades, dvalin OR durin or dainsleif as hermes, aether paimon and lumine OR the mighty and illuminated adepti OR liyue qixing OR kujou sara yae miko and raiden as the fates, everyone else as the ensemble

EDIT: orpheus actually exists in genshin and he sounds so similar to venti

im going to post this before i regret it

#genshinanigans #xiaoven #genshin impact #xiao x venti

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i-want-anne-hathaway · 3 years

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Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay.

It’s & Juliet time. It’s been so long since I last listened to & Juliet because I wanted to get a feeling of nostalgia.

I had like a month long period where I only listened to & Juliet, and I have no regrets.

I had the hardest time listening to & Juliet because the app I used to listen to music wouldn’t ever play it. So I had to find loopholes to listen to this goddamn musical.

Musicals with the song I Want It That Way are iconic as fuck. Yes, even Cruel Intentions.

Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely is such a bop, it’s not even a joke.

I always forget that Domino is an actual song wasn’t created for the sake of this musical, and whenever I hear I’m like “oh my god, they’re playing & Juliet” before realizing “oh, wait-”

The rest of the call: *talking about trauma and emotions*

Me: GO INSANE, GO INSANE, THROW SOME GLITTER MAKE IT RAIN ON ‘EM

I’m not a girl, not yet a woman makes me emotional

They just get to hear me singing in a bad British accent while we kill hundreds of chickens in Minecraft.

“The way you turn me on... in a French accent”

The fact that this musical helped me in English is the best thing. My teacher was like “how old was Juliet at the time of Romeo and Juliet” and me, being me, immediately went “I AM NOT GOING CLUBBING WITH A THIRTEEN YEAR OLD”

“Kate, who are you curious for” “chickens”

I’ve watched the section of the boot with It’s My Life so many times because I love Anne’s dialogue during it.

I love that the choreography for Since U Been Gone is like the ensemble just shoving Romeo on the ground. It’s inconic.

Tell me why I cried my first time listening to One More Try. I was so emotional for no reason.

Jordan Luke Gage as that one bitch from Hadestown.

I cried during That’s The Way It Is because of course I did. It’s so fucking sad, and I love Anne so much. And Cassidy’s voice is so powerful. I just- she’s amazing.

I learned the choreo to Everybody for the sole purpose of confusing my family in the car.

When I first saw that there was a song called “As Long As You Love Me” on & Juliet, I thought that it was the Justin Bieber song.

I love that they named May, “May,” for the sole purpose of having the “It’s Gonna Be Me/May” joke.

The parallels between ...Baby One More Time and Stronger get me emotional as fuck.

I was super intimidated by how many songs there are in & Juliet, and then I realized that half of them are like 2 minutes long.

I like to aggressively do the arm cross dance move during Roar everytime the song comes on in the car because it confused my mother a lot.

I WANT ANNE HATHAWAY!

Idk why Anne’s relationship with Shakespeare makes me so emotional because I’ve never been in a similar situation. Like... ever.

And now that we’re done, we’re relistening to I Want It That Way (reprise) because we can. Like, I can’t believe that this song invented romance.

“I can’t believe Bree simps for Anne Hathaway”

In my English class, when Anne Hathaway was mentioned, I started like screaming “MY QUEEN! AGH! YES!”

Final Judgement: We love and respect jukebox musicals on this blog.

#long post #brees favorite games #tw capslock #tw cursing #if i missed any triggers let me know

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strawberry-cloud-analyses · 3 years

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Theatre Thurs - April 29th

Epic II takes place as Orpheus adds more onto his song, despite the encouragement of Eurydice in A Gathering Storm to prepare for the upcoming storm. This version of his Epic focuses on the glittering riches of the Underworld, as well as the highly contrasting construction that is always taking place there, which is done by all of the residents of Hadestown. We also learn that without Persephone there, loneliness looms inside of him, and that is why he turns to such projects.

King of silver, king of gold

And everything glittering under the ground

Hades is king of oil and coal

And the riches that flow where those rivers are found

Chant shows the listeners/viewers the true desires and the differences between the two couples in their relationships are revealed. Eurydice learns that Orpheus prioritizes his music over their survival and seemingly, even their relationship. Persephone sees that Hades has begun to prioritize growing his empire to mimic the world above that she loves so much over her. As the storm gathers, the characters will drive themselves farther and farther apart until it is too late for Orpheus to salvage his love while he still has Eurydice.

And that is the reason we're on this road

And the seasons are wrong

And the wind is so strong

That's why times are so hard

It's because of the gods

The gods have forgotten the song of their love

Hey, Little Songbird happens as Hades and Eurydice meet for the first time. Hades tempts to entice her into coming with him to Hadestown, promising luxury and safety through the deal, and playing into her fear that she will not survive with Orpheus, who is merely a poet and has nothing more than his music. Eurydice who has been going hungry recently and is fearful of the winter storm to come, is enticed by his offer of security and wealth.

Hey, little songbird, look all around you

See how the vipers and vultures surround you

And they'll take you down, they'll pick you clean

If you stick around such a desperate scene

See, people get mean when the chips are down

When the Chips are Down (”Songbird vs. rattlesnake) [Intro] begins as Eurydice is faced with the decision of going to Hadestown or staying in the world above, and leads into:

And Hades gave her a choice to make

A ticket to the underworld

When the Chips are Down takes place as the Fates appear and encourage her to consider the offer after Hades invites Eurydice to come with him to Hadestown. They tell her that she should and needs too look after herself now that she is starving and the “chips are down”, leaving her very own life in the balance of her decision.

Help yourself

To hell with the rest

Even the one who loves you best

What you gonna do when the chips are down

Now that the chips are down?

Gone, I’m Gone has Eurydice explain that, although she is in love with Orpheus, she cannot overcome her desire for the material protection, providence, and safety that she will be provided with in Hadestown. Orpheus is unable to provide for her, and because of this, she decides to go to the underworld where she is promised those things.

Orpheus, my heart is yours, always was, and will be

It's my gut I can’t ignore

Orpheus, I'm hungry

Oh, my heart it aches to stay, but the flesh will have its way

Oh, the way is dark and long

I'm already gone

Wait for Me (”Hey, the big artiste...”) [Intro] shows Orpheus as he realizes that Eurydice is gone, goes looking for her, and is told by Hermes that she has gone to Hadestown. He then tries to convince Hermes to give him directions to Hadestown, and it leads into the next song:

So... just how far would you go for her?

To the end of time

To the end of the earth

You got a ticket?

No...?

Wait for Me starts Orpheus’s descent into Hadestown as he looks Eurydice. Not knowing why she is there but determined to bring her home, he begins the long trek to the Underground. Hermes gives Orpheus the much-needed advice for the Underworld that he will need in order to survive the journey. On the other side, the Fates try to discourage Orpheus, saying that his trip is pointless and he will fail.

Wait for me, I'm comin'

Wait, I'm comin' with you

Wait for me, I'm comin' too

I'm coming too

Why We Build the Wall shows Hades leading a chant regarding the values and reasoning of “life” in the Underworld. These values include working for the sake of work, rejecting poverty, and isolationism. This song illustrates the silent power that Hades has over his kingdom, while his workers sing the creed. During the song Eurydice also learns from a resident of Hadestown what it is like to live there and how she is to spend the rest of her life.

The enemy is poverty

And the wall keeps out the enemy

And we build the wall to keep us free

That's why we build the wall

We build the wall to keep us free

Why We Build the Wall (”Behind closed doors...”) [Outro] has Hermes is guiding the audience’s attention to the fact that a lot can happen on both sides of a pair of closed doors. Eurydice may be signing a sketchy contract, but Persephone is letting the workers rebel and get a glimpse of freedom.

Now a lot can happen behind closed doors

That's for sure, brother, that's a fact

But a lot can happen on the factory floor

When the foreman turns his back

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- Victoria Rodasta

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secret-o-sphere · 4 years

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When to listen to the cast recordings of some of my favourite musicals: lockdown/social distancing edition!!

Part 2

Continuing @biforyves list, here’s a couple of my favourite musicals! :)

Hadestown:

Similar to Hamilton, it’s quick paced and high energy but has more of a jazzy tone which means there are parts that give off more mellow emotional vibes, so if you’re in the mood for being happy/sad/determined/desperate at the same time, in other words, be all over the place with feelings then these songs should do the trick: Livin’ it Up on Top, Way Down Hadestown, When the Chips are Down, Wait for Me, Wait for Me (Reprise) and Doubt Comes In

Come From Away:

While watching the news, especially when they cover the BLM movement or COVID-19 events, songs such as Welcome To The Rock, Blankets and Bedding, On The Edge, Prayer, Costume Party and Stop The World relate to these causes since they have the emotions/feelings (doubt, fear, determination, anger, hope, etc.) that come with a massive social change/event that greatly impacts society for the better or worse

Bare the pop opera:

When it’s one of those days of angst and you’re just feeling down, alone, isolated, insecure, scared and have the need to amplify these feelings to the max, (bonus points if you’re not straight!) special recommendations: Epiphany, Plain Jane Fat Ass, A Quiet Night At Home, Portrait Of A Girl, Are You There, See Me, All Grown Up, Cross, Bare and Absolution

Waitress:

Whenever you're baking/cooking or doing anything food related, especially if you’re using a rolling pin, you can belt your heart’s content to What Baking Can Do as you aggressively pound the rolling pin onto the dough just like Jenna or if you have a baking buddy then you could do a lovely duet of It Only Takes a Taste or You Matter to Me as you guys whip up something delicious together

Mean Girls:

Whenever you’re feeling happy/silly or need something lighthearted to lift your spirits up, this musical will cheer you up, especially these songs: A Cautionary Tale, Where Do You Belong?, Meet The Plastics, Sexy and Stop

Newsies:

Need motivation to finish that creative project you started? How about that extra little boost of energy during the middle of your workout or that task/chore you really want to finish quickly? Well these songs could help you out with that: Carrying The Banner, The World Will Know, Watch What Happens, Seize The Day, King of New York and Once And For All

School of Rock:

When you have the need to unleash your pent up energy without destroying anything/feeling rebellious/want head bopping vibes, recommended: When I Climb to the Top of Mount Rock, Stick it to the Man, Time to Play and School of Rock (Teacher’s Pet)

Alice By Heart:

Feeling dreamy or catching yourself drifting in a hazy wonder-like head space? Listen to these songs specifically: Down the Hole, Still, The Key is and Another Room in Your Head

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forthehonorofraeskull · 4 years

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the first song i heard from/how i found each of my favorite musicals

(in order of when i found them, ig?)

WICKED ---- Popular. My mom used to be really into theatre too and she used to play Popular, Defying Gravity, and What is This Feeling? around the house

HAMILTON ---- Alexander Hamilton. I heard about the musical from a YouTuber I really liked and I wanted to keep up with her references, so I listened to it and liked it way more than I thought I would

HEATHERS ---- Beautiful. I found Heathers through the same YouTuber and was SHOCKED by the plot. I was, like, 11 when I found the musical

SCHOOL OF ROCK ---- You’re in the Band. Our choir and band programs went on a field trip to see School of Rock and my choir teacher played one of the songs for us about a week in advance. My dad used to watch this movie with me all the time, so I was excited

DEAR EVAN HANSEN ---- Waving Through a Window. At this point I was the Hamilton Girl (tm) and I was trying to expand, ‘cause in my head I was a HUGE fake fan. A girl in my choir class sang this song for karaoke so I went home and listened to the cast album

BE MORE CHILL ---- Michael in the Bathroom. I heard this one song and found out my friend liked it. And so I asked if I should listen to it. She was like mmmmm yeah but it’s a bit weird...? I had no idea what she meant by that-

NEWSIES ---- Seize the Day. I heard this song in a Broadway mashup a long time before. Then I saw Newsies on Netflix and LOVED IT with everything in me. I saw a community theater production of it back in February and it was everything

THE LIGHTNING THIEF ---- The Campfire Song. I’ve been a Percy Jackson fan for as long as I can remember and I used to look up “Percy Jackson songs” on YouTube, until one day I found an animatic. I watched it and was like,,, waaaait a second. So after I saw that I listened to it and it was everything my little theatre/pjo heart could’ve ever wanted. I saw it last winter while it was on tour and low key? I cried afterwards. The cast is so talented

MEAN GIRLS ---- I’d Rather Be Me. As a Barrett Wilbert Weed stan I found out that she was in another musical, a musical version of Mean Girls. I love Mean Girls so much. So I listened to all of Barrett’s songs, and later on, I listened to the whole album. I now follow all of the cast members on Instagram, Broadway and National Tour, and I’m OBSESSED with them

WAITRESS ---- Opening Up. I saw some girls do a cover of it and I was like awww...this is cute. So I gave it a listen,

FIREBRINGER ---- We’ve Got Work to Do. I went on a MISSION to find the source of the “I don’t really wanna do the work today” vine. I watched, I fell in love, I also found out they did more

BEETLEJUICE ---- Say My Name. I heard it literally days after it was released and I wanted to listen to all of Lydia’s songs, since she was my favorite in the movie, and I chose this one first? Then it blew up on TikTok and I felt like it was stolen from me and that’s probably why I don’t listen to it as much anymore

THE GUY WHO DIDN’T LIKE MUSICALS ---- the title number. It was in my recommended once and I watched the first like 3 minutes and I was like mmmmm not feeling it. Then I saw Firebringer + most of starkid’s musicals and decided I DEFINITELY WAS FEELING IT. Also not to brag but I followed Mariah before she was in TGWDLM *cool guy emoji*

IN THE HEIGHTS ---- No Me Diga. I kept saying I was going to listen to it, since it was Lin’s show, and then I finally did and I was OBSESSED. Technically, like I said, I heard No Me Diga first because I found it on my recommended at like 3 am on a school night

HADESTOWN ---- Wait For Me (Reprise). Hadestown was BIG when I found it, like at it’s peak. I listened to it after hearing the song, but I wasn’t really feeling it. Listened to it again about four months later after seeing Mariah Rose Faith do a drunk cover of the climax in Wait For Me (Reprise) and nowwww it’s my favorite musical

SPIES ARE FOREVER ---- The Coldest Goodbye. I loved Solve it Squad Returns so MUCH and I obviously loved Joey Richter, Lauren Lopez, Brian Rosenthal, and Corey Lubowich, and I only ever heard good things about it. I heard The Coldest Goodbye during a video where someone was ranking TCB/Starkid songs and I was like DAMN I LOVE HER VOICE so I watched it :)

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way-down-meme-town · 4 years

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Hadestown Act II Sentence Meme

Under the cut you will find 179 lyrics from the musical Hadestown to use for your roleplaying purposes! Have fun!

Our Lady of the Underground 1. “I don’t know about you, boys, but if you’re like me then hanging around this manhole is bringing you down.”

2. “Cabin fever is a-settin’ in. You’re stir crazy.”

3. “I can give you what it is you crave, a little something from the good old days.”

4. “I got the wind right here in a jar.”

5. “I got the rain on tap at the bar.”

6. “I got sunshine up on the shelf.”

7. “Our lady of the underground!”

8. “Wanna know my name? I’ll tell you my name.”

9. “Let me guess, it’s the little things you miss.”

10. “Maybe you’re looking for some stronger stuff.”

11. “I got a sight for the sorest eye. When was the last time you saw the sky?”

12. “Wipe away your tears. I know how you feel. I can see you’re blinded by the sadness of it all.”

13. “Look a little closer and there’s a crack in the wall.”

14. “You want the moon? Yeah, I got her too.”

15. “A little moonshine ain’t no sin.”

16. “Tell my husband to take his time!”

17. “What the boss don’t know, the boss don’t mind.”

Way Down Hadestown (Reprise) 18. “The deal is signed?”

19. “I did what I had to do.”

20. “They cane hear, but they don’t care.”

21. “No one has a name down here.”

22. “They can look but they don’t see.”

23. “Your eyes will look that way someday.”

24. “You kissed your little life goodbye.”

25. “Hades laid his hands on you and gave you everlasting life.”

26. “Your place on the assembly line replaces all your memories.”

27. “What do you mean I’ll look like that?”

28. “That’s what it looks like to forget.”

29. “You see, it’s like I said before. A lot can happen behind closed doors.”

30. “A lot of souls have gotta die.”

31. “A lot of spirits gotta break, to make the underworld go round.”

Flowers 32. “What I wanted was to fall asleep, close my eyes, and disappear like a petal on a stream, a feather on the air.”

33. “I trembled when he laid me out. You won’t feel a thing he said, when you go down.”

34. “Nothing gonna wake you now.”

35. “Dreams are sweet, until they’re not.”

36. “Men are kind, until they aren’t.”

37. “Flowers bloom until they rot and fall apart.”

38. “Is anybody listening? I open my mouth and nothing comes out.”

39. “Flowers. I remember fields of flowers.”

40. “I remember someone by my side, turned his face to mine, and then I turned away into the shade.”

41. “You, the one I left behind, if you ever walk this way, come and find me lying in the bed I made.”

Come Home With Me (Reprise) 42. “I called your name before.”

43. “Whatever happened, I’m to blame.”

44. “How’d you get beyond the wall?”

45. “I sang a song so beautiful stones wept and they let me in. I can sing us home again.”

Papers (Intro) 46. “I don’t’ think we’ve met before. You’re not from around here, son.”

47. “Don’t know who the hell you are, but I can tell you don’t belong.”

48. “Go back to where you came from. You’re on the wrong side of the fence.”

49. “This poor boy raised up his voice with his heart out on his sleeve.”

50. “I’m not goin’ back alone. I came to take her home!”

51. “Who the hell do you think you are? Who the hell you think you’re talkin’ to?”

52. “She couldn’t go anywhere even if she wanted to.”

53. “You’re not from around here, son. If you were, then you would know that everything and everyone in Hadestown I own.”

54. “I only buy what others choose to sell.”

55. “You didn’t know? She signed the deal herself and now she belongs to me.”

56. “Everybody gather round! Everybody look and see what becomes of trespassers with no respect for property.”

Nothing Changes 57. “Why the struggle? Why the strain?”

58. “Why make trouble? Why make scenes?”

59. “Why go against the grain, why swim upstream?”

60. “It ain’t no use. You’re bound to lose.”

61. “What’s the purpose of a man? Just to turn his eyes away?”

62. “What’s the use of his backbone if he never stands upright?”

63. “Who are they to say what the truth is anyway?”

64. “The ones who tell the lies are the solemnest to swear.”

65. “The ones who load the dice always say the toss is fair.”

66. “The ones who deal the cards are the ones who take the tricks with their hands over their hearts while we play the game they fix.”

67. “The ones who speak the words always say it is the last.”

68. “No answer will be heard to the question no one asks.”

69. “I believe our answer matters more than anything they say.”

70. “I believe if there is still a will, then there is still a way.”

71. “I believe in us together more than anyone alone.”

72. “I believe that with each other, we are stronger than we know.”

73. “I believe that we are many. I believe that they are few, and it isn’t for the few to tell the many what is true.”

74. “Is it true? Is it true what they say?”

How Long 75. “What are you afraid of? He’s just a boy in love.”

76. “Have a drink, why don’t you?”

77. “I’ve had enough. He loves that girl!”

78. “He has the kind of love for her that you and I once had.”

79. “The girl means nothing ot me.”

80. “All of the sorrow won’t fit in his chest. It just burns like a fire in the pit of his chest.”

81. “Nothing comes of wishing on stars.”

82. “Nothing comes of the songs people sing, however sorry they are.”

83. “Give them a piece, they’ll take it all.”

84. “Show them a crack, they’ll tear down the wall.”

85. “Lend them an ear and the kingdom will fall.”

86. “The kingdom will fall for a song.”

87. “What does he care for the logic of kings? The laws of your underworld?”

88. “It is only for love that he sings.”

89. “He sings for the love of a girl.”

90. “You and your pity don’t fit in my bed.”

91. “How long? Just as long as I am your wife.”

92. “It’s true the earth must die, but then the earth comes back to life and the sun must go on rising.”

Chant (Reprise) 93. “Why do we turn away when our brother is bleeding?”

94. “Why do we build the wall and then call it freedom?”

95. “If we’re free, tell me why I can’t look in my brothers eye?”

96. “Young man, got to hand it to you. Guess you don’t scare easy, do ya?”

97. “It seems your song made quite a strong impression on my wife.”

98. “It takes more than singin’ songs to keep a woman in your arms.”

99. “Take it from a man no longer young if you want to hold a woman, hang a chain around her throat made of many carat gold.”

100. “If I raise my head, could I change my fate?”

101. “If I raise my voice, could I change the way it is?”

102. “Why do we turn away instead of standing with him?”

103. “Why are we digging our own graves for a living?”

104. “If we’re free, tell me why we can’t even stand upright?”

105. “If we’re free, tell me when we can stand with our fellow man?”

106. “Young man, I was young once too. Sang a song of love like you.”

107. “I too was left behind, turned on one too many times. Now I sing a different song.”

108. “You hear that heavy metal sound? The symphony of Hadestown.”

109. “Young man you can sing your ditty. I conduct the electric city.”

110. “Give me one more song before I send you to the great beyond where nobody can hear you singing.”

111. “Sing a song for me.”

112. “Make the king feel young again. Sing for an old man.”

Epic III 113. “I know how it was because he was like me, a man in love with a woman.”

114. “You didn’t know how and you didn’t know why, but you know what you wanted to take her home.”

115. “You saw her alone there, against the sky. It was like she was someone you’d always known.”

116. “It was like you were holding the world when you held her, like yours were the arms that the whole world was in.”

117. “There were no words for the way that you felt so you opened your mouth and you started to sing.”

118. “What has become of the heart of that man now that the man is king?”

119. “What has become of the heart of that man now that he has everything?”

120. “The more he has, the more he holds. The greater the weight of the world on his shoulders.”

121. “See how he labors beneath the load? Afraid to look up and afraid to let go.”

122. “He’s grown so afraid that he’ll lose what he owns, but what he doesn’t know is that what he’s defending is already gone.”

123. “Where is the treasure inside of your chest?”

124. “Where is the man with his arms outstretched to the woman he loves with nothing to lose?”

Epic III 125. “This poor boy brought the world back into tune is what he did.”

Promises 126. “You take me home with you! Let’s go! Let’s go right now!”

127. “It’s a long road. It’s a long walk back into the cold and dark. Are you sure you wanna go?”

128. “I have no ring for your finger.”

129. “I have no bouquet table to lay.”

130. “I have no bed of feathers.”

131. “I can’t promise you fair sky above, can’t promise you kind road below, but I’ll walk beside you, love.”

132. “Don’t need no ring for my finger, just need a steady hand to hold.”

133. “Don’t promise me fair sky above. Don’t promise me kind road below. Just walk beside me, love.”

134. “He’ll let us go. Look at him, he can’t say no.”

135. “I don’t know where this road will end, but I’ll walk it with you hand in hand.”

Word to the Wise 136. “Damned if you don’t, damned if you do. Whole damn nation’s watching you.”

137. “Men are fools, men are frail. Give them the rope and they’ll hang themselves.”

His Kiss, The Riot 138. “With his kiss, the riot starts.”

139. “All my children came here poor, clamoring for bed and board. Now what do they clamor for? Freedom.”

140. “Have I made myself their lord just to fall upon the sword of some paupers minor chord?”

141. “Who will lead them? Who lays all our best-laid plans?”

142. “Who makes work for idle hands?”

143. “Only one thing to be done, let them go but let there be some term to be agreed upon, some condition.”

144. “Every coward seems courageous in the safety of a crowd.”

145. “Bravery can be contagious when the band is playing loud.”

146. “Nothing makes a man so bold as a woman’s smile and a hand to hold.”

Wait For Me (Reprise, Intro) 147. “Well, the good news is he said that you can go.”

148. “You can walk, but it won’t be like you planned.”

149. “It’s a trial. Do you trust each other? Do you trust yourselves?”

150. “If you want to walk out of hell, you’re gonna have to prove it before gods and men.”

Wait For Me (Reprise) 151. “The dog you really got to dread is the one that howl inside your head. It’s him whose howling drives men mad and a mind to its undoing.”

152. “Show the way so we can see.”

153. “Show the way the world could be.”

154. “If you can do it, so can she. If she can do it, so can we.”

155. “How about you and I? Are we gonna try again?”

156. “Who are you to lead her? Who are you to lead them?”

157. “Who are you to think that you can hold your head up higher than your fellow man?”

158. “Between your ears, behind your eyes, that is the path to Paradise. Likewise, the road to ruin.”

Doubt Comes In 159. “Doubt comes in. The wind is changing.”

160. “Who am I? Where do I think I’m going?”

161. “Doubt comes in.”

162. “Who am I to think that she would follow me into the cold and dark again?”

163. “Are you listening? I am right here and I will be to the end.”

164. “The coldest night of the coldest year comes right before the spring.”

165. “Who am I against him?”

166. “Why would he let me win?”

167. “Who am I to think that he wouldn’t deceive me just to make me leave alone?”

168. “Is this a trap that’s being laid for me?”

169. “Is this a trick that’s being played on me?”

170. “I used to see the way the world could be, but now the way it is is all I see.”

171. “You are not alone. I am right behind you and I have been all along.”

Road to Hell (Reprise) 172. “It’s an old song and this is how it ends.”

173. “Here’s 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.”

174. “It’s a sad song, but we keep singing even so.”

We Raise Our Cup 175. “Pour the wine and raise a cup.”

176. “Some birds sing when the sun shines bright, our praise is not for them, but the ones who sing in the dead of night. We raise our cups to them.”

177. “Wherever he is wandering alone upon the earth, let all our singing follow him and bring him comfort.”

178. “Some flowers bloom where the green grass grows, our praise is not for them, but the ones who bloom in the bitter snow.”

179. “We raise ‘em high and drink ‘em dry.”

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