![]() ![]() One of the reasons that I can perform Hermes with all his histrionics is because I’ve earned him.” In an interview with CBS This Morning, responding to the question of how he survived 50 years in theater, Shields gave general career advice that applies to all of us as college students: “No, it is not an easy career at all however, it mustn’t be an easy career, if it’s easy, you aren’t paying dues. Hadestown’ s stellar cast is led by 73-year-old André de Shields, who plays Hermes. Nearly all other shows on Broadway, and most movies at that, have at least some form of a “happily ever after.” Hadestown argues that the promise of a happy ending isn’t the reason to tell a story, and that hope, above all, prevails. Hadestown’s running theme is the importance to “sing it again, and again, and again,” no matter how the ending may turn out. ![]() Even though her choice didn’t end up being the wisest, at least she made one at all. She’s starving, so she does something about it, going “way down Hadestown” to improve her quality of life. ![]() Unlike shows like Les Miserablés and Cinderella, the female protagonist here doesn’t just sit around waiting for life to happen around her. She doesn’t allow herself to be pushed around, not by anyone, and certainly not by a man she just met. It takes Orpheus a while to win her over, simply because she has too much pride, and has seen too much, to fall for him so easily. Orpheus, of course, won’t give up so easily, and for the rest of the musical, narrated by Hermes (Greek mythology’s messenger god), we watch Orpheus make his way down to Hadestown and desperately try to convince Hades to let Eurydice go.Įurydice is a strong character, which is a huge part of what’s made Hadestown, a show based on an old Greek myth, so popular with its modern audience. Little does she know, though, that she can never leave, and upon realizing the horrible life she’d be living in Hadestown, she becomes truly, terrifyingly trapped. However, when Hades tempts Eurydice with the promise of never going hungry again, she agrees to follow him to Hadestown– a factory below-ground that somewhat doubles as the Underworld. The plot of the musical involves Orpheus, a young boy and talented musician, trying to charm a “hungry young girl” named Eurydice (pronounced: yuh-rid-eh-see). You’ve probably read Percy Jackson and fallen in love with Disney’s adaptation of Hercules, but have you heard of Hadestown ? Racking up a total of eight Tony Awards in June, including Best Musical, Hadestown is a jazzy, 1920’s-inspired retelling of the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, intertwined with the myth of Hades and Persephone. *The YU Observer has verified that the anonymous writer is a current YU undergraduate student. ![]()
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