Hadestown

Feb. 14th, 2025 08:12 am
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Hadestown is on tour, and as so many of my friends have raved about it, of course I had to see it when it came to town last week.

Since it earned rave reviews on all sides, I went into it expecting to love it, and perhaps because this expectation had built it up so much, I was a little disappointed. But also, I’ve been thinking about it on and off all week, which is not true of some shows that I enjoyed more in the moment, so I may end up loving it in the end.

Some great songs for sure. I liked the Hades/Persephone duets best, especially the one where she's basically singing “Why did you go full Saruman and turn your kingdom into an industrial wasteland?” and he's like “Think of the fires as the heat of my desire for you, babe!” Although of course the lyrics are far richer and more poetic.

In comparison, Orpheus/Eurydice seemed underpowered, which I suppose is fair enough when you're going up against the gods. But since Orpheus's whole thing is that he's such an amazing singer that he nearly sings his wife out of Hades, surely he ought to have the powerhouse voice of the show? Whereas I thought that he was the least interesting singer, although of course this may reflect more on my weakness as a listener than any deficiency in him. I’d like to listen to the original Broadway cast recording to compare.

Whatever my quibbles, the musical struck me enough that I finally wrote down my own Orpheus retelling. This is in fact a retelling of a story I wrote in high school, which has been lost to digital rot, probably for the best as I think having to rewrite it from scratch with my adult powers made it a stronger story attempting to polish up a high school tale. So I’ll be looking for a home for that!
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