BREAKING NEWS: Casting has been announced for the UK premiere / Pre-Broadway run of Hadestown. The lineup will include several alumni cast members who are no stranger to working this show…
the ultimate King of Villain roles of the stage himself… Patrick Page (Broadway’s Saint Joan, Deaf West Theatre’s Spring Awakening Broadway) as “Hades”,
Amber Renae Gray (Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812) as “Persephone”,
and Reeve Carney (Spider-Man On Broadway) as “Orpheus”.
Page, Gray, and Carney are no stranger to working with each other on this project. Page and Gray originally were part of the show’s early incarnations including its 2016 World Premiere run Off Broadway at New York Theatre Workshop. Carney (who previously worked with Page playing rivals in Spider-Man On Broadway) joined the production last year as part of it’s Canadian premiere at the Citadel Theatre.
New to the company of HADESTOWN will include…
Tony and Olivier Award winner Eva Maria Noblezada (The 25th Anniversary revival Miss Saigon – Musical on Broadway and London’s West End) as “Eurydice”
Tony nominee Andr? Robin De Shields (Broadway’s The Full Monty) as “Hermes”,
along with Rosie Fletcher (Wicked UK), Carly Mercedes Dyer (Dreamgirls West End), and Gloria Onitiri (Brighton Rock and The Bodyguard Musical) as “The Fates”.
Under the direction of Tony winner Rachel Chavkin (Natasha, Pierre, and The Great Comet of 1812). HADESTOWN is written by acclaimed singer/songwriter Anais Mitchell. It’s a Greek Mythology folk opera retelling of the story of “Orpheus” (a musician, poet, and prophet) on a quest to conquer the wicked “Hades” (The Greek God of the Underworld) and bring back his true love “Eurydice” back to life from the dead.
The production will play London’s National Theatre (in the Olivier Theatre) for a strictly limited engagement from November 2nd, 2018 through January 26th, 2019. From there, the show will make its way to Broadway later this season. No word on the exact date or what Theater it will hit when the show comes to New York.
Who is excited?
Casting has been announced for the London production of Broadway-bound Hadestown! It was announced today that Amber Gray and Patrick Page will reprise their original New York Theatre Workshop roles of Persephone and Hades. They will be joined by Reeve Carney as Orpheus, a role he performed alongside…
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