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Hadestown
ALL ABOARD!!! THE RAILROAD Train is about to take audiences on the ultimate ROAD TO HELL even further. Tonight, the WAIT is over for the National Tour of the Tony and Grammy winning smash hit Hadestown making its long awaited debut. It kicks off tonight with a week long engagement in Greenville, South Carolina before making its way to the following cities….
our nation’s capitol of Washingon D.C.,
Boston, MA,
Columbus, OH,
Detroit, MI,
Appleton, WI,
New Orleans, LA,
Houston, TX,
Dallas, TX,
Memphis, TN,
Philadelphia, PA,
Minneapolis, MN,
Tucson, AZ,
Los Angeles, CA
San Diego, CA,
San Francisco, CA,
Salt Lake City, UT,
Miami, FL,
Orlando, FL,
Hartford, CT,
and
so much more.
For anyone who isn’t able to make it to NYC to see Anais Mitchell‘s powerful pop, rock, and folk opera at the Walter Kerr Theatre. This is your chance to see it in a city near you.
We are also sooooooooooo happy to share with you the first set of photos of the new Touring company in action on stage, in costumes, and what it’s expecting to look like. As you can see, the set is the same but alterations have been put in accommodating for different Theaters.
Under the direction of Tony winner Rachel Chavkin, this new touring company of HADESTOWN is led by….
Drama Desk nominee Nicholas Barasch (Broadway’s 2009 revival of West Side Story along with the Roundabout Theatre Company revivals of The Mystery of Edwin Drood and She Loves Me) as “Orpheus”,
Morgan Siobhan Green (Broadway’s Be More Chill) as “Eurydice”,
Tony winner Levi Kreis (Broadway’s Million Dollar Quartet and last seen in Violet) as “Hermes”,
HADESTOWN original cast member *Kimberly Marable* (who also appeared in Broadway’s The Lion King) will play “Persephone” full time after previously understudying the role in the Broadway production,
Olivier nominee Kevyn Morrow (London’s Ragtime and Broadway’s recent revival of The Color Purple, Bandstand, and previously in Moulin Rouge) as “Hades”,
Belén Moyano, Bex Odorisio, and Shea Renne will be the touring “Fates”,
and
a Full Ensemble.
Break a leg to the full cast, crew, musicians, and creative team of the new HADESTOWN National Tour.
WE RAISE OUR CUPS to all of you!!
Who is excited?!!
Mike Haber
Author: Mike Haber