‘Hadestown: The Musical’ Review: Captures the Crowd-Pleasing Vibrance of the Mythological New Orleans-Meets-Rock Opera Stage Show
“Hadestown: The Musical,” a movie version that records and presents a live performance of the show that took place in February 2025 in London (much as the...
Key points
- “Hadestown: The Musical,” a movie version that records and presents a live performance of the show that took place in February 2025 in London (much as the 2020 film of “Hamilton” presented a live production of that show), offers a splendid opportunity for anyone who hasn’t seen “Hadestown” onstage to experience it.
- It’s a show about ancient mythology — it tells the story of Orpheus and Eurydice, which it interweaves with the tale of Hades and Persephone.
- It’s a show about love, but more than that it’s a show about faith.
- When Orpheus travels to Hadestown to retrieve Eurydice, and Hades agrees to let her go (under the condition that Orpheus can never once look back at her during the long journey home), he has designed this infamous conundrum as an elevated test.
What happened
“Hadestown: The Musical,” a movie version that records and presents a live performance of the show that took place in February 2025 in London (much as the 2020 film of “Hamilton” presented a live production of that show), offers a splendid opportunity for anyone who hasn’t seen “Hadestown” onstage to experience it. It’s a show about ancient mythology — it tells the story of Orpheus and Eurydice, which it interweaves with the tale of Hades and Persephone. It’s a show about love, but more than that it’s a show about faith. When Orpheus travels to Hadestown to retrieve Eurydice, and Hades agrees to let her go (under the condition that Orpheus can never once look back at her during the long journey home), he has designed this infamous conundrum as an elevated test. As directed by Brett Sullivan, “Hadestown: The Musical” transmits the show’s earthy electricity. As the audience response to it in the movie makes clear, “Hadestown” is a show with a worshipful following.
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