Earlier this month, the Tony Award-winning Best Musical Hadestown welcomed an entirely new principal cast to the Walter Kerr Theatre, including West End Next to Normal breakout star Jack Wolfe, whose screen credits include Shadow and Bone and The Witcher, in his Broadway debut as Orpheus; and Disney star Morgan Dudley (Descendants: The Rise of Red), who made her Broadway debut in Jagged Little Pill, as Eurydice.
Get a look at the current company in the show with newly released production shots in the gallery below.
Also joining the long-running hit September 2 were jazz vocalist Kurt Elling, who is making his Broadway debut as Hermes; and Broadway favorite Rebecca Naomi Jones (Stereophonic, Oklahoma!, Passing Strange) as Persephone; South Pacific Tony winner Paulo Szot, last on Broadway in & Juliet, as Hades.
The Broadway cast also features Marla Louissaint, Jessie Shelton, and Kay Trinidad as the Fates with the Chorus of Workers played by Emily Afton, Malcolm Armwood, Jeffrey Cornelius, Sydney Parra, and Alex Puette. Swings are Sojourner Brown, Brandon Cameron, Ayla Ciccone-Burton, KC Dela Cruz, Alex Lugo, Eddie Noel Rodriguez, and Tanner Ray Wilson. Casting is by Whitley Theatrical.
READ: How Hadestown Music Director Liam Robinson Keeps the Show Feeling, and Sounding, Fresh
Kurt Elling in Hadestown
Morgan Dudley, Jack Wolfe, and company of Hadestown
Morgan Dudley, Kurt Elling, Jack Wolfe, and company of Hadestown
Rebecca Naomi Jones, Jack Wolfe, and company of Hadestown
Morgan Dudley and company of Hadestown
Morgan Dudley and Jack Wolfe in Hadestown
Jack Wolfe in Hadestown
Kurt Elling and company of Hadestown
Paulo Szot and company of Hadestown
Paulo Szot, Rebecca Naomi Jones, and company of Hadestown
Jack Wolfe and company of Hadestown
Rebecca Naomi Jones in Hadestown
Rebecca Naomi Jones and Paulo Szot in Hadestown
Hadestown is currently in its sixth year on Broadway and in its second year in the West End (the musical returned to London six years after its 2018 engagement at the National Theatre). The record-breaking North American tour has just completed its three-year run, and productions recently opened across the globe in Sydney, Melbourne, and Amsterdam.
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Singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell’s folk- and jazz-infused musical layers the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice with that of Hades and Persephone, intertwining the actions—and consequences—of gods and mortals. Hadestown originally began as a theatrical concert performed by Mitchell.
The creative team features Tony-winning set designer Rachel Hauck, Tony-nominated costume designer Michael Krass, Tony-winning lighting designer Bradley King, Tony-winning sound designers Nevin Steinberg and Jessica Paz, choreographer David Neumann, and dramaturg Ken Cerniglia. Musical supervision and vocal arrangements are by Liam Robinson, with arrangements and orchestrations by Tony winners Michael Chorney and Todd Sickafoose.
The show, featuring a book and score by Mitchell, won eight 2019 Tony Awards: Best Director of a Musical (Rachel Chavkin), Best Featured Actor in a Musical (André De Shields), Best Lighting Design of a Musical (Bradley King), Best Scenic Design of a Musical (Rachel Hauck), Best Sound Design of a Musical (Jessica Paz and Nevin Steinberg), Best Orchestrations (Michael Chorney and Todd Sickafoose), Best Original Score (Mitchell), and Best Musical.
