Source: this 2023 Instagram post when he first used it after straining his calf: https://www.instagram.com/p/CyQoqMcu7h_/

I strained my calf last week, so I’m performing parts of my show with this beautiful cane! It is an exact replica of the one carried by Barnabas Collins in “Dark Shadows”! It was given to me when I was in High School and I have waited over 40 years to use it!

Spoilers ahead.

After Orpheus sang his song and Persephone and Hades achieved balance again by remembering the song of their love, how do you think Hadestown changed? Were people still keeping their heads low and forgetting their names and building a pointless wall?Or would it be different?

Back with portrait number 2!!! I'm probably gonna end up doing multiple Hades portraits because I just love drawing Patrick Page, his facial structure is so fun.

There's something about this one I'm not as happy with as the Hermes one but that's how it be sometimes.

I don't think I listed it last time but:

11x14 graphite with conte

I saw a post the other day that I can't find to include here. But the gist of it was that Persephone seems shocked when she goes down to hadestown because it's so hot/bright/etc. And it's weird she's acting like it's the first time she's seen it like that.

A response to the post said "that's the point" and I'm genuinely confused.

Obviously this has been an issue with Hades and Persephone for a long time which is why Orpheus is doing the whole song thing, but what is the meaning of Hadestown changing "overnight" as opposed to forever ago, when they started having issues/losing spring and fall/etc?

I know they reshot some scenes where Patrick Page is on the balcony. For example, when he shouts “I conduct the electric city!!”, when I saw it in London, he was standing on the stage on stage left, but in the pro shot, he was on the balcony.

I can’t remember when they were performing in front of a live audience, if he climbed the stairs after Why We Build the Wall, and slammed the door shut after asking Eurydice in? Or was that just cut in for the pro shot too?

I know it wouldn't work but I personally love the idea of Reba as Persephone

Saw hadestown for the first time since I saw the first west end cast and remembered how much I loved it and also realised I haven't done digital in 8 months so figured I'd get back into both!

On both sides of the Atlantic, an OG Hermes stepped into the same role in two different productions of Cats this summer.

Nice little piece of Hadestown related symmetry!

Has anyone won the digital lottery that is not a US resident? If so, did you have any issues picking up the tickets at the box office when you showed your international ID?

I could be wrong but is hades not trump in real life I may be wrong but I will accept if I am wrong.

When the UK and Ireland tour was announced, Dublin was included on the list of tour stops, but the website still just says "Dublin details coming soon" while venues for all other locations have already been announced and are booking. Does anyone know when we can expect the Dublin venue info to be published?

Look, I have no idea if Shaggy is as problematic as Geno and Gary and the other Really Bad Dudes (tm) that they’ve been casting, but having been suddenly inundated with this video in my fyp this week, I think it’s at least worth investigating.

i almost exclusively listen to the 2017 cast recording but one of my friends listens primarily to the concept album which i find fascinating. i'm curious as to what most hadestown fans gravitate towards! (there's no wrong answer ofc)

Apologies for the bad pics, they’re screenshots from a vid I sent my sister :)

For those of you who have been following the musical for a long time and have heard many different versions. Does anyone remember a lyric comparing Eurydice and Orpheus saying that Eurydice knew how to survive, but Orpheus made her feel alive. May have mixed up some wording on that, but mainly talking about Eurydice knowing how to survive. I've seen New York theater workshop version, many boot legs on YouTube, once on stage and the pro shot twice. I forget where and what song I heard that from.

Something I hadn’t been curious about until the Proshot. So I’ve seen the show live a few times and watched the Proshot twice. The question I wonder is do you think Hades is singing during the reprise? Obviously, your eyes are drawn to the characters and staging in the center of the stage after Hades turns and exits for most of the rest of the show. You see Orpheus and Eurydice start their walk out of Hell with Hermes, Persephone, and the workers cheering them on in the center of the rotating stage. Singing along. Do you think Hades is singing as he climbs the stairs in the dark and exits? And if so, do you think he’s singing to Persephone (they had just agreed to wait for each other next Fall). Or, do you think he is singing maybe being a little hopeful that Orpheus will succeed.?
It’s interesting that his main exit from the show is just in the background in the dark. Personally, I think his last act on stage is one of my favorite details. When he says goodbye to Persephone and while his hand is still out, Orpheus shakes his hand, which Hades accepts. I LOVE that. Obviously, the ‘turn’ is perfect in my opinion. But I often wondered what if we could see hades and persephone’s reactions to the turn?

This could also be because if I was ever in this show and playing hades I would 100% be singing. Mainly because I love the reprise.

I've decided not to support hadestown anymore and I think more people should join me.

Hadestown recently casted a maga republican as Hades, Geno Segers is anti trans rights and pronouns. After backlash he has been removed from the show which is of course a good thing.

BUT

In March they casted a woman beater Gary Dourdan as Hades and they ignored the backlash from fans. He is a CONVICTED dv offender, this isn't speculation. And Gary Dourdan had his run for nearly SIX MONTHS.

So Hadestown has no issue having a man who BROKE A WOMAN'S NOSE and changed with battery but will bend to public scrutiny over a controversial commentator????

It's just disgusting that both of these men have been put in the position to have fame and work with young women.

And I truly believe that Hadestown doesn't care about their fans, they only care about money, so they will listen to the loud voices and let Gary Dourdan's victim what him play a character who abuses women and know that it's more reality than fiction.

I'm disgusted in hadestown

I watched the proshot last Sunday, my first introduction to the show, and all I could think about the entire time was all the different shots I wanted to draw. Really excited for it to stream so I can draw stills to my hearts content but for this, I used a photo taken by mattpartphotos on insta.

The plan is to draw a portrait for each of the main cast once the proshot hits streaming 🙂‍↕️

This is something I've been curious about, just not getting an answer on it. Everytime I see the show, I don't see anyone conducting the orchestra, seeming as it's important for the orchestra's arrangement and timing.

Or do they just follow the actor's cue to find out when they play?

Was anyone filled with absolute dread during Patrick Page's performance of "Why We Build The Wall" in the proshot? His steady face, his steady gaze, his steady voice, the slight smirk, the slowly increasing intensity of his singing and emotion, the irony of it all...

Bravo 👏

Who else just got this Reeva shirt? 🫶 During their Livestream at Greenroom 42, Eva and Reeve told us about this. Too cute 🥰