Hadestown

Anaïs Mitchell's folk-and-jazz opera intertwines two Greek myths: the poet Orpheus, who descends into the industrial underworld of Hadestown to win back Eurydice, and the gods Hades and Persephone, wrestling with a marriage gone cold. A sung-through, New Orleans-tinged fable about doubt, love, and singing the world back into tune — it's a sad song, and we sing it anyway. "Sumptuous. Gorgeous. As good as it gets" (The New York Times).

Opened April 17, 2019 at the Walter Kerr Theatre, now in its seventh Broadway year

Eight 2019 Tony Awards including Best Musical, Best Original Score, and Best Direction; 2020 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album

West End production at the Lyric Theatre since February 2024; North American tour since 2021

Hadestown: The Musical, filmed with the reunited original Broadway cast, opened in cinemas in July 2026 to a $10.2M weekend — surpassing Hamilton as the highest-grossing live-capture theatrical release in history