Hadestown Pre-Broadway

[blaxx]

Posted: 2/7/17 at 7:39pm

http://www.playbill.com/article/edmontons-citadel-theatre-will-stage-broadway-aimed-hadestown-musical

 

Has this been discussed? A Canadian cast for a pre-Broadway run at the very large Citadel theatre. Will be strange to see such a small show in such a large house, but I guess it will be the same on Broadway. 

[RestingOtter]

Posted: 2/7/17 at 8:03pm

I am so excited for this to go to broadway!  I would love for them to keep the original cast.

[jacobsnchz14]

Posted: 2/7/17 at 8:12pm

I am all about this!!!! Loved it at NYTW and waiting for the full cast album! The EP is great. 

[icecreambenjamin]

Posted: 2/7/17 at 9:00pm

A lot of cast members are tied up in The Great Comet right now which probably accounts for the different cast.  The originals will probably return for the broadway run.

[little_sally]

Posted: 2/8/17 at 9:31am

I really hope this happens and really hope the original cast returns for the Broadway run. I can't imagine anyone but Amber Gray play Persephone.

[Ado Annie D'Ysquith]

Posted: 2/8/17 at 10:08am

Maybe Patrick Page can finally get a long-overdue Tony!

[macnyc]

Posted: 2/8/17 at 10:19am

I love the EP too and want the whole shebang! Fingers crossed for later this year for that. 

As far as having an out-of-town run for an Off Broadway show, I don't know enough about that to comment. It will be interesting to see how Hadestown does in a large theater. It was great at NYTW. One of my favorite shows of last year.

 

 

[willep]

Posted: 2/8/17 at 10:40am

Yeah, this was one of my favorites of the year as well, especially Patrick Page and Amber Gray (between this and The Great Comet I just love her). I am a bit nervous about it translating into a bigger theatre, there aren't too many ways to expand the ensemble, and it is just an intimate piece.

[Kad]

Posted: 2/8/17 at 10:50am

Chavkin was able to translate the things that made Great Comet successful in the tiny Ars Nova space into increasingly large venues all the way up to the Imperial. I have complete faith in her direction here.

[willep]

Posted: 2/8/17 at 10:54am

I was actually going to mention in my last post that I had the same qualms about Great Comet, and for the most part Rachel Chavkin proved me wrong with that one. I think Comet is a much easier one to adjust, and easier to expand the ensemble.

[BroadwayGuy12]

Posted: 2/8/17 at 11:01am

Amber Gray as Persephone was one of my favorite performances of 2016. I'm giddy at even the possibility of getting to see it again.

[willep]

Posted: 2/8/17 at 11:09am

I've been saying the same about Page, one of my favorite performances of 2016, and I can't wait to relive it with the full album.

[VintageSnarker]

Posted: 2/8/17 at 1:09pm

Nothing against the Canadian cast, but I also hope a lot of the NYTW cast returns. 

[blaxx]

Posted: 2/8/17 at 7:34pm

I'll catch this and report on the differences between Off Broadway and the Canada run.

[Fan123]

Posted: 3/22/17 at 4:29am

Interesting... there'll be another, one-off New York workshop performance on 24 March, with some of the previous cast and some new faces: http://www.playbill.com/article/broadway-aimed-musical-hadestown-workshopped-with-reeve-carney.

[little_sally]

Posted: 3/22/17 at 11:50am

As much as I like Reeve Carney, I really hope Damon Dauno continues with the show.