Hadestown Understudies — Page 25

Saw this in Broadway Briefing this morning which really surprised me! Guess I need to see Lana’s Persephone ASAP!


FIRST IN THE BRIEFING: Jewelle Blackman will take over the role of Persephone in Hadestown beginning April 5. Lana Gordon, who currently plays the role on Broadway, will play her final performance in the show on April 3. Soara-Joye Ross will also join the cast on April 5, taking over for Blackman as one of the Fates.

Surprised to see Lana go so soon, but so happy for Jewelle. I've heard incredible things about her Persephone and I'll definitely be heading back to Hadestown after she takes over.

In the meantime, RUN, don't walk, to see Lana. She's a phenomenal performer and every Hadestown fan should see her Persephone! As I said Yesterday, her Our Lady of the Underground alone was worth the price of a ticket!

I'm guessing Lana is heading back over to Chicago.

Trent also covers Orpheus. If Reeve is going to be out for an extended period of time, they'll likely rotate those two in the role.

It was his wording that made me wonder cause he said his “principal” debut. I didn’t know a swing would also be called a principal so wondered if he was taking over the role although I figured there would be an announcement. I’m also not really savvy in theater language so maybe principal refers to the role more so than the actor

Reeve was back in the show Saturday. Seems like he had COVID. Sayo meant his debut in a principal role.

Updated On: 3/22/22 at 08:22 PM

BJones3 said: "Is Reeve returning to the show? He hasn’t been on in a few weeks.

Sayo wrote a long Instagram post about his principle debut as Orpheus? Does that mean he is now going to be performing the role or is he still a swing?"

Reeve was back in the show as of Saturday (19th). We saw the show Saturday night. We stressed like crazy last week worrying the show would be cancelled but all was good and for me the third time was the charm! I missed the show in March 2020 due to Broadway shutdown and missed the tour in January when the Houston shows were all cancelled due to covid. The show was amazing. Everything we dreamed it would be!

Andre was out so we saw Trent as Hermes. We were bummed to miss Andre but Trent was really fantastic. We were also super bummed when Amber left just weeks before we would see the show. But.......Lana was phenomenal.

Cannot say enough good things about the show. We just loved every single second of it!

The show is in great shape. It's great how into it Andre, Patrick, Reeve and Eva still are. Lana was good as Persephone but IMO she wasn't nearly as good as Amber Gray. Nothing against Lana but Amber was so much earthier and sexier.

FYI Timothy Hughes will depart Hadestown on April 10th.

Was there for the matinee, the entire cast was there. They are superb, Eva, Patricks’ voice and DeShields stamina are highlights.

Rachel’s direction is simply sublime, best use of turntables in history, its breathtaking to witness the first “Wait for Me”.

And we know the end, but I asked for a greek god that in my particular show it would be different, I just cant take that hit. Thats how much I was drawn to this magnificent piece of real art.

bwayplays said: "FYI Timothy Hughes will depart Hadestown on April 10th."

Glad I saw him, what a presence - to say the least.

Updated On: 4/6/22 at 06:12 PM

Does anyone know if Andre DeShields' last performance is at the 2pm or the 7:30pm on May 29?

They haven't specified and I didn't even realize that there were 2 shows that day...so we bought tickets for the 7:30pm