Lillias White will be the new Hermes in Hadestown!- Page 8

[troynow]

Posted: 7/1/22 at 9:49pm

Tony Winning Lillias White will be the next Hermes!

[TaffyDavenport]

Posted: 7/1/22 at 10:16pm

Great news! It really does seem like perfect casting.

[David10086]

Posted: 7/1/22 at 10:22pm

troynow said: "Tony Winning Lillias White will be the next Hermes!"

Only until September 25. Then Beanie takes over on the 30th. 

[TaffyDavenport]

Posted: 7/2/22 at 4:44pm

Did people miss troynow’s Lillias White scoop above? I’m surprised there aren’t more reactions.

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 7/2/22 at 4:50pm

Very interested to hear what Lillias will bring to the table! 

[Alexander Lamar]

Posted: 7/2/22 at 5:46pm

ACL2006 said: "Have they added another Hades/Hermes cover? Otherwise there's only one cover for each role now."

Will Mann (recently left the tour) is in as a temporary Hermes standby for this week. Guessing that will probably get extended until they get a new swing in. 

[Alexander Lamar]

Posted: 7/2/22 at 5:47pm

troynow said: "Tony Winning Lillias White will be the next Hermes!"

I can’t tell anymore what’s sarcasm, hopeful speculation, or a scoop on here. 

[TaffyDavenport]

Posted: 7/2/22 at 5:58pm

Alexander Lamar said: "troynow said: "Tony Winning Lillias White will be the next Hermes!"

I can’t tell anymore what’s sarcasm, hopeful speculation, or a scoop on here."

Generally, if troynow posts it, it's a scoop.

[Alexander Lamar]

Posted: 7/2/22 at 6:13pm

That’s really exciting. I’m imagining what her voice will sound like on that score. Can’t wait!

[thescytheandthesword]

Posted: 7/13/22 at 6:24pm

If this Lillias White news is true, does anyone by any chance know a time frame for when she'd start?

[wicked4l]

Posted: 7/13/22 at 10:27pm

Lillias is indeed the new Hermes.

[Valentina3]

Posted: 7/14/22 at 12:23pm

Valentina3 said: "Well if we are creating bandwagon for dreamcasts here, I want to throw in Lillias White in the mix. She would be just glorious and bring the same gravitas that De Shields did."

Talk about dreamcasting coming true. If this actually happens.

[ACL2006]

Posted: 7/14/22 at 2:16pm

Max Kumangai has joined the cast as a swing and Hermes/Hades cover.

[OceansJenny]

Posted: 7/15/22 at 1:50pm

Is Patrick Page scheduled to return at all? I know Tom Hewitt is on now but they haven’t dropped Patrick from the website.

[hearthemsing22]

Posted: 7/15/22 at 2:33pm

How on earth do people know about Lillias White. I don’t understand. Unless it comes from Playbill or the show itself, I’m not believing any casting speculation. 

[Emmeline Carter]

Posted: 7/15/22 at 2:43pm

Yes, Patrick Page will return the beginning of August.

 

"Handing the keys to Hadestown to the incomparable Tom Hewitt for the months of June and July, while I make a visit to Schmigadoon and continue filming "The Gilded Age". See you back at the Walter Kerr in August!" (From Patrick Page's Instagram)

Updated On: 7/15/22 at 02:43 PM

[TaffyDavenport]

Posted: 7/15/22 at 10:00pm

Lillias was at the show tonight.

Updated On: 7/15/22 at 10:00 PM

[B212323]

Posted: 7/18/22 at 6:29pm

Updated On: 7/18/22 at 06:29 PM

[rj1060]

Posted: 7/19/22 at 2:57pm

I won the lottery for tomorrow's matinee, never seen the show before. I know Patrick Page is out but I heard good things about Tom Hewitt's performance.

[ImAProphet]

Posted: 7/29/22 at 10:51pm

Has anyone heard anything about Chris Sullivan potentially stepping back into the role on Broadway? Somebody asked him about it on IG and he commented back "we might be working on that".

[TaffyDavenport]

Posted: 7/29/22 at 11:12pm

Don't know about Chris Sullivan, but I do know that Lillias White was at the show again tonight.

[JBroadway]

Posted: 7/29/22 at 11:33pm

RE: Chris Sullivan

Something tells me Rachel Chavkin, in particular, isn't gonna want to put a white actor in a role that's currently being played by a Black actor...

Updated On: 7/29/22 at 11:33 PM

[ImAProphet]

Posted: 7/29/22 at 11:37pm

JBroadway said: "RE: Chris Sullivan

Something tells me Rachel Chavkin isn't gonna want to put a white actor in a role that's currently being played by a Black actor..."

Right? That's why I assumed it wouldn't ever happen, but I don't know what else he could mean by that (the question was specifically about him playing Hermes on Broadway). Maybe they're looking at him as an alternate or something.

[TaffyDavenport]

Posted: 7/29/22 at 11:40pm

A White actor is currently playing Hermes on tour.

Updated On: 7/29/22 at 11:40 PM

[quizking101]

Posted: 7/30/22 at 1:34am

TaffyDavenport said: "A White actor is currently playing Hermes on tour."

Considering how very often he’s out per his (Latino) understudy’s  Instagram page, I’d say hardly.