‘Hadestown’ comes to Pittsburgh
“Hadestown,” the winner of eight 2019 Tony Awards, including Best New Musical and the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, is returning to Pittsburgh for the first time in four years starting next Tuesday.
The show opened at the Walter Kerr Theatre on Broadway in April 2019, where it played sold-out houses nightly before performances were suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Hadestown” resumed performances in September 2021, as one of the first musicals to reopen on Broadway where it continues to play today.
“Hadestown” blends modern American folk music with New Orleans-inspired jazz to reimagine a sweeping ancient tale. Following two intertwining love stories — that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone — “Hadestown” invites audiences on a hell-raising journey to the underworld and back.
It will be at the Benedum Center through Nov. 1. For information, go online to TrustArts.org or call 412-456-4800.