Almighty Janitor: The Broadway staging of the show plays up Orpheus' humility, by initially presenting him in the lowly position of a waiter serving the Chorus hanging out in the restaurant in the waiting area of Hermes' train station.the original concept version of "Epic I" has Orpheus know the whole story of Hades and Persephone already as opposed to Hermes having taught it to him). This led to Hermes becoming an increasingly important character, to be the one who explains things Orpheus doesn't understand, to the point of them almost being a Decomposite Character (i.e.
Adaptation Personality Change: One steady change that's progressed through every version of the show is making Orpheus less and less of a confident, seductive ladies' man and more and more of an Endearingly Dorky head-in-the-clouds naive boy.This was most pronounced in NYTW, where instead of not hearing her as in London and Broadway or being given permission to work on it as in Edmonton, he explictly ignored her as he was working on his song. Adaptational Jerkass: Mildly so, he's still a good and kind man, but his preoccupation with his song instead of providing for his wife is what drives Eurydice to Hadestown after being promised a better life there by Hades, unlike the original where she simply dies at their wedding after being bitten by a snake.Adaptational Backstory Change: This version of Orpheus is a relatably hardscrabble orphan, rather than being the son of a king of Thrace (or of the god Apollo), who was raised as a charitable act by Hermes rather than by his birth mother (who is still implied to be the Muse Calliope).Orpheus is kind and naive, and while he means well, he has a tendency to fixate on his music above all else. A romantic poet and musician who is working on a masterpiece to bring back spring. She was Penny Lane in last season’s Broadway musical Almost Famous.The son of a Muse, Orpheus was abandoned as a child and raised by Hermes.
Pfeiffer is currently playing Ophelia in the Shakespeare in the Park production of Hamlet. The Broadway cast currently features Jewelle Blackman as Persephone, Reeve Carney as Orpheus, Tom Hewitt as Hades, Noblezada as Eurydice, and White as Hermes. The Broadway production won eight 2019 Tony Awards including Best Musical, Best Score, and Best Direction. Lillias White has extended her run as Hermes through February 4.įeaturing a book and score by Anaïs Mitchell and direction by Rachel Chavkin, Hadestown follows two intertwining love stories - that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone. Pfeiffer is one of many cast shifts the production will undergo in the next few months Tony nominee Phillip Boykin will join the Broadway cast as Hades and musician Betty Who will take on the role of Persephone beginning September 5. Beginning August 15, Solea Pfeiffer will take on the role of Eurydice, replacing Eva Noblezada, who departs on August 13. Hadestownhas announced a new resident of the underworld.
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