Hadestown has come a long way. When I first wrote about it (in program notes for Lincoln Center's American Songbook series back in 2016), Hadestown was a concept album that its composer, singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell, was about to perform parts of in concert at the Stanley H. Kaplan Playhouse, prior to the piece's premiere in April at New York Theatre Workshop.
"Hadestown" In and Out of Its Depths
"Hadestown" In and Out of Its Depths
"Hadestown" In and Out of Its Depths
Hadestown has come a long way. When I first wrote about it (in program notes for Lincoln Center's American Songbook series back in 2016), Hadestown was a concept album that its composer, singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell, was about to perform parts of in concert at the Stanley H. Kaplan Playhouse, prior to the piece's premiere in April at New York Theatre Workshop.