Hadestown at Paramount Theatre Seattle

Run Time: 2h 30m

Over 20 original songs

Hadestown is Anaïs Mitchell’s contemporary mythology adaptation of Orpheus and Eurydice’s love story. After drafting the original scores and scripts in 2010, she turned to decorated stage director Rachel Chavkin for assistance in 2012. Together, the pair perfected the play for public, off-Broadway showings that began in 2016. Hadestown would graduate from its unassuming origins to a aspirational position on Broadway and other well-known stages in London and Canada, making it a global triumph.

Enter the Underworld, where Hades runs a profitable but harsh factory called Hadestown. The exhausted workers perform their sisyphean duties daily in hopes they’ll eventually earn their independence. Meanwhile, Orpheus and Eurydice enjoy a blossoming romance above ground, despite the trials of winter’s famine.

Once Hades forces his wife Persephone to return to Hadestown, an early winter intensifies above-ground hungers. Eurydice, affected by unmet needs and influenced by the enticing promises of the Fates, longs for the salvation Hadestown promises. She eventually travels to the underground industrial complex and agrees to work in exchange for guaranteed food.

Her contract entraps her, and it’s up to Orpheus to rescue his bride-to-be. But an unswaying Hades, pressured by his disquieted workforce, stands firm in the contractual agreement. Can Orpheus free his one true love with Persephone’s help? Or will Hades bind Eurydice to do his bidding for eternity?

In 2019, the musical won 14 nominations and eight awards at the 73rd Tony Awards. Hadestown would also claim a 2020 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater. Its glittering achievements and wall-to-wall audiences demonstrate the play’s resonance with a present era while combining classical elements from the past.

The critically-acclaimed Broadway show features two acts with more than 20 original songs performed by a winsome cast. Paramount Theatre will ensure your comfort throughout the two-and-a-half-hour performance with an intermission midway through the show, cozy seating, and refreshments available for purchase. The venue’s physical surroundings will also steep you with vibrant decorations, courteous staff members, and seating that allows a clear stage view.

Are you ready for a Broadway show you’ll always remember? Tickets start at $86 for this particular Friday showing.