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Oh yeah I watched I Saw the TV Glow last night and I think I need a lifetime to process it what the fuck was that

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Actually the Australian production is the only one with an accurate orchard set because this scene happens in spring

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Thinking deep thoughts by the river. ☁️🍒

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hadestown australia thoughts

i've seen hadestown! it feels surreal to be able to say that as it's been over 5 years since i first fell in love with it. you can bet tears were shed.

i'm quite glad i saw it twice. it was mostly my own nervousness but the first time i saw it, the combo of so much new stuff to take in AND having the ghosts of multiple prior productions in the back of my mind had me struggling a bit to see the big picture at times. the second time felt more like seeing it with fresh eyes. this is not to say i forgot about some things which i wasn't the biggest fan of, but that i could better appreciate how well they did or didn't fit in within the show as it stands today. i feel this post will be fairer for it.

the good:

come on, it's hadestown.

the great (exceeded expectations):

the LIGHTING. i was not prepared. set changes are nearly non-existent and i barely noticed because they communicated so much with it. doubt comes in was crazyy

the garage door solution to not having a lift is honestly so good. it's so imposing. the reveal of the workers in chant ended up being one of my fave moments in the show

the band but of course esp the trombone player. griffin youngs you will always be famous

things that were not to my preference:

here comes the classic nytw bitch rant but i still don't like how far they took orpheus in the sensitive himbo direction. it's one thing to move away from his off-broadway confidence and worldly awareness (even though i think that was a perfectly good approach that they could have refined if they wanted), and another to make him incapable of doing anything without asking. and then baking it into the script. some people i overheard on the train afterward had the imo correct take that it muddies the beautifully simple idea that he turns around because, above all, he loves eurydice and can't stand to be without her. given his now chronic need for general encouragement the test does seem more like a trap designed specifically for his personality lol

we know there have been a gazillion lyric changes over time, some of which i will forever mourn but accept that you don't really miss them if you don't know. and i can get over a few clunky lines here and there. however, making orpheus going full workers' rights mode in if it's true felt like an actual detraction. it feels odd coming from a character who is so distanced from the world; having a spot of hope then having the mood brought down hard by how long is awkward; how long doesn't make sense when he was very much NOT just singing for the love of a girl; we almost immediately repeat the idea of inspiring the workers in chant reprise, which then makes the theme feel overcooked. it's just too much in the wrong place.

cast thoughts:

sam richardson and jack lyall as orpheus: both were good, though i preferred the latter as his take was less timid - i got the vibe jack's orpheus had a better sense of what he wanted and what he was doing, just needed final go-aheads from other people, which to me made eurydice's interest and his later unionising more natural. sam's singing was just a little more [gustave phantomson voice] beautiful though.

abigail adriano and eliza soriano as eurydice: abigail's eurydice is quite feral, while eliza's is just so Tired. i appreciated both, though the latter's pairing with jack overall worked better for me than abigail and sam. i've heard abigail is now out for vocal issues - unfortunately i think i caught some hints of it when i saw her, it did sound like she was pushing herself a little hard sometimes. i am a big fan of eurydices with earthier/huskier voices like hers though. eliza sounded amazing start to finish and had some incredible riffs.

christine anu as hermes - i was glad to see her, i enjoyed the aunty vibes and whatever she had going on with persephone, and of course her singing was really great. i do think her acting, in particular her delivery of hermes' spoken lines, was the weakest of the cast. and i would have liked a bit more personal connection with orpheus. second time round in a perfect world i would have seen iosefa laga'aia in the role, as i'm quite interested to see what a young man's approach to the role is.

elenoa rokobaro and sarah murr as persephone: both great. elenoa was a standout at my first show, such energy! and sarah had a phenomenal performance of our lady of the underground - i previously thought of the song mostly as a way to ease the crowd back into the story but she turned it into a real highlight of its own.

adrian tamburini as hades: what a commanding voice. really enjoyed his ability to be both very cold and very heated. just a tad more gentleness sometimes wouldn't have gone amiss but overall he is just so fun to watch.

despite my nitpicks it really is a wonderful show, every bit worth the wait. i sense a brief return to my hadestown era coming on.

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So that’s round 8 and round 9, hoping to get rush one more time to make it to round 10!

Wanting to buy more Hadestown tickets help please someone stop meeee. Or encourage me idc

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Alright it’s done

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Wait if this happens I really hope they include Flowers so I can listen to that song without someone having a COUGHING FIT IN THE BACKGROUND. Joy.

Umm so the instagram account running the Australian cast recording petition (which currently has ~1900 signatures) has posted this with no caption

Is it happening. Is. Cause I will combust. Could it. For real???

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dont feel like cleaning this up

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Marill 💙

Surfs up! Seafoam Green painted card ~

Someone whisk me to a tropical island pls 🏝️

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the introvert urge to say “no worries either way” when you’re actually worrying both ways plus a secret third way

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hanging out on the roof ! 🌠

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Cast of Hadestown (Amsterdam) at Koninklijk Theater Carré

Sara Afiba as Eurydice

Jeangu Macrooy as Orpheus

Claudia de Breij & Maarten Heijmans as Hermes

Edwin Jonker as Hades

Joy Wielkens as Persephone

April Darby, Aïcha Gill & Joni Ayton-Ken as the fates

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Umm so the instagram account running the Australian cast recording petition (which currently has ~1900 signatures) has posted this with no caption

Is it happening. Is. Cause I will combust. Could it. For real???

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hi hello huge deh/will connor related yap under the cut if anyone cares to read it..

so right when the connor murphy autism was yearning for a new interpretation I FINALLY GOT THE CHANCE TO SEE ONE AND I AM VERY HAPPY ABOUT IT :D

so anyway will’s connor is more depressed and anxious and aggressive and he's more visibly struggling if that makes sense?? (and it makes the parallels between him and evan as characters way more obvious) he also seems like.. marginally friendlier than most connor’s ive seen live or through cuz during the printer scene will’s connor seems to genuinely want to befriend evan somehow and seems legitimately betrayed and upset when he finds the letter (the way will did the printer scene was HEART WRENCHING, his connor was genuinely on the verge of tears whilst being super pissed at evan for the letter), whereas to me it reads like killian’s connor is just clearly begrudgingly interacting and just does NOT wanna be there

oh also there’s a very veeeery clear distinction between how will does alive/dead connor and the way his portrayal of ghost connor just got more and more haunting and menacing as the show went on fucking killed me. oh also when ghost connor just… appears halfway through words fail and stares down evan with the rest of his family killian’s connor just glares at him and WILL’S JUST STARES AT HIM IN PURE DISGUST ON THE VERGE OF TEARS AND AAAAAAGGGHHHAHSHSHQGDJQBW

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I’d really like to see it from up close. And I’d really like to see the final performance. Please just let this be the last thing that makes me like this. It hurts.

Wanting to buy more Hadestown tickets help please someone stop meeee. Or encourage me idc

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Wanting to buy more Hadestown tickets help please someone stop meeee. Or encourage me idc

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