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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Hadestown | Mind Blowing Facts

The New Cast of ‘Hadestown’ Is Causing a Stir. Especially Hades’ Domestic Violence Arrest

Fans are rightfully upset.

The Mary Sue

Pregnant Nicola Roberts forced to pull out of West End show for medical procedure

She said withdrawing from the production was ‘upsetting’

Evening Standard

Nicola Roberts ‘heartbroken’ after pulling out of West End shows

The singer, 40, had played the role of Persephone in the musical Hadestown.

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Cheryl makes first public appearance since Liam Payne's funeral after stalker jailed

The Fight For This Love singer was among the guests at the gala night of Hadestown at London’s Lyric Theatre, where her Girls Aloud bandmate Nicola Roberts has joined the cast

Evening Standard

Girls Aloud star Nicola Roberts joins cast of West End musical Hadestown

Roberts will play Persephone from September 16 until January 18 2026 at the Lyric Theatre in London.

Evening Standard

Audition for fun swings scientist into hot musical role

One of the stars of Hadestown is a cancer scientist who auditioned with friends for a laugh and found himself cast in the hit musical.

AAP

Broadway musical Hadestown arrives way, way Down Under

Christine Anu stars in the Australian premiere of Hadestown - the hit musical retelling of the ancient tale of Orpheus and Eurydice.

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Theater Producers Have First Amendment Right to Choose White Actor Instead of Black

From Moore v. Hadestown Broadway Ltd. Liab. Co., decided Thursday by Judge Loretta Preska (S.D.N.Y.): Plaintiff Kim Moore is a black woman who works as an actress. Defendant is a company that produces and stages "Hadestown," a musical that runs on Broadway …. On or about January 30, 2020, Defendant…

Reason

The week in theatre: Nye; The Lonely Londoners; Hadestown – review

Larkiness overtakes Tim Price’s hallucinatory new play about the founder of the NHS; Roy Williams’s adaptation of Sam Selvon’s great Windrush novel pulses with brio; and Anaïs Mitchell’s underworld musical squeezes into the West End

The Guardian - UK

Ani Difranco Makes Broadway Debut In Tony-Winning Musical Hadestown

Ani DiFranco, Grammy winner, takes on Broadway as Persephone in Hadestown, embracing new challenges and experiences.

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Anaïs Mitchell on her musical Hadestown: 'I worked on it so long I was afraid I'd never make another record'

The singer-songwriter never set out to make a Broadway hit, but it's funny how things turn out

Evening Standard

Music and interview with Hadestown's Anaïs Mitchell... The Standard Theatre Podcast

Plus, our reviews of Cowbois and The Good John Proctor

Evening Standard

Broadway actor ‘humiliates’ deaf woman by wrongly accusing her of recording show

“The ‘villain’ of this tale is systemic ableism in society,” said one theatre goer over their experience at “Hadestown”

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