For actor Patrick Page, 'Hadestown' is 'like being at a rock concert.' 'This is my 15th Broadway show,' he says. 'And I have never, ever seen any reaction like this from an audience.' TonyAwards (hereandnow)
) acts as Hades, god of the underworld, who brings Eurydice to Hadestown, an underground factory. And Amber Grey plays Hades' wife, Persephone.
"The music is very expressive, so no matter who's listening to it and what their musical background was when they were growing up or what influences them most, the music is kind of a free-for-all," she says.Page says he could feel the excitement and energy vibrating off the audience during the show. In that moment, he says he knew"something very special is happening."
Reeve Carney:"It's actually really exciting for me to be involved in a theatrical project that allows you to use those parts of your range, because it is quite unusual on both the low and high end for Patrick and I, but it's great. I grew up listening to a lot of female singers and Bobby McFerrin was a huge influence on me. So for me, it's awesome to have a chance to mess with that onstage in a theatrical setting.
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