Hadestown, the Tony Award–winning, genre-defying musical that blends modern American folk music with New Orleans–inspired jazz, comes to The Granada Theatre April 28-29. Not only was Hadestown the winner of eight 2019 Tony Awards — including Best Musical and the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album — it’s also the only Tony Award–winning Best Musical in history with an exclusively female writer-director team: music, lyrics, & book by the celebrated American singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell and original director Rachel Chavkin (Natasha, Pierre, & The Great Comet of 1812).
I spoke with Hawa Kamara, who stars as Eurydice in this musical version of the ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. Asked what it's like to play such an iconic role, Kamara, who recently made history by being the first Black actor to play Wendy Darling in the Peter Pan national tour, said, “It's my biggest privilege yet. I have been dreaming about this role ever since I first heard about it, and honestly about this show since I first heard about it. This has been my dream show for a very, very long time.”
The show is an epic love story that intertwines two mythical tales — that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, as well as that of King Hades and his wife Persephone. Kamara, as Eurydice, performs a number of powerful songs, including “ Any Way the Wind Blows ,” “All I’ve Ever Known,” “Gone, I’m Gone,” and the showstopping “ Flowers ” in Act II.
