I’ve heard a few people say “Persephone isn’t supposed to be like that! She’s the goddess of spring and queen of the underworld!” as if someone whose name literally means bringer of death isn’t going to be an extremely chaotic individual
Technically it's "destruction" not "Death" but you're right. Also Dionysus was originally her son in the older myths, and he got all that chaotic energy from somewhere...
@@kris.5067 I don't think she's meant to be portrayed as a young maiden in Hadestown. She's worldly, she's been around and seen some shit. Her husband, whom she loves dearly, has pushed her away with his obsession with her. He's so in love with her, but his desire to keep her with him-- which grew from a fear that she would never be happy with him because The Underworld can't provide her with the things she loves on the surface, became a paranoia that pushed her away. He built Hadestown in an attempt to artificially recreate the things she loves about the surface world (the sun's warmth and brightness, a star-filled moonlit night, flowers, nature), and erected The Wall to keep her inside. "Why would she want to leave when I can give her everything she wants here?" is his rationalization, but she finds it revolting because it's not real. Artificiality cannot replace nature. This offends Hades, because he sees it as Persephone not being grateful for the safety of what is essentially a prison, but he doesn't understand why his false warmth and sunlight are not the same as the real thing. She resents him for not understanding her wants, and he has come to resent her for not being appreciative. She drinks in order to cope with her unhappiness, and her troubled marriage. Her time away from The Underworld is a temporary escape. She distracts herself with wine, and good times to mask her emotions. And because her trips to the surface grow shorter and shorter, it throws the seasons out of whack, and causes others to suffer. (Which is a great metaphor for how toxicity can negatively affect everyone.) I definitely like this variation of Persephone. It gives her more agency, and doesn't portray her as the innocent victim.
to whomever said ''Ya, let's make Persephone completely off the shits'' - Thank you! It' s what theatre deserves. Amber is wonderful and gives the whole thing strong Eartha Kit vibes, and I hope we see her Tony acceptance speech soon
The amount of depth and layers she gives to this character is just unbelievable.....the way she says "when was the last time you saw the sky?". I feel that.
Even though I like the community of Hadetown fans as is, I would totally be fine with this musical gaining a Hamilton level of popularity IF it means the production can run longer and more people can see wonderful performances by Amber Gray and the rest of (from what I've heard and watched snippets of is) a talented cast and crew of Hadestown.
I’ve been obsessed with this show for a little bit, and I really hope it gets super popular, it is such a great story and a fantastic show with incredible music!
Her voice is so incredible. Its just so unique and different to any other actress I've heard. If I tried to sing like that I would probably end up ruining my vocal chords. Also I really need to start callin' people brother.
I love it so much cause its pretty much in my range, the growls do strain my throat a bit but its easier than hitting the high notes most main characters have.
Katrina Jackson omg yes, aaaaaalll those high notes, I just end up whispering for fear of hurting my chords which have been roughed up from several sore throats and me still singing bc I did know that Ya Shouldn’t DO That!! 😭 now I’m trying to restore them/not damage them further bc I def don’t have the range/strength I used too 😕
SOFIA WESTMORELAND Amber is absolutely amazing but I do think that Ali also put on a really good performance and deserves everything that comes to her.
Any other year she would've won the Tony. But when the competition is a girl in a wheelchair you're s.o.l. Got to have that feel good, inspiring TV moment
Her voice almost has a Bernadette Peters quality in the fact that it is wholly unique and unlike any other voice on the stage atm. Edit: my friend said that if Patrick Page's voice is like molasses, Amber's voice is spiced honey Edit#2: SERIOUS wine aunt energy Edit#3: I want to know what this lady's arm workout is like because her arms are perfect!
absolutely love how Amber Gray sings Our Lady Of The Underground, and more generally how she interprets Persephone! like so many other aspects of Hadestown, she was willing to take a risk to try something bold & unique - and she so completely commits to it - and it adds so much life & depth to the show! absolutely perfect person to originate this role :)
Epic Glitter Persephone actually isn't that weak she's pretty tough so I'd say it's more accurate than unique I think she's one of the few to accurately portray Persephone as more than a little flower
An energy I can only adequately describe as "fun gay auntie having one chardonnay too many and causing absolute chaos at a wedding," extremely powerful, 11/10, the elysian fields are just Amber Gray doing an endless encore
Omg I totally see her Persephone having major Bicon (Bi icon) vibes, fits so great with this interpretation. This headcannon makes me love her even more.
I haven’t seen a lot of people mention this yet, but the music work is amazing! Obviously the singer is also amazing but the instruments also sets the mood of the song. It feel as if the piano itself is drunk
@@sylviab8482 nah, she's talented too, and tearing Ali Stroker's talent down in any way would really go against the themes of Hadestown imo. I seriously doubt the cast, director, etc feel or encourage any resentment towards her. Sometimes you just have a great Breadway season with intense competition for the awards- and that's a wonderful thing!
When I saw the show on my birthday I instantly fell in love with Amber, her voice reminds me of one of my favorites, Billie Holiday, Persephone is also my favorite Greek goddess and I love how she’s portrayed in the musical. ❤️
I've been saying for months that I think Pippin and Hadestown would be a cool crossover (I know it wouldnt ever work out and no one would ever do that but yeah)
Am I the only one who fully imagined this song as a burlesque performance? I feel like that would be incredible (I haven’t seen it so like don’t come for me if this is a thing and I just don’t know)
I’ll tell you who’s taking a Tony Award... PERSEPHONE!!! Edit: haha ok even though it didn’t really happen...its still pretty cool!! Thanks for the likes guys!!
When I saw Hadestown, sitting a couple rows in front of me was Bret Gelman, the guy who played Murray Bauman in Stranger Things. During this song when the cast got to "Our Lady of the Upside Down" they all looked straight at him and sang it at the top of their lungs.
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That is some potent wine aunt energy.
Andrew Rowland 💀💀
This is the best comment I could've asked for
Wine? I'm thinking moonshine
@@emilyclarkezaresstheprince7945 HA
It’s a mood
I’ve heard a few people say “Persephone isn’t supposed to be like that! She’s the goddess of spring and queen of the underworld!” as if someone whose name literally means bringer of death isn’t going to be an extremely chaotic individual
Technically it's "destruction" not "Death" but you're right. Also Dionysus was originally her son in the older myths, and he got all that chaotic energy from somewhere...
She's definitely Chaotic Good. At least in Hadestown.
@@cannibalisticrequiem well it's a place where her mother isnt watching her so shes obviously gonna have a good time drinking wine in the underground
@@kris.5067 I don't think she's meant to be portrayed as a young maiden in Hadestown. She's worldly, she's been around and seen some shit. Her husband, whom she loves dearly, has pushed her away with his obsession with her. He's so in love with her, but his desire to keep her with him-- which grew from a fear that she would never be happy with him because The Underworld can't provide her with the things she loves on the surface, became a paranoia that pushed her away. He built Hadestown in an attempt to artificially recreate the things she loves about the surface world (the sun's warmth and brightness, a star-filled moonlit night, flowers, nature), and erected The Wall to keep her inside. "Why would she want to leave when I can give her everything she wants here?" is his rationalization, but she finds it revolting because it's not real. Artificiality cannot replace nature. This offends Hades, because he sees it as Persephone not being grateful for the safety of what is essentially a prison, but he doesn't understand why his false warmth and sunlight are not the same as the real thing. She resents him for not understanding her wants, and he has come to resent her for not being appreciative.
She drinks in order to cope with her unhappiness, and her troubled marriage. Her time away from The Underworld is a temporary escape. She distracts herself with wine, and good times to mask her emotions. And because her trips to the surface grow shorter and shorter, it throws the seasons out of whack, and causes others to suffer. (Which is a great metaphor for how toxicity can negatively affect everyone.)
I definitely like this variation of Persephone. It gives her more agency, and doesn't portray her as the innocent victim.
@@cannibalisticrequiem Yes, I understand that, I listened to the songs. I was just making a joke
Nobody:
Persephone: I don't know about you, *bOoOoOoOIIIIIs*
Ocareening that’s an inside joke between my friend and I
Or
Nobody:
Persephone: step into my offisss
to whomever said ''Ya, let's make Persephone completely off the shits'' - Thank you! It' s what theatre deserves. Amber is wonderful and gives the whole thing strong Eartha Kit vibes, and I hope we see her Tony acceptance speech soon
You are so right about the Eartha Kitt thing!
Eartha Kitt 110%!!! I couldn't put my finger on it but that is it!!
Apparently Rachel Chavkin was directing this at the same time as Great Comet, so Amber was screaming her ass off 16 times a week
So true.
I kept wondering what that energy was. I knew I'd seen it before. Classic Eartha Kitt!
The amount of depth and layers she gives to this character is just unbelievable.....the way she says "when was the last time you saw the sky?". I feel that.
Hermes in the distance: Drop it like it's hot, baby!
That Ozian I could never quite tell what he’d called out to her so thank-you for pointing it out :)
I read this just as he said it, love that
I read this just before he said it i-
I'm uncomfortable and I love it at the same time I-
Her face right after he said it tho!
the way she says “boys” right at the beginning?? hits me in my very soul
a year later but this comment still as true as ever
Well, it's official; Persephone has been down there for too long.
she hasn't been down there long enough
How she holds the mic like a drink 😂
I just imagine Hades walking out of his office only to see all his workers completely hammered and immediately saying, “Persephone, what did you do?”
she throws the bottle down and yells "scatter!"
There’s that one worker who’s the snitch just there ratting every else out.
Even though I like the community of Hadetown fans as is, I would totally be fine with this musical gaining a Hamilton level of popularity IF it means the production can run longer and more people can see wonderful performances by Amber Gray and the rest of (from what I've heard and watched snippets of is) a talented cast and crew of Hadestown.
I would love an increase in fans if only because I'm jealous of all the fanart and animatics bigger musicals get
Exactly. I love small fan bases because they're more united and lovely, but more fans might mean what you said, so yay.
I am SO down and WAY ahead of you. I've been obsessed since 2017
I just dont want it to be so expensive to see like Hamilton
I’ve been obsessed with this show for a little bit, and I really hope it gets super popular, it is such a great story and a fantastic show with incredible music!
Her voice is so incredible. Its just so unique and different to any other actress I've heard. If I tried to sing like that I would probably end up ruining my vocal chords.
Also I really need to start callin' people brother.
same
Her voice is like if a slap bass was a person.
johnny-guitar omg... that is.... so accurate??
I love it so much cause its pretty much in my range, the growls do strain my throat a bit but its easier than hitting the high notes most main characters have.
Katrina Jackson omg yes, aaaaaalll those high notes, I just end up whispering for fear of hurting my chords which have been roughed up from several sore throats and me still singing bc I did know that Ya Shouldn’t DO That!! 😭 now I’m trying to restore them/not damage them further bc I def don’t have the range/strength I used too 😕
Persephone: "When was the last time you saw the sky?"
My quarantined ass: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The bisexual problem is being into both Persephone and Hades and also the entire cast
i agree 100% 👊😔🤚
Okay YES
I FELT THIS
STOP EXPOSING ME
Honestly same. Well except Andre de Shields
"What the Boss don't know, the Boss won't mind."
There is nothing more to say.
SHE IS WINNING THAT TONY
Indeed Nobody can top Her
SOFIA WESTMORELAND Amber is absolutely amazing but I do think that Ali also put on a really good performance and deserves everything that comes to her.
Any other year she would've won the Tony. But when the competition is a girl in a wheelchair you're s.o.l. Got to have that feel good, inspiring TV moment
I wish she won she’s absolutely excellent perfectly casted and well acted Amber Gray is one of the talents in Hadestown you can’t compare
She's a perfect character actress! Brilliant Hèléne and brilliant Persephone. I see the characters not the actor behind them. Give her a Tony award!
Hèléne?
@@blubird6346 Who she played in Great Comet.
Not enough people know about great comet ☄️
Tia Maria Great Comet is everything omg
Alison Miller saw it on a trip to NY when it was still off broadway and my god it was brilliant
Persephone the Mob Queen of the Underworld
My God her voice. My Lord.
*attempts to stand up*
Severe iron deficiency: 0:46
yeeeeepppp
I'm crying of laughter, thank you
Wheezing at this 😂😂😂
Her voice almost has a Bernadette Peters quality in the fact that it is wholly unique and unlike any other voice on the stage atm.
Edit: my friend said that if Patrick Page's voice is like molasses, Amber's voice is spiced honey
Edit#2: SERIOUS wine aunt energy
Edit#3: I want to know what this lady's arm workout is like because her arms are perfect!
Wine aunt goals
i agree with every single edit, if it wasn't enough to fall in love with this woman's voice, her arms killed me off
Hey look at that, I'm gay all over again
Evelyn Maher FELT
Honestly same😂
✋🏻
You can tell she loves her role and is genuinely having so much fun
absolutely love how Amber Gray sings Our Lady Of The Underground, and more generally how she interprets Persephone! like so many other aspects of Hadestown, she was willing to take a risk to try something bold & unique - and she so completely commits to it - and it adds so much life & depth to the show! absolutely perfect person to originate this role :)
Epic Glitter Persephone actually isn't that weak she's pretty tough so I'd say it's more accurate than unique I think she's one of the few to accurately portray Persephone as more than a little flower
An energy I can only adequately describe as "fun gay auntie having one chardonnay too many and causing absolute chaos at a wedding," extremely powerful, 11/10, the elysian fields are just Amber Gray doing an endless encore
Omg I totally see her Persephone having major Bicon (Bi icon) vibes, fits so great with this interpretation. This headcannon makes me love her even more.
I can say from experience that the straight aunties are in no way more respectable.
Not to be dramatic or anything but I would die for Amber Gray.
Most people would.
The joy this video gave me (someone who doesn't live nowhere near Broadway or even in a country where musicals are actually popular) is indescribable.
Same!
BIG MOOD HERE. I'M WATCHING ALL OF THE HADESTOWN CONTENT I CAN GET MY HANDS ON AND I LOVE IT.
SAME
The bisexual in me is s h a k i n g omg i want Amber to step on me
Chocunzel same
This gives me such Eartha Kitt vibes and I’M LIVING FOR IT
EARTHA KITT WOULD HAVE PLAYED THIS ROLE SO WELL
Yzma as Persephone!
The queen of mania. Goodness, what a powerhouse that woman
that’s one on-key crowd god damn
i think a fair bit of it is the rest of the cast lol
Can we all appreciate the fact on how the whole cast is cheering her on? I adore that
*THERES A CRACK IN THE WAAAAALLLL!!!!!!1!1!1!1!*
Why is she literally a wine aunt in any role she plays, Helene, and now Persephone? In all seriousness I love her.
I love how she does all the choreography
I love how it's Persephone, but it basically sounds like a Disney villain song
*Persephone is a new level of chaotic*
I haven’t seen a lot of people mention this yet, but the music work is amazing! Obviously the singer is also amazing but the instruments also sets the mood of the song. It feel as if the piano itself is drunk
You described it perfectly it does feel like the piano is drunk. Amber and the musicians work together perfectly
The perfect song to self-quarantine to.
ICONIC what a queen and an inspiration for all alto 2s in the world- although her range 🔥🔥🔥 on POINT
YES!!!! Alto 2s UNITE!! 😊 And for those of us who have aged out of Eurydice 🫣
“you want STAAAAAARS???” best part
The Front Runner for Best Featured Actress in the Musical #AmberGrayfortheTony #HadestownfortheTony
TRUE
@@CatalinStelian Didn't Hadestown win 8 Tonys? 100% Amber Gray has stolen my heart. Stolen my very soul. Gah....
@@mg3873 yes, video and comment were made before the Tonys :)
for reasons I'll never understand, Amber Gray got passed over, tho
@@epicglitter7218 They had to have that ‘inspirational TV moment’ when Ali Stroker won.
@@sylviab8482 nah, she's talented too, and tearing Ali Stroker's talent down in any way would really go against the themes of Hadestown imo. I seriously doubt the cast, director, etc feel or encourage any resentment towards her.
Sometimes you just have a great Breadway season with intense competition for the awards- and that's a wonderful thing!
SHE IS A LITERAL GODDESS
When I saw the show on my birthday I instantly fell in love with Amber, her voice reminds me of one of my favorites, Billie Holiday, Persephone is also my favorite Greek goddess and I love how she’s portrayed in the
musical. ❤️
I'm so glad I'm not the only one getting Billie Holiday vibes!
The way she sings has got me shoook... she can make anything sound interesting, i swear get the dullest song and she bring it to life
Best character in the entire musical, period
I love how the cast of Hades town feels like a family
This version of Persephone is my absolute favorite.
when i saw this live my soul left my body amber gray is such an amazing performer its unreal i love her with all my heart
she is *the* epitome of chaotic neutral
this really should be the Act I closer, it just makes more sense to start out on the Hadestown reprise
She is PERFECT everything about this is PERFECT and i LOVE HER and THIS SONG and this SHOW and i want to see it SO BADLY
Ughhh she acts so much like a wine drinker, I love it~ ToT
If i got a chance to play persephone i'd probably showed up to work a lil intoxicated every day
I cannot begin to describe how perfect amber is in this role
That smile where her entire face scrunches up is the most adorable thing!
im sorry but when when she whipped around at 1:18 all i could think about was ricardo.
Her kookiness makes this a pure pleasure.
you just hear the whole cast hyping her up and i just love that so much. ❤❤
I love how she so in character and not just singing the song she is so into it SO FREAKING TALENTED
Persephone is bad shit crazy and I fucking LIVE for it
When she said "wipe away your tears" I heard "microwave your tears" and I was like........wut?
You can tell that she (and the rest of the cast in the other videos from this show) are just having so much fun.
YA WANT STAAAAHHRSSSS??
i cant explain how much i love amber gray😭😭
She's iconic.
Everyone in this musical is my favourite character but - she’s so my favourite character
She deserves a Tony so badly
She got Nominated she will Win
She would be legendary as Leading Player in Pippin!
ok that's brilliant! now I need to see her singing Magic To Do, or Simple Joys, or... wow can this please be real???
I've been saying for months that I think Pippin and Hadestown would be a cool crossover (I know it wouldnt ever work out and no one would ever do that but yeah)
OH MY GOD YES HER AND PATINA MILLER ARE LEGENDARY
shes so good at singing it makes it hard to breathe
I. LOVE. HER.
The faces she can pull though that’s my favourite thing about her
Am I the only one who fully imagined this song as a burlesque performance? I feel like that would be incredible (I haven’t seen it so like don’t come for me if this is a thing and I just don’t know)
I’ll tell you who’s taking a Tony Award...
PERSEPHONE!!!
Edit: haha ok even though it didn’t really happen...its still pretty cool!! Thanks for the likes guys!!
MyLifeAsBailey M.L.A.B she'll have other chances! she's that dope!
finally, a vocal range i can attain.
Just hand her that Tony already, sheesh
I'm seeing this on Broadway in May and I am SO excited. #HadestownfortheTony
Patrice Linman luckyyyyy
omg was it good
THIS IS THE CLOSEST THING ILL GET TO ACTUALLY WATCHING WJDNNDFNND I LOVE THIS MUSICAL WHY IS IT SO FAR HUHUHU 😩😩💕❤️🤙🌹
I’m glad I wasn’t there. My constant cheering would ruin the recording
When I saw Hadestown, sitting a couple rows in front of me was Bret Gelman, the guy who played Murray Bauman in Stranger Things. During this song when the cast got to "Our Lady of the Upside Down" they all looked straight at him and sang it at the top of their lungs.
She is incredible! Love listening to her
nobody will be able to play persephone like amber gray
I like it how no-one is recording her performance with a phone.
I love Amber's actions from 1:19 to 1:36 (especially 1:32-1:34)
She is absolutely everything!!!!
So... this will be on replay for the next months!!!!
I love how into it she is! Up there having so much fun!
the hadestown cast: * exists *
me: * bi panic *
Dream role, and that’s on PERIOD.
I love her so much! She's absolutely fantastic and deserves a Tony! Ugh I'm in love! I hope I get to see the show at some point, it looks fantastic!
One of those performers where you make them a God and it seems like a demotion.
YES IM TRYING OUT FOR PERSEPHONE TOMORROW
Update
I got dance ensemble bro 😭😭😭😭
During the duration of this video, I have come to a realization that Amber Grey is a goddess and no one can change my mind.
She is ELECTRIC!
I can’t express how much I love Amber
She looks like so much fun omg I wanna be her friend
amber gray is my favorite wine aunt
AAAAAAAA
I love them
Every single person part of this production
Ily
Her voice is amazing!! Wow
goddamit she’s amazing
I loooooove what this musical has become
I just love how much fun she seems to be having when playing this character.
I love this musical so much, and I'm so happy they won the tony for best musical, because they deserve it!!!!!