Hadestown: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
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- Опубліковано 22 тра 2024
- This performance was recorded on March 2, 2020. We will continue releasing Tiny Desk videos of shows that had already been taped. In light of current events, NPR is postponing new live tapings of Tiny Desk Concerts. In the meantime, check out Tiny Desk (home) concerts! They’re recorded by the artists in their home. It’s the same spirit - stripped-down sets, an intimate setting - just a different space.
June 1, 2020 | Stephen Thompson -- You can probably guess that we recorded the original Broadway cast of Hadestown before the coronavirus pandemic made live theater (live anything) an untenable risk. The reminders are everywhere - in the way 16 performers bunch up behind the desk, singing formidably in close proximity as a large crowd gathers just off camera - that this took place in the Before-Times. To be specific, on March 2.
We'd actually been trying to put this show together since the spring of 2019, when Hadestown was a freshly Tony-nominated hit musical. We hit several delays along the way due to scheduling issues, only to end up rushing in an attempt to record while playwright Anaïs Mitchell - who wrote both the musical and the 2010 folk opera on which it's based - was eight months pregnant.
Thankfully, we captured something truly glorious - a five-song distillation of a robust and impeccably staged Broadway production. A raucous full-cast tone-setter, "Way Down Hadestown" lets Hermes (André De Shields, in a role that won him a Tony) and Persephone (Kimberly Marable, filling in for Amber Gray) set the scene before a medley of "Come Home With Me" and "Wedding Song" finds Orpheus (Reeve Carney) and Eurydice (Eva Noblezada) meeting and falling in love. "When the Chips Are Down" showcases the three Fates - spirits who often drive the characters' motivations - as played by Jewelle Blackman, Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer and Kay Trinidad. And in "Flowers," Eurydice looks back with regret and resignation on her decision to leave Orpheus for the promise of Hadestown.
Finally, the set concludes with "Why We Build the Wall," which quickly became Hadestown's most talked-about number. (Mitchell wrote it a full decade before the 2016 election, but you'd never know it.) Though the song includes the full cast, it's also a show-stopping showcase for the sonorous thunder of Patrick Page, who performs with a gravity befitting the king of the underworld.
SET LIST
"Way Down Hadestown"
"Come Home With Me/Wedding Song"
"When The Chips Are Down"
"Flowers"
"Why We Build The Wall"
MUSICIANS
André De Shields: Hermes; Kimberly Marable: Persephone; Jewelle Blackman: Fate, accordion; Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer: Fate, violin; Kay Trinidad: Fate, percussion; Reeve Carney: Orpheus; Eva Noblezada: Eurydice; Patrick Page: Hades; Anaïs Mitchell: composer, vocals, guitar; Liam Robinson: piano, accordion; Brian Drye: trombone, glockenspiel; Megan Gould: violin; Ilusha Tsinadze: guitar; Ben Perowsky: drums; Malcolm Parson: cello; Chris Tordini: bass
CREDITS
Producers: Stephen Thompson, Josh Rogosin, Morgan Noelle Smith, Kara Frame; Creative director: Bob Boilen; Audio engineers: Josh Rogosin, J. Czys; Videographers: Kara Frame, Morgan Noelle Smith, Melany Rochester, CJ Riculan, Jack Corbett, Shanti Hands; Associate Producer: Bobby Carter; Production Assistant: Shanti Hands; Executive producer: Lauren Onkey; VP, programming: Anya Grundmann; Photo: NPR
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The fact that Anais Mitchell had to clarify that she wrote We Build the Wall in 2006 is *tragic*.
Still though, the song is really a perfect analogy for Trumps wall whether it was intended as such or not.
Well they just built a wall in Seattle to keep people out 🤔
@@manuel0578 I mean, that's not what happened so... 🤔
Simon Wakeford look at the videos
Can we please stop making all political. Just enjoy the music.......
No one:
Not a soul:
Andre: *tOOT*
BAHAHAHAHAH
I laughed like way too much at this comment
Liam: Alright Andre, here's a train whistle for those two parts in "Way Down Hadestown."
Andre: You have given me unfathomable power.
He was having such a good time with that whistle 😂
Where did u get ur profile picture i like it
"Unfathomable" is such an Andre De Shields kinda word, I can hear the exact inflection he'd say it with
Hadestown cast coordinating outfits: what color should we wear?
the cast: Yes
I think it's very coordinate though.
I think they're supposed to be colourful.
The definition of 'come as you are'
hahahahah
I think the visuals are great. so much variety and personality at them all
it looks interesting but i think they were trying to do colour blocking 🤩
eva: chills, sings her parts, smiles
reeve: *aggressively orpheus*
He’s so committed to his character I love him
I met Reeve at the stage door when I went, and that’s literally just how he is, super super soft spoken and nice, doesn’t try to impose on anyone, he’s just really friendly.
He's a sweet, soft boy. Precious. 💖
@@cascadeoceanwavesblues Aren't they dating as well?
@@capybara8477 yes ma'am
Reeve consistently dresses like a 5 year old set free in a thrift store and I respect that
I’m dead. It’s so true
@@graceho7479 He got to pick his own outfit for his first day of Kindergarten and he's very proud of it.
@@DavidSSabb he should be. It’s wonderful
Vacation Orpheus
so true. the like duck tape and pipe cleaner around his wrist? perfect.
When is Hadestown going to receive the Hamilton treatment and be available for the world to see?
I want it NOW!!!! This musical is incredible!!!
As someone who lives in a third world country, I wish every musical is available for the world to see.
Hadestown deserves better treatment, since it is superior musically
IIRC they were planning a tour starting around 2020, but then 🦠. Hoping it’s safe for theater soon. I’d love to see the show!
@@MondeSerenaWilliams +1!
I swear no one is having more fun than Andres De Shields and his whistle thing
a kazoo?
Legend
Ikrrrr
Anaïs Mitchell really went out there to sing like an angel and play guitar like orpheus all while 8 months pregnant...her power
Don't you ever underestimate a preegenante lady
not sure if anyone noticed but you can't hear her guitar most of the time
can't hear her guitar: really? Pity. But listen, I keep coming back to this I think just as much for the music, as for how much all the performers seem to enjoy themselves. Watching Mitchell seeming to enjoy the fabulous performers' rendition of her creation as much as we listeners do, is a special treat for sure. And the fashion. That yellow suit. And the last song like a hammer. So good.
she is EXTREMELY pregnant here
Anaïs Mitchell is my hero.
To think this has been trapped in the tiny desk vault for three months
and we’ve been waiting for it for that long
Great place to be this year 😎
Eurydice: A singer, is that what you are?
Orpheus: Yes, I also play the lyre
Eurydice: I’m about to end this man’s whole career
yeah like he ended her life 😂
@@WhimsicalTea oh my GODDDDD, I-
@@WhimsicalTea Take my like!
Whimsical Tea wow i-
Plot twist: The whole musical was just Orhpeus's elaborate revenge for that burn.
Orpheus, you’re going to Hadestown, not Hawaii.
I'm dying
Oh my God
@@racoonassoon6439 so is Eurydice.
HAHAHA
reeve actually looking around for a "lyre" when he said "i also play the lyre" is really sending me
Very most precious cinnamon roll
Other musical theater ppl: my favorite recent female trio is the schuyler sisters!
Me: hAvE yOu SeEn ThE fAtEs
Love love love the Fates!!!!
terrifyingly amazing, but terrifying nonetheless
Yeeeeees
They are flawless. It’s incredible.
We stan
Can't get over the fact that every person on stage has tremendous stage presence except Reeve who looks like he's never seen a microphone before
That's sorta how Orpheus is in the musical so it fits! 😆
Thats Reeve. I went to the stage door after watching the show and everyone was so chill and professional and then we saw Reeve and there was so much awkward energy as if it was his first show. Either thats some serious methood acting or Reeeve is the most awkward person I've met. (For refrence this was Febuary 2020, so far from his first show) Probably why he was cast for orpheus.
Maybe is his own-self from another universe, and he doesn't know why is there (joke considering that he looks so similar to the guy of series Dark)
This was what i was thinking 😭
I met him after Hadestown as well and he seemed super chill so I think it's honestly just stage presence and acting
i love how during the first number everyone is dancing and moving around and reeve is just kind of standing like 🧍🏻
Me at school while everyone is presenting their projects and I just got up an hour ago: 😂
Miss Songwriter rocking the guitar and singing while pregnant mad respect.
lesgooo this comment deserves more likes
ionse dnt forget about narrating also.
And its her second tiny desk concert ;P
Anais is our queen
@@WhimsicalTea period 👑
i am personally loving andre de shields tooting every time anyone gets applause
If someone gave me a train horn I would use it at literally every opportunity too, lol
*tOoT*
MsMayhap like everyone percussionist who gets a train whistle or slide whistle or vibroslap or any other quirky part, it’s just human nature. If I get something special like that I’m gonna use it to clap
the Fates are so NASTY in the very best meaning possible i love them so much
You know they say Fates' a b!+ch.
It’s actually three!
Anaïs is a lyrical genius. One example that I can't get over is the line "all the rivers will sing along, and they're gonna break their banks for us, and with their gold be generous" like there's both river banks and banks are what keeps money and gold really can be found in rivers, so it all works so well, and it makes me so happy c:
Oh my word, I never realised that before! That's so clever!
It reads a lot like ovid to me haha
Anais is a queen 💖
thank you for showing it, made my day
I interpreted more as panning for gold, which I think is what she meant literally... But the double meaning is awesome, good catch.
I love Anaïs going "I wrote this song in 2006" because ppl getting mad at it it's the perfect example of the shoe fitting
the fact that such a blatantly bad character’s villain song matches a certain someone’s rhetoric is..... interesting. even more so than the fact that his supporters often don’t see the song as a criticism and agree with Hades....
Maybe Trump is secretly a fan of Anais Mitchell, heard this song way back in 2006 and thought "yeah, that sounds like a great idea"
Why are people getting mad?
@@hannahh277 If you haven't figured it out yet, it's because of Trump and his "build the wall" rhetoric over the past 4 years. But anyone with a brain should know better...
Yeah I just saw the show for the first time yesterday and thought the song was a bit on the nose as commentary on current affairs. Was shocked to find out it was written a decade ago 😂
hey tiny desk sound engineers, y’all are honorary gods this mix is so clean it’s insane
We love our audio engineers!
Thanks for the S/O 🙏 These broadway performers and musicians are unbelievably talented 🎙🎛
Always Amazed every episode by the Sound Engineers!!!
No freaking joke.. Everything about capturing this in that room and making it sound that clean requires so much talent. Bravo!
@@nprmusic im an audio engineer for 18 years. your engineers are doing the best work i have ever heard. every day is a new lesson.
I wish I could "la la la la la la la" my problems away like Orpheus 😔✊
thank you, your comment made me giggle
Things I love about this:
- The whole cast being style icons
- Everyone dancing around and Reeve's just awkwardly standing there and clapping
- Kimberley's facial expressions
- Anaïs standing over in the corner being really pregnant and still playing the guitar and singing amazingly
- Andre having a really fun time with his little train whistle thing and tooting it whenever someone gets applause
- Eva just jamming really hard
- Kay aggressively playing the tambourine
- 4:02 *british accent*
- "A singerrrr"
- All the musicians just going for ittttt
- Anaïs being like "nooo I wrote it in 2006 this isn't about trump"
- Everyone singing Why We Build the Wall but Orpheus would never so Reeve's just standing there awkwardly again
-Whoever does that noise at 24:58
I love how this version of Hadestown is all about Reeve unleashing his dork energy on the world
@@GrainneMhaol Exactly and i love him for that
The rasp at 24:58 is one of the fates, I think it's kay trinidad (the shortest fate)
Please tell me that "come home with me" gets the laugh it deserves at every performance.
Saw it last summer and it definitely got a laugh from that crowd. That whole interaction is sooo well done.
It did when I saw it last fall! Honestly the show got a lot of laughs, often in moments you wouldn’t know just from the soundtrack, right from the moment Hermes leisurely walked onstage.
I saw a recorded version, and it got a laught there too!
Trini Fernandez where
From some clips I saw, the "I don't know" later on also gets a few laughs lol
Me: What's Hadestown? Sounds cool I'll watch the first song
Also me after the first song: Frantically googling how to see this show, the album already download, ten tabs open for each actor
Listen to the original album by Anais Mitchell too! It's amazing and has Justin Vernon of Bon Iver in it!
Welcome to the show
Yeah that album is INSANE
Same
On a similar journey bud
“I also play the lyre”
“Oh a liar and a player”
That will forever be my favourite line
Everyone else: Singing "Why We Build the Wall"
Reeve: 😐
PLSSSSSODODODKDKFK
.... when u realize orpheus is the eccentrically dressed guy who u run into at ur local coffee shop .... 👀
Me when mom says to just pick something from the closet for the party
This is too true
TIHI
👁👄👁
:0
I'm too used to Amber Gray as Persephone since she's been playing the role for forever, but I'm loving Miss Kimberly as Persephone! I don't think I've had the privilege of hearing her before.
That’s good exactly what I was thinking I’m pretty sure I’ve only ever heard amber so it was surprising but still just as good
Afra hines is also good as Persephone, and annie defranco was also excellent in the original concept album
Btw do you know what's happening with amber gray? Did she left the show ? :(
@@Zulalula yeah did something happen?
No. No idea why she didn't record this, but she is still with the show.
The Fates: *Provoking Eurydice into a bad decision, mocking her pain as she's forced into an agonising no-win situation where she's forced to choose between love and life*
Eurydice: *Just absolutely bopping along*
I love Reeve just awkwardly standing there in the last song. The one guy at the cult meeting who doesn't know what's going on
THE PAUSE. BETWEEN DONT AND COME ON TOO STRONG. MR. HERMÈS. IM SO SORRY YOUVE HAD TO WATCH HIM DO THIS SO MANY TIMES.
I think Andre forgets his line for a second! Watch the actress to his left feed him the line
@@esccp1 I don't think he forgot his line. I think he started too soon and had to drag it out to get back on the timing.
But I could be very wrong. haha.
Mike
Try putting it on 1080p , and you can see amber telling him .. so cute haha
Patrick Page sneaking into the frame during first number is everything.
Does anyone else notice that Hermes doesn't look at Hades when singing about building the wall?
@@Lmpeak why that?
@@GuiHppn I didn't know if it was situational, or a consistent thing. The Gods of the "overworld" in Greek mythology never really liked Hades due to his attitude and behavior. Hermes is a more neutral god, and thus tolerates Hades more than most (while still being cautious of him). For me, I didn't know if it was in the character to turn away for his appearance or if was just happenstance.
Ngl, I startled like a fool and went " where did he come from?!"
0:05 - "Way Down Hadestown"
6:39 - "Come Home With Me/Wedding Song"
13:03 - "When The Chips Are Down"
15:52 - "Flowers"
21:32 - "Why We Build The Wall"
_you're doing god's work_
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🙏🏽💜
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Eva's voice has me lying on the ground... Absolutely floored by how clear and powerful and passionate it is
I just watched her cover of Hozier's Take Me To Church, and it's raw and powerful and so emotional. It was amazing.
I love how Reeve most the time is just staring at someones instrument
It’s his inner Orpheus acting up
lol yea. But honestly tho, where can i get myself a Reeve Carney/Act 1 Orpheus?
@@broadwaybopsanddoo-wops1838 you don't want Act 2 Orpheus? 😂
reeve really came back on screen for “why we build the wall” to just stand and not sing
He did that on another video too it was so funny lol
when the song plays, he's orpheus.
In the context of the musical it wouldn't make sense for him to sing right?
I didn’t realize this was broadway at first, just thought it was a big band. And I was like, who is this goofy looking dude just kind of awkwardly standing there mouthing the words while everyone else enthusiastically sings and dances??
When Patrick Page says I missed you I turned into a pile of goosebumps
Every single time I listen to the song I get the same goosebumps. The man is sent from heaven (or from Hadestown haha)!
Patrick’s voice itches my brain in a good way
Y'all need to watch schmigadoon s2
petition for tiny desk to do more concerts of musicals
Patrick: I missed ya
My daddy issues: 👀
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA
Why is this comment not getting the attention it deserves?! This is pure gold!!
The volume on this bus is astronomical 😂😂
Noooooooooooo sis💀
Patrick:
Me: 🥴🤪🙈🦋
When I tell you that I LOST IT at this
I always laugh at the "a liar and a player too" line in come home with me, the lyrics of this musical's soundtrack I swear
Just in case ya dont know hes actually refering to lyre which is a very old string instrument.
NSMITH8516 its wordplay, your both right- he says lyre, she says liar (cause sis not impressed by this "i just met you, marry me" boi)
Anita Hansen I strive to have her confidence
@@skarlettsapphire4065 yes
oh man, NO one is cooler than andre de shields
No one else can rock that outfit
@@graceho7479 exactly. He is dripping in fire
I assume that's the yellow cow guy, he looks like a crackhead.
I love how Orpheus straight up has foil on his arm
His fashion sense is unprecedented 😂
NPR sound engineers >>>>>> SNL sound engineers
No contest
Why are SNL sound engineers always so subpar? I never like the musical performance, even if it is done by my favorite artist.
i am frightened of, comforted by, and deeply obsessed with patrick page's voice
same, it's calming yet unnerving
Exactly!
See, you guys get it
As you should be.
3l
Living in another continent during quarantine my only hope is for disney+ to do me another miracle.
the feeling when my country doesn't even have disney+
@@nortche6339 relatable. We don’t have it in my country either
I saw this show in its infancy, performed in a parking lot in Montpelier Vermont, with Anais as Eurydice. I had heard that she had developed it further for the Broadway show. I didn’t know what to expect, but I’m thrilled. She has enriched it and polished it. She has kept the heart of it and added the details it needed. Impressive.
What an amazing thing to have witnessed!
@@levisacher8578 It was a recital rather than a full theatrical production. Still, some amazing voices and the pleasant shock of hearing it for the first time.
excuse me while I inject this rendition of "flowers" right into my arteries
SAME
same..
Yep.
The original rendition of Anais i sin her Spotify, I believe and it is absolutely magical!
WHY ARE ALL THE PERSEPHONES SO BREATHTAKING SEND HELP SHES SO SO GOOD
There's a reason Orpheus fell at first sight to her
@@zofzofzof_iaa You're thinking of the wrong girl lol. 😂
Hades doesn't deserve her ughhh
@@danielaortiz9178 in the actual myth he kinda does
Scientific studies need to be done on the way Eva’s voice resonates in her skull, she’s phenomenal it’s absolutely wild
that trombone player is having the time of his life, dude can GET IT
Hermes: "Dont come off too strong"
Orpheous: "K...
"coME HOME WITH ME"
I laughed so hard when I heard that
@@hopeelizabeth19 omg i love avpm
@@hopeelizabeth19 yeah but like,,,, lupin can't sing
@@lilyantoniam.8806 sameeee
@@luiza.limaneves he’s Remus freaking lupin
During the first song I was like "this is a really weird band, why are there so many lead singers" and then they were like "this musical" and I was like OH.
I like how Patrick Paige phases in and out of existence
He does that in real life too
Eva’s voice is so good it almost doesn’t sound real. Holy god.
i literally jumped a little when patrick said "i missed ya"
Hahahahhaha! 😭🤣
when did he get there?!
I know the concept album didn't have Hermes, but now I can't imagine the whole enterprise *without* Andre De Shields. He just *oozes* class.
Ah, it did - Ben Knox Miller from the Low Anthem 'played' him
Hermes was in the original concept album.
I love Eva, and I love Reece and I love Andre, but I’m not gonna lie that the thing that made me really want to watch this are the Fates, specifically when they sing “you get a knife in the back”, and that drop and chest pump. I was obsessed. Can’t say how many times I’ve replayed those few seconds. Sass and power.
They really were going off in this performance. So much power!!
We recently saw the play and the fates were amazing. Rest of the trip when things get dicey we would sing "when the chips are down" Different fates but still fantastic. Loved Amelia Cormack
Absolutely can't get enough of Jewelle Blackman's alto, that power and the sneer she puts on the 'nooooow's are just golden. You don't see the low end of the chorus get the melody very often, as a bass singer you love to see it.
Eva and Reeve having matching ribbon necklaces is so freaking adorable
Patrick Page: I missed ya
me: [BLUSH]
SAME
THAT MAN MAKES ME GO INSANE🥴
Eva went beast mode on Flowers. Amazing.
She really popped off and I love it
18:00
okay but at 14:55 the synchronised flinch of the fates with "you get a knife in the back" is just so awesome, they're so expressive!!!!
I love how expressive they are while performing compared to non-musical artists - really adds a lot of flair to the show!
Theater kid energy.
The only reason people disliked this video is because it's not long enough
And it’s extremely corny
Agreed! I've honestly listened to this, no joke, four times since it came out, and I haven't been able to get "Way Down Hadestown" out of my head. I've never been the biggest fan of musicals (they're fine, but they've never really excited me like it seems they excite other folks), but when I heard that THIS is what Hadestown is, I got viscerally upset that Broadway can't be up and running for a long while.
Bee Taylor Thank you! I just can’t get into broadway cheese.
I don't know how anyone could listen to this magnificent performance of the masterpiece Anais Mitchell poured her emotional, creative, and musical lifeblood into for over 10 years and their only critique be "it's extremely corny" or "I can't get into broadway cheese". Every single performer in this video, including each band member, has more talent in their pinky fingers than either of you will ever attain in your entire lives.
@@emilyjones6875 Fair enough. We're both entitled to our own opinions. I wouldn't deny that any of these people have worked very hard. I'm sure there is music out there that you don't like and I am fine with that.
The cast album doesn't do Eva's voice and character portrayal justice.
I come back to this video SPECIFICALLY to hear her half of Flowers. I love the cast album, no question, but she gives it something insanely unique in this live performance. Delicate, pensive, aching, and beautiful.
@@beanofglory7602 I'm also hear for Eva's half of Flowers. Both her acting and singing choices are subtle and amazing and it sort of feels like I'm watching a miracle. Can't look away.
I think the cast album actually let a lot of them down, I don't know what it is about it, but it sounds so half-baked, it disappointed me
@@CynicalCharmer It might be the difference between recorded and live performance? This show specifically benefits from the raw, immersive feeling that you get from watching it as an audience member (or with an audience, on a bootleg). They polished the sound of the cast recording for the music's sake, and the music sounds beautiful, but it necessarily loses some of the spontaneity and feeling of a live show.
Everyone is great, not their fault if she's nearly a goddess herself
Everyone is so expressive while performing, but for Why We Build the Wall everyone (especially Eva) drops the expressions since everyone is dead and tired in Hadestown and I love that so much
You really see Eva Noblezada go to another place emotionally once “Why We Build The Wall” starts playing
Such an amazing actress!!!
"We're gonna need a bigger desk"
Where were going, we don’t need desks,
Someday, I will play the role of Hermes. I swear it.
I’ll see you there when I’m Eurydice 😉 good luck
I'll see you when I become the tree laying the wedding table. 🌳
I'll be the bird making the wedding bed
I'll see you when I play Persephone
Get it
anais always clarifying how old "Why we build the wall" is amuses me i wonder if she's thought about apollo's gift of prophecy in her study of the Greek pantheon
Reeve Carvey stands in the corner like a 5 year old with out a mother, and I mean that in the best way possible
He looks so confused.
14:51 the way all three of them pulse in unison at "you get a knife in the BACK" ugh
I always loved that part. The fates have amazing voices.
I’ve literally rewatched this portion dozens of times now. The sheer attitude. Like a slap to the face. Phew, takes me out every time.
me berore watching this: i stan 1 persephone and 1 persephone only
me after watching this: .... i stan 2 persephones
I stan Persephone in all presentations and universes (Percy Jackson universe, Lore Olympus, Hadestown, actual mythology...)
@@sailordayix same to ALL of those persephones (and lore Olympus is amazing)
PLZZ I felt the same way watching this!!
@@charlotte1062 YESSSSS LORE OLYMPUS
@@marmot1434 we proudly support Lore Olympus in this household
You know you're working with stage actors when they open up as to not block the guitarist during his solo. 😆
okay i love how during the dialogue and interactions the other cast members eyes swap between the speakers totally engaged as though they haven't heard it a thousand times. you can tell they love the material and enjoy each others performances
Everything between Eva and Reeve becomes even sweeter because they’re actually together 🥺
This!!!
whut really?
@@meh62 Yeah, she cheated on her husband with him and now they're together.
Bree Hayden that’s not true at all! She was divorced way before she and Reeve got together. They’re not like that!
@@kayteegrace8283 you can't really say "she was divorced way before" when no one even knows when she got divorced... no judgment to her, but if you're going to condemn rumours, you can't endorse others haha
My husband and I have been following Mitchell since her concept album in 2010. It was the only CD I would listen to in my car for two straight years. The concept version of "Wedding Song" was our wedding song--impromptu cheesy dance choreography included. Listening now to this heartfelt and haunting music and seeing how it has transformed into a full-fledged musical on Broadway gives me so much joy and anticipation of where it will go next--and where I and my family will grow as well. I'm pregnant and sitting here holding my belly and crying a little bit thinking about how I want to share my love of music and storytelling with my little one and how this musical and Anaïs Mitchell's songs and spirit will be a part of growing up and growing together. Thanks for this Tiny Desk Concert and thanks for all of this incredible love and devotion to creating beautiful art and story.
I only discovered the original concept album after I learned about the musical. I can only imagine how cool it is to be so connected to a project like this, and to watch it become what Hadestown has. I've seen a few musicians do projects like this with the explicit intent to turn them into staged shows, but they rarely ever get put on, let alone given the full Broadway treatment. It must've been really exciting to hear that an album that meant so much to you was made into a Broadway show like this (but in hindsight, it's not surprising, considering how GOOD it is).
What an experience must that be to grow along with the music that binds your love together! Hoping for a happy and blessed future for your family ♥️
Your comment made me cry! So sweet.
I know, it’s been very similar for me! My parents had been big fans of Anaïs for a long while so I grew up with Hadestown around. It actually took me a while to adjust to seeing it as double the length but every extra minute is incredible.
It sure would be nice if they would start showing new Broadway online... instead of holding an iron tight grip on location specific stage performances. Time to shift the meta, I would have paid $50 to stream this the moment I saw this tinydesk.
AHHHH IM IN LOVE WITH THE GIRL WHO PLAYS EURYDICE BRHEJSJEJA SHES SO AHHHHHH
Eva Noblezada is to amazing for this earth.
Tag yourself, I'm the sound engineer absolutely BOPPING from 1:29 on
I'm the tiny desk
I'm the guitar at 8:34
Reeve any time he looks at an instrument
I'm the orange bear on the shelf
@@skarlettsapphire4065 STOPSPDIFI
0:00 - *Way Down Hadestown* (4:58 / 5:15)
6:35 - *Come Home With Me / Wedding Song* (12:09 / 12:27)
13:01 - *When The Chips Are Down* (15:11 / 15:26)
15:50 - *Flowers* (19:34 / 19:53)
21:32 - *Why We Build The Wall* (25:37)
7:12 name girl?
I was looking for this! Thanks for your service :)
MVP
Thank youuuuu!!!!!!
I can never get over how well the Muses' voices blend together. That is so impressive and beautiful. It really works and shows how the Muses work together as a group. It's awesome!
Fates, not muses. Eurydice is sometimes referred to as a “muse” in the musical, and Orpheus is the son of a muse, but those fine ladies are Fates, who are far crueler than a muse would ever be. 😉
I just noticed at 7:18 when Orpheus says "I also play the lyre", Reeve kinda looks back at the guitar since he isn't actually holding one xD I love this musical
evaaaaaaaaaaa’s vooooiiiceeeeeeee is just soo pretty yet sooo gritty i could listen to her sing the dictionary
don't mind me, just sitting here, applauding my laptop
SAME
Me too. Couldn't help it. Such talent.
Mood
19:10 - Eva's "you" in Flowers is extraordinary.
The way Jewelle looks into the camera during “When the chips are down” 🥵😍😍👑
i love how you can hear patrick’s lower octave notes omg
I saw the thumbnail and was like "this looks chaotic... I'M IN!'
the chemistry between the fates is
✨impeccable ✨
Jewelle Blackman has one of the most beautiful voices I have ever heard. She put so much emotion and character into her voice
One of the best musicals of the decade
Undoubtedly.
It's been a great two decades for musicals in general, for that matter.
Best of the 21st century
Best ever.
Jewelle Blackman (the fate with the pink head covering) is truly blowing my mind in this.
met her at the stage door after seeing the show and she was so incredibly nice and beautiful 🥺
I love lower range voices so her and Patrick Page give me goosebumps
She's my favourite! I love when she sings "they come from..."!!!
i love her voice so so so much
Omg the bass in her voiceee
“Flowers” just punches me hard in the chest. I have Synesthesia, and this song is all heady floral perfume and fuzzy juicy peaches.
If you have Synesthesia, tell me what you see with this song.
White with red spots
You’ve probably heard this a lot, but you guys are so cool
@@orchidcapitalofitaly9780 🥺🥰
when Anias sings it it's a blue and green with some yellow comming through, kind of like dappled sunlight. Eva is like that but reds and yellows.
That's so interesting, I have synesthesia, but only with numbers and letters
People: it’s impossible to play guitar whilst 8 months pregnant!
Anais Mitchell: hold my red flower
ok but where do theatre folks get their clothes? They've all got great style and colours!
We have to look show ready at all times
We theatre folks are just desperate for attention, our fashion sense is just another sham dw
@@rapaconda made me lol for real
That YELLOW SUIT ?!! Iconic
And a Hawaiian shirt!!
The cast is way down underground, but up in the Olympus are the Sound engineers and mixers... cause they're gods, you know.
And the brass player is beyond all things.
yeah but dont disregaurd the singers and musicians
I love how they tried to recreate outfits from the stage production with their wardrobe. Yes, the cast is dressed more colorfully, but the style itself is still recognizable especially witj Orpheus, Persephone, Hades and Hermes. Ultimately I think it's a nice mix of characters' "fashion" and actors' personalities👀