HADESTOWN | Musical Monday Theatre Mini Lesson

Welcome to Musical Monday - a series PERFECT for theatre educators to share every Monday to get class started in a fun and engaging way. Musical Monday segments include background information on the selected title, a basic plot overview, a fun fact, and a "Point to Ponder" (journal prompt/discussion question).
How to use "Musical Monday" in your Classroom:
• NEW THEATRE SERIES | F...
I recommend pairing this with one of the following clips from the show below:
BBC's Big Night of Musicals, Performance of "Wait For Me (Reprise)" : • Hadestown- Wait for Me...
Hadestown on Broadway Trailer, OBC (NOTE: Orpheus & Eurydice kiss around 1: 41): • 2019 Tony Awards: Hade...
Tony Performance of "Wait For Me", OBC (NOTE: Andre De Shields says "Road to H3LL" in the first 30 seconds of clip): • Hadestown performs "Wa...
Playbill Article About Hadestown Costuming:
playbill.com/article/how-mich...
0:00 Intro
0:25 Background Info
1:20 The Plot
2:23 Fun Fact!
2:54 Point to Ponder

[@stevesusanschmidt9623]

He is dressed like a 1930s gangster, and he has a menacing aura about him. My daughter and I will see this production tomorrow in Greensboro NC!

[@cayleejo]

I hope that you loved it! The vocal range of Hades definitely adds to his "villain-y" persona!

[@kelseighingram]

For me, it’s the fact that he’s in a bespoke suit and that it’s black and white. The deep voice and age also play into it.

[@Coopsartsandmore.]

I've been the costume designer for 2plays, and 1 musical hades looks like a viable by color or by the different style take mean girls or heathers same clothes type diffrent style and the color picked out

[@LyssyRandom]

Can you compare the six high school version and the regular version? Me and my school’s drama club are trying to convince our director to do it