The Pop Culture Happy Hour team discusses the new film adaptation of the Tony-winning Broadway musical Hadestown, which brings the original principal cast together for a limited five-night-only theatrical release. The show is a musical retelling of the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, and the conversation touches on what it means to see a live theater phenomenon translated to the big screen.
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Original Broadway cast reunites for Hadestown film
The Hadestown film adaptation features the principal original Broadway cast, including Reeve Carney, Eva Noblezada, and André De Shields.
Hadestown retells the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice as a musical
The show transforms the ancient tragedy of Orpheus, who ventures into the underworld to rescue his wife Eurydice, into a modern musical with a distinctive score.