New stars are heading to Hadestown! Tony Award nominee Daniel Breaker and BAFTA winner and SAG Award and Grammy Award nominee Merle Dandridge will join the Broadway cast of Hadestown on Tuesday, February 18, 2025.
Known for originating roles on Broadway in Shrek: The Musical and Passing Strange, as well as for his regular roles on Showtime’s Billions and Peacock’s Girls5Eva, Daniel Breaker will take over the role of Hermes. Known for her roles on HBO’s The Last of Us, ABC’s Station 19, and lead role opposite Oprah Winfrey on Greenleaf, and seen on Broadway in RENT, Once on This Island, Aida, Spamalot, and more, Merle Dandridge will return to Broadway in the role of Persephone. They will succeed Lillias White and Allison Russell, respectively, who will both take their final bow in the production on February 16, 2025.
Hadestown currently stars Jordan Fisher as Orpheus, Lillias White as Hermes, Phillip Boykin as Hades, Maia Reficco as Eurydice, and Allison Russell as Persephone. They are joined by Shea Renee, Jessie Shelton, and Brit West as the Fates. The chorus of Workers is played by Emily Afton, Malcolm Armwood, Timothy H. Lee, AlexPuette and Grace Yoo. The cast includes swings Sojourner Brown, Brandon Cameron, KC Dela Cruz, Tara Jackson, Max Kumangai, and Tanner Ray Wilson. As previously announced, Hailey Kilgore will take over the role of Eurydice, Carlos Valdes will take over the role of Orpheus, and Tom Hewitt will take over the role of Hades on January 14, 2025.
The Tony Award-winning musical is playing its 5th year on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theatre.