It was announced today that a brand new principal cast will join Hadestown on Broadway this September. The company will feature Disney star Morgan Dudley as Eurydice, Grammy Award winner Kurt Elling as Hermes, Broadway veteran Rebecca Naomi Jones as Persephone, Tony Award winner Paulo Szot as Hades, and West End breakout star, seen in London’s Next to Normal, Jack Wolfe as Orpheus. This will mark the first time the full principal cast has changed over at once since the show opened in 2019.
Hadestown is in its 6th hit year on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theatre and is now in its 2nd year in the West End (returning to London, six years after its 2018 engagement at the National Theatre). The record-breaking North American tour has just completed its coast-to-coast 3-year run, and productions recently opened across the globe in Sydney, Melbourne, and Amsterdam.
They are joined by Marla Louissaint, Jessie Shelton, and Kay Trinidad as the Fates. The chorus of Workers is played by Emily Afton, Malcolm Armwood, Timothy H. Lee, Sydney Parra, and Alex Puette. The cast includes swings Brandon Cameron, KC Dela Cruz, Max Kumangai, Alex Lugo, and Tanner Ray Wilson. Jeffrey Cornelius and Ayla Ciccone-Burton also join the company beginning September 2nd. Casting is by Whitley Theatrical.
Jack Wolfe will not perform in Hadestown from September 9 – September 21.
Following two intertwining love stories — that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone — Hadestown invites audiences on a hell-raising journey to the underworld and back. Mitchell’s beguiling melodies and Chavkin’s poetic imagination pit industry against nature, doubt against faith, and fear against love. Performed by a vibrant ensemble of actors, dancers, and singers, Hadestown delivers a deeply resonant and defiantly hopeful theatrical experience.
