Hadestown
Movie • 2016 • Music
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Hadestown intertwines two mythic tales — that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone — as it invites you 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 is a haunting and hopeful theatrical experience that grabs you and never lets go.
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Are there end credit scenes?
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CutDownThatAppleTree
The song "Raise Our Cups" happens AFTER bows/the actual finale of the show, so in a way, yes.
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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CutDownThatAppleTree
It doesn't happen frequently, and they aren't super abrupt, but there are some sudden train whistle sounds used. It's most sudden at the very start of Way Down Hadestown and in the song Way Down Hadestown.
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Is there a large age gap?
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CutDownThatAppleTree
Not in the show itself, but the actors who play Orpheus and Eurydice in the original Broadway cast (Reeve Carney and Eva Noblezada) have a 13-year age gap if that bothers you /gen
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is someone gaslighted?
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saturn
Hades' and the Fates are generally manipulative of others around them, particularly targeting Eurydice and Persephone
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Is someone stalked?
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FrogsAreGood
The fates follow characters around constantly.
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Addiction
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iamconstantine
Persephone is an alcoholic.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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saturn
In the Broadway run Persephone is constantly drunk and says that she won't make it through the winter without her drugs/alcohol. Parts of the show take place in a bar, so characters drink throughout, including at Persephone's speakeasy.
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saturn
Persephone mentions a few drugs throughout but no one is shown taking any
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no, though there is an ongoing bird metaphor that sometimes references a bird (songbird, canary, etc.) dying
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Are there snakes?
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DogkinTrash
A character's symbol animal is the rattlesnake, and also mentions snakes in his song, but they are very brief and are not actually shown.
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DogkinTrash
An angry dog is mentioned but used as a metaphor and never actually shown.
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LeahAllman
No, but Hades' encounter with Eurydice has some sexual and predatory undertones.
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Is rape mentioned?
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FrogsAreGood
I heard something about the book mentioning it, but not tithe play itself. However, even if not directly sexual, Hades’ relation with Eurydice is a little uncomfortable sometimes.
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Bodily Harm
Is there excessive gore?
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A character is beaten up by multiple people in the second act and receives a bloody gash to the cheek and a bloody nose. That is the only blood featured.
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Is there a hanging?
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saturn
a line in the show ("give them a rope and they'll h*ng themselves") is used as a metaphor for setting a test for someone
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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Midgardmartyr
A character comes onstage with a visible bloody cut on their cheek. There is no cutting.
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Does someone fall to their death?
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sapphoinastripclub
No, but characters descend through an elevator platform in the stage, and a character very rapidly descends to under the stage at the end of the show.
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Does someone break a bone?
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Someone is beaten up pretty badly, no mention of broken bones
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Does a parent die?
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Both main characters are said to be orphans but we do not know what happened to any of their parents, except for the mother of one of them who is said to have "abandoned" him.
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Does someone cheat?
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saturn
It is implied, but never stated or shown, that Hades was into Eurydice despite being married to Persephone, though he later says that he wasn't--Eurydice meant nothing to him.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Gjhurd
People enter willfully, but then are not allowed to leave.
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Is someone possessed?
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sapphoinastripclub
No, but a character nearly entirely loses their memory after having implied to cross the river Lethe (river of forgetfulness) into the underground, as all souls do.
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Are there ghosts?
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saturn
The majority of the show takes place in the underworld/afterlife and with the "souls" there. While they do not look like ghosts, the concept of souls after death may still be triggering.
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Does someone spit?
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CutDownThatAppleTree
Actors sometimes spit while singing passionately so be careful of some clips! But it's not an actual part of the show, so no.
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saturn
It is not explicit, but it is implied throughout that Eurydice (and most of the other souls in Hadestown) are there out of necessity. [SPOILERS] Eurydice and some of the others made the decision to "die" in the real world so they would have work in the afterlife.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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FrogsAreGood
No one is canonically autistic or abused for autism traits or symptoms
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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DogkinTrash
No, but characters mention food, eating and even starvation multiple times, which might be triggering.
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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FrogsAreGood
There’s anxiety idk if I’d say attacks. Not sudden, but a bit upsetting.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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FrogsAreGood
Characters enter and exist the stage through a hole in the ground sometimes; May be somewhat claustrophobic as well as a very dark (literal not metaphorical) scene near the end
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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There is a sequence with choreographed swinging lights
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CutDownThatAppleTree
In actual Greek Mythology, Persephone and Hades are niece and uncle, but this is never directly mentioned or referenced in the show.
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Is there sexual content?
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saturn
There are sexual undertones to a few songs, but absolutely nothing explicit. Orpheus and Eurydice lay beside each other in the choreography, Hades' encounter with Eurydice, etc.
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Midgardmartyr
A character mildly and briefly sexualizes herself
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Does it have a sad ending?
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LeahAllman
It's a tragedy, there's no way around it.
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Violence
Is there blood/gore?
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saturn
I believe there is fake blood/injuries after a fight scene, but if it is it's very minor and not graphic.
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