WINNER OF EIGHT 2019 TONY AWARDS^® INCLUDING BEST MUSICAL AND THE 2020 GRAMMY^® AWARD FOR BEST MUSICAL THEATER ALBUM

Hadestown, the winner of eight 2019 Tony Awards^® including Best New Musical and the 2020 Grammy^® Award for Best Musical Theater Album, will come to Purdue University on February 6, 2025 at 7:30pm in Elliott Hall of Music.

Hadestown is the most honored show of the 2018-2019 Broadway season. In addition to the show’s eight Tony Awards^®, it has been honored with four Drama Desk Awards, six Outer Critics Circle Awards, including Outstanding New Broadway Musical, and the Drama League Award for Outstanding Production of a Musical.

“Scorching! Stunning! Both unmistakably timely and irresistibly entertaining.”
 Catey Sullivan, Chicago Sun-Times

The acclaimed new musical is by celebrated singer-songwriter and Tony Award^® winner Anaïs Mitchell and developed with original director and Tony Award^® winner Rachel Chavkin. Hadestown marks the first time in over a decade that a woman has been the solo author of a musical: writing the music, lyrics, and book, and is the fourth time in Broadway history a woman has accomplished this creative feat.

“Astounding! Hadestown will make you fall in love with musical theater again.”
 Lily Janiak, San Francisco Chronicle

The show opened at the Walter Kerr Theatre on Broadway (219 West 48^th Street, New York) on April 17, 2019, where it played sold out houses nightly before performances were suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hadestown resumed performances September 2, 2021 as one of the first musicals to reopen on Broadway where it continues to play today.

The show originated as Mitchell’s indie theater project that toured Vermont which she then turned into an acclaimed album. With Chavkin, her artistic collaborator, Hadestown has been transformed into a genre-defying new musical that blends modern American folk music with New Orleans-inspired jazz to reimagine a sweeping ancient tale.

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.

“Welcome to the intriguing and beautiful world of “’your next musical theater obsession.’”
Vogue

Thursday, February 6, 2025 at 7:30 pm
Purdue University’s Elliott Hall of Music

Online: Visit the Hall of Music Box Office site to buy Hadestown tickets.
By Phone: Call (765) 494-3933 or (800) 914-SHOW, Monday – Friday, 10 am – 6 pm (10 am – 4 pm during summer and Purdue breaks).

In Person: Stop by the Stewart Center Box Office at 128 Memorial Mall, West Lafayette, IN.
For the most current information on events and ticket availability, please refer to the Purdue Convocations Events page.

For more information, to view the full season schedule, and to secure your tickets, please visit Purdue Convocations.

Media Contact:
James Britton
Director of Marketing
jamesbritton@purdue.edu

About Purdue Convocations

Purdue Convocations is one of the oldest professional collegiate performing arts presenters in the United States, bringing world-class performances and intellectual engagement to Greater Lafayette and North Central Indiana.

Convos is self-supporting. Ticket sales and gifts from generous individuals, corporations, and foundations power it all. Learn more at convocations.purdue.edu/support.

About Hadestown

Music, Lyrics & Book by Anaïs Mitchell
Developed with & Originally Directed by Rachel Chavkin

Hadestown electrified audiences with its 2016 world premiere at New York Theatre Workshop, which is the longest-running show in that celebrated theater’s 40-year history. The production then received its Canadian premiere at Edmonton’s Citadel Theatre in 2017 and then a 2018 sold-out engagement at the London’s National Theatre. Hadestown was developed with funding from the Eli and Edythe Broad Stage at the Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center and was further developed by The Ground Floor at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. Hadestown was co-conceived by Ben t. Matchstick.

The Grammy^® winning Hadestown Original Broadway Cast Recording is now available at Hadestown.com/music. The album is produced by David Lai, Sickafoose, and Mitchell on Sing It Again Records.

Learn more at hadestownontour.com.

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