The show Hadestown has been groundbreaking for women for several reasons. For the first time in over a decade a woman has been the solo author of a musical. Anaïs Mitchell attends The 73rd Annual Tony ...

She wrote the smash Broadway musical “Hadestown,” which won eight Tonys in 2019. This Friday, Anaïs Mitchell will perform live at Strathmore in North Bethesda, Maryland. “It is essentially a two-band ...

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Anaïs Mitchell spent more than a decade developing her hit musical Hadestown, a retelling of a Greek myth set in hell. Now, after eight Tony Awards and a Grammy, she has changed the scenery. "We left ...

You might know Anais Mitchell from her musical that's set in hell. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "CHANT") UNIDENTIFIED GROUP: (As characters, singing) Low, keep your head, keep your head low. CHANG: It's called ...

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“Hadestown” last toured California in late 2010. Anaïs Mitchell’s blues-folk concept album, released earlier that year, was gaining steam, so she and a troupe of musicians drove up the coast to put on ...

In 2006, Vermont singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell and a handful of local actors, musicians and artists staged the very first production of her so-called “folk opera,” Hadestown, at the Old Labor Hall ...

Anaïs Mitchell’s Hadestown is not your typical Broadway musical. Yes, the Tony Award-winning show has a generous offering of ballads and dance numbers and, yes, the story centers on a young boy and a ...

Even if Anaïs Mitchell's trip to hell and back didn't lead to eight Tony Awards, the effort alone was ample excuse for the decade since her last original solo album. "I never dreamed I would live with ...

The singer-songwriter turned her 2010 concept album into a folk-opera stage production and earlier this month, the show made its Broadway debut. Anaïs Mitchell's 'Hadestown' Musical Makes Its Broadway ...