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MsMayhap like everyone percussionist who gets a train whistle or slide whistle or vibroslap or any other quirky part, it’s just human nature. If I get something special like that I’m gonna use it to clap
It did when I saw it last fall! Honestly the show got a lot of laughs, often in moments you wouldn’t know just from the soundtrack, right from the moment Hermes leisurely walked onstage.
the fact that such a blatantly bad character’s villain song matches a certain someone’s rhetoric is..... interesting. even more so than the fact that his supporters often don’t see the song as a criticism and agree with Hades....
@@hannahh277 If you haven't figured it out yet, it's because of Trump and his "build the wall" rhetoric over the past 4 years. But anyone with a brain should know better...
Yeah I just saw the show for the first time yesterday and thought the song was a bit on the nose as commentary on current affairs. Was shocked to find out it was written a decade ago 😂
4 years later, I’m still coming back to this video. I’m still struck how everyone on stage looks like they’re having the time of their lives. Except Reeve, who looks like he’s stumbled out from the dressing room in the wrong direction and ended up there by accident. Special mention for Jewelle Blackman, who has more charisma in her shoulders than most performers have in their whole body.
can't hear her guitar: really? Pity. But listen, I keep coming back to this I think just as much for the music, as for how much all the performers seem to enjoy themselves. Watching Mitchell seeming to enjoy the fabulous performers' rendition of her creation as much as we listeners do, is a special treat for sure. And the fashion. That yellow suit. And the last song like a hammer. So good.
@@GuiHppn I didn't know if it was situational, or a consistent thing. The Gods of the "overworld" in Greek mythology never really liked Hades due to his attitude and behavior. Hermes is a more neutral god, and thus tolerates Hades more than most (while still being cautious of him). For me, I didn't know if it was in the character to turn away for his appearance or if was just happenstance.
Thats Reeve. I went to the stage door after watching the show and everyone was so chill and professional and then we saw Reeve and there was so much awkward energy as if it was his first show. Either thats some serious methood acting or Reeeve is the most awkward person I've met. (For refrence this was Febuary 2020, so far from his first show) Probably why he was cast for orpheus.
Anaïs is a lyrical genius. One example that I can't get over is the line "all the rivers will sing along, and they're gonna break their banks for us, and with their gold be generous" like there's both river banks and banks are what keeps money and gold really can be found in rivers, so it all works so well, and it makes me so happy c:
Me: What's Hadestown? Sounds cool I'll watch the first song Also me after the first song: Frantically googling how to see this show, the album already download, ten tabs open for each actor
I'm too used to Amber Gray as Persephone since she's been playing the role for forever, but I'm loving Miss Kimberly as Persephone! I don't think I've had the privilege of hearing her before.
During the first song I was like "this is a really weird band, why are there so many lead singers" and then they were like "this musical" and I was like OH.
The Fates: *Provoking Eurydice into a bad decision, mocking her pain as she's forced into an agonising no-win situation where she's forced to choose between love and life* Eurydice: *Just absolutely bopping along*
I didn’t realize this was broadway at first, just thought it was a big band. And I was like, who is this goofy looking dude just kind of awkwardly standing there mouthing the words while everyone else enthusiastically sings and dances??
Things I love about this: - The whole cast being style icons - Everyone dancing around and Reeve's just awkwardly standing there and clapping - Kimberley's facial expressions - Anaïs standing over in the corner being really pregnant and still playing the guitar and singing amazingly - Andre having a really fun time with his little train whistle thing and tooting it whenever someone gets applause - Eva just jamming really hard - Kay aggressively playing the tambourine - 4:02 *british accent* - "A singerrrr" - All the musicians just going for ittttt - Anaïs being like "nooo I wrote it in 2006 this isn't about trump" - Everyone singing Why We Build the Wall but Orpheus would never so Reeve's just standing there awkwardly again -Whoever does that noise at 24:58
My husband and I have been following Mitchell since her concept album in 2010. It was the only CD I would listen to in my car for two straight years. The concept version of "Wedding Song" was our wedding song--impromptu cheesy dance choreography included. Listening now to this heartfelt and haunting music and seeing how it has transformed into a full-fledged musical on Broadway gives me so much joy and anticipation of where it will go next--and where I and my family will grow as well. I'm pregnant and sitting here holding my belly and crying a little bit thinking about how I want to share my love of music and storytelling with my little one and how this musical and Anaïs Mitchell's songs and spirit will be a part of growing up and growing together. Thanks for this Tiny Desk Concert and thanks for all of this incredible love and devotion to creating beautiful art and story.
I only discovered the original concept album after I learned about the musical. I can only imagine how cool it is to be so connected to a project like this, and to watch it become what Hadestown has. I've seen a few musicians do projects like this with the explicit intent to turn them into staged shows, but they rarely ever get put on, let alone given the full Broadway treatment. It must've been really exciting to hear that an album that meant so much to you was made into a Broadway show like this (but in hindsight, it's not surprising, considering how GOOD it is).
I know, it’s been very similar for me! My parents had been big fans of Anaïs for a long while so I grew up with Hadestown around. It actually took me a while to adjust to seeing it as double the length but every extra minute is incredible.
0:05 - "Way Down Hadestown" 6:39 - "Come Home With Me/Wedding Song" 13:03 - "When The Chips Are Down" 15:52 - "Flowers" 21:32 - "Why We Build The Wall"
@@kayteegrace8283 you can't really say "she was divorced way before" when no one even knows when she got divorced... no judgment to her, but if you're going to condemn rumours, you can't endorse others haha
I saw this show in its infancy, performed in a parking lot in Montpelier Vermont, with Anais as Eurydice. I had heard that she had developed it further for the Broadway show. I didn’t know what to expect, but I’m thrilled. She has enriched it and polished it. She has kept the heart of it and added the details it needed. Impressive.
@@levisacher8578 It was a recital rather than a full theatrical production. Still, some amazing voices and the pleasant shock of hearing it for the first time.
anais always clarifying how old "Why we build the wall" is amuses me i wonder if she's thought about apollo's gift of prophecy in her study of the Greek pantheon
Agreed! I've honestly listened to this, no joke, four times since it came out, and I haven't been able to get "Way Down Hadestown" out of my head. I've never been the biggest fan of musicals (they're fine, but they've never really excited me like it seems they excite other folks), but when I heard that THIS is what Hadestown is, I got viscerally upset that Broadway can't be up and running for a long while.
I don't know how anyone could listen to this magnificent performance of the masterpiece Anais Mitchell poured her emotional, creative, and musical lifeblood into for over 10 years and their only critique be "it's extremely corny" or "I can't get into broadway cheese". Every single performer in this video, including each band member, has more talent in their pinky fingers than either of you will ever attain in your entire lives.
@@emilyjones6875 Fair enough. We're both entitled to our own opinions. I wouldn't deny that any of these people have worked very hard. I'm sure there is music out there that you don't like and I am fine with that.
I love Eva, and I love Reece and I love Andre, but I’m not gonna lie that the thing that made me really want to watch this are the Fates, specifically when they sing “you get a knife in the back”, and that drop and chest pump. I was obsessed. Can’t say how many times I’ve replayed those few seconds. Sass and power.
We recently saw the play and the fates were amazing. Rest of the trip when things get dicey we would sing "when the chips are down" Different fates but still fantastic. Loved Amelia Cormack
Absolutely can't get enough of Jewelle Blackman's alto, that power and the sneer she puts on the 'nooooow's are just golden. You don't see the low end of the chorus get the melody very often, as a bass singer you love to see it.
okay i love how during the dialogue and interactions the other cast members eyes swap between the speakers totally engaged as though they haven't heard it a thousand times. you can tell they love the material and enjoy each others performances
This was so good, hearing Anaïs singing the beginning of flowers reminded me of my love for the earliest recordings of her songs and why we build the wall gave me shivers as per usual!
Tara Lang It really is! I do love the broadway recordings but the original with Anaïs and the original cast recording (c2017) have special places in my heart. I’m so glad the new broadway recording includes some songs from the first recording that aren’t in the original cast recording to- like how long and flowers.
It's really wonderful seeing Anais Mitchell enjoying what she made. Hadestown is a wonderful album on it's own and the musical is just as great. (By the way, if you haven't heard the original album, it's a folk bluegrass marvel. Bon Iver, Ani DiFranco, Ben Knox Miller. All wonderful)
Everyone is so expressive while performing, but for Why We Build the Wall everyone (especially Eva) drops the expressions since everyone is dead and tired in Hadestown and I love that so much
Reeve and Patrick’s vocal ranges will never cease to amaze me. In fact, this whole cast is epic. Can’t wait to see them back up and running when everything is safe again!
According to Anaïs (I hope I spelled that right), most female parts written by men are very difficult to sing, but she had the opposite problem; she wrote the female parts knowing they weren't too outlandish and then got to the men's parts and was like "yeah, that should be fine". Patrick Page even commented "It's interesting because you composed on guitar where most compose on piano. On piano you can visually see 'no no, these notes are too way over there, that would never work'". I probably butchered what both of them said, but the quotes are from the "Talks at Google" interview.
I come back to this video SPECIFICALLY to hear her half of Flowers. I love the cast album, no question, but she gives it something insanely unique in this live performance. Delicate, pensive, aching, and beautiful.
@@beanofglory7602 I'm also hear for Eva's half of Flowers. Both her acting and singing choices are subtle and amazing and it sort of feels like I'm watching a miracle. Can't look away.
@@CynicalCharmer It might be the difference between recorded and live performance? This show specifically benefits from the raw, immersive feeling that you get from watching it as an audience member (or with an audience, on a bootleg). They polished the sound of the cast recording for the music's sake, and the music sounds beautiful, but it necessarily loses some of the spontaneity and feeling of a live show.
It's rare I get Nina Simone vibes from a singer, simply because Nina Simone's voice is so unique and fantastic. But André De Shields has Nina Simone vibes in spades, and I love it a lot. There's some element of his timbre that's really evocative of Simone, and it's fantastic. That's all. Thank you for coming to my very short TED Talk about André De Shields' voice.
I just noticed at 7:18 when Orpheus says "I also play the lyre", Reeve kinda looks back at the guitar since he isn't actually holding one xD I love this musical
I can never get over how well the Muses' voices blend together. That is so impressive and beautiful. It really works and shows how the Muses work together as a group. It's awesome!
Fates, not muses. Eurydice is sometimes referred to as a “muse” in the musical, and Orpheus is the son of a muse, but those fine ladies are Fates, who are far crueler than a muse would ever be. 😉
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Reeve consistently dresses like a 5 year old set free in a thrift store and I respect that
I’m dead. It’s so true
@@graceho7479 He got to pick his own outfit for his first day of Kindergarten and he's very proud of it.
@@sabbagels he should be. It’s wonderful
Vacation Orpheus
so true. the like duck tape and pipe cleaner around his wrist? perfect.
i am personally loving andre de shields tooting every time anyone gets applause
If someone gave me a train horn I would use it at literally every opportunity too, lol
*tOoT*
MsMayhap like everyone percussionist who gets a train whistle or slide whistle or vibroslap or any other quirky part, it’s just human nature. If I get something special like that I’m gonna use it to clap
reeve actually looking around for a "lyre" when he said "i also play the lyre" is really sending me
Very most precious cinnamon roll
The choreo is just so baked in😭
Liam: Alright Andre, here's a train whistle for those two parts in "Way Down Hadestown."
Andre: You have given me unfathomable power.
He was having such a good time with that whistle 😂
Where did u get ur profile picture i like it
"Unfathomable" is such an Andre De Shields kinda word, I can hear the exact inflection he'd say it with
Hadestown cast coordinating outfits: what color should we wear?
the cast: Yes
I think it's very coordinate though.
I think they're supposed to be colourful.
The definition of 'come as you are'
hahahahah
I think the visuals are great. so much variety and personality at them all
it looks interesting but i think they were trying to do colour blocking 🤩
To think this has been trapped in the tiny desk vault for three months
and we’ve been waiting for it for that long
Great place to be this year 😎
Please tell me that "come home with me" gets the laugh it deserves at every performance.
Saw it last summer and it definitely got a laugh from that crowd. That whole interaction is sooo well done.
It did when I saw it last fall! Honestly the show got a lot of laughs, often in moments you wouldn’t know just from the soundtrack, right from the moment Hermes leisurely walked onstage.
I saw a recorded version, and it got a laught there too!
Trini Fernandez where
From some clips I saw, the "I don't know" later on also gets a few laughs lol
I swear no one is having more fun than Andres De Shields and his whistle thing
a kazoo?
Legend
Ikrrrr
I never noticed that omg. Andre is a national treasure
Someone needs to take that thing away from him or he’ll take it home with him😂😂
When is Hadestown going to receive the Hamilton treatment and be available for the world to see?
I want it NOW!!!! This musical is incredible!!!
As someone who lives in a third world country, I wish every musical is available for the world to see.
Hadestown deserves better treatment, since it is superior musically
IIRC they were planning a tour starting around 2020, but then 🦠. Hoping it’s safe for theater soon. I’d love to see the show!
@@MondeSerenaWilliams +1!
Eurydice: A singer, is that what you are?
Orpheus: Yes, I also play the lyre
Eurydice: I’m about to end this man’s whole career
yeah like he ended her life 😂
@@WhimsicalTea oh my GODDDDD, I-
@@WhimsicalTea Take my like!
Whimsical Tea wow i-
Plot twist: The whole musical was just Orhpeus's elaborate revenge for that burn.
hey tiny desk sound engineers, y’all are honorary gods this mix is so clean it’s insane
We love our audio engineers!
Thanks for the S/O 🙏 These broadway performers and musicians are unbelievably talented 🎙🎛
Always Amazed every episode by the Sound Engineers!!!
No freaking joke.. Everything about capturing this in that room and making it sound that clean requires so much talent. Bravo!
@@nprmusic im an audio engineer for 18 years. your engineers are doing the best work i have ever heard. every day is a new lesson.
I love Anaïs going "I wrote this song in 2006" because ppl getting mad at it it's the perfect example of the shoe fitting
the fact that such a blatantly bad character’s villain song matches a certain someone’s rhetoric is..... interesting. even more so than the fact that his supporters often don’t see the song as a criticism and agree with Hades....
Maybe Trump is secretly a fan of Anais Mitchell, heard this song way back in 2006 and thought "yeah, that sounds like a great idea"
Why are people getting mad?
@@hannahh277 If you haven't figured it out yet, it's because of Trump and his "build the wall" rhetoric over the past 4 years. But anyone with a brain should know better...
Yeah I just saw the show for the first time yesterday and thought the song was a bit on the nose as commentary on current affairs. Was shocked to find out it was written a decade ago 😂
Miss Songwriter rocking the guitar and singing while pregnant mad respect.
lesgooo this comment deserves more likes
ionse dnt forget about narrating also.
And its her second tiny desk concert ;P
Anais is our queen
@@WhimsicalTea period 👑
4 years later, I’m still coming back to this video. I’m still struck how everyone on stage looks like they’re having the time of their lives. Except Reeve, who looks like he’s stumbled out from the dressing room in the wrong direction and ended up there by accident.
Special mention for Jewelle Blackman, who has more charisma in her shoulders than most performers have in their whole body.
i love how during the first number everyone is dancing and moving around and reeve is just kind of standing like 🧍🏻
Me at school while everyone is presenting their projects and I just got up an hour ago: 😂
I WAS THINKING THAT HE LOOKS SO UNCOMFYYYYY
Anaïs Mitchell really went out there to sing like an angel and play guitar like orpheus all while 8 months pregnant...her power
Don't you ever underestimate a preegenante lady
not sure if anyone noticed but you can't hear her guitar most of the time
can't hear her guitar: really? Pity. But listen, I keep coming back to this I think just as much for the music, as for how much all the performers seem to enjoy themselves. Watching Mitchell seeming to enjoy the fabulous performers' rendition of her creation as much as we listeners do, is a special treat for sure. And the fashion. That yellow suit. And the last song like a hammer. So good.
she is EXTREMELY pregnant here
Anaïs Mitchell is my hero.
The fact that Anais Mitchell had to clarify that she wrote We Build the Wall in 2006 is *tragic*.
Still though, the song is really a perfect analogy for Trumps wall whether it was intended as such or not.
Well they just built a wall in Seattle to keep people out 🤔
@@manuel0578 I mean, that's not what happened so... 🤔
Simon Wakeford look at the videos
Can we please stop making all political. Just enjoy the music.......
Patrick Page sneaking into the frame during first number is everything.
Does anyone else notice that Hermes doesn't look at Hades when singing about building the wall?
@@Lmpeak why that?
@@GuiHppn I didn't know if it was situational, or a consistent thing. The Gods of the "overworld" in Greek mythology never really liked Hades due to his attitude and behavior. Hermes is a more neutral god, and thus tolerates Hades more than most (while still being cautious of him). For me, I didn't know if it was in the character to turn away for his appearance or if was just happenstance.
Ngl, I startled like a fool and went " where did he come from?!"
Can't get over the fact that every person on stage has tremendous stage presence except Reeve who looks like he's never seen a microphone before
That's sorta how Orpheus is in the musical so it fits! 😆
Thats Reeve. I went to the stage door after watching the show and everyone was so chill and professional and then we saw Reeve and there was so much awkward energy as if it was his first show. Either thats some serious methood acting or Reeeve is the most awkward person I've met. (For refrence this was Febuary 2020, so far from his first show) Probably why he was cast for orpheus.
Maybe is his own-self from another universe, and he doesn't know why is there (joke considering that he looks so similar to the guy of series Dark)
This was what i was thinking 😭
I met him after Hadestown as well and he seemed super chill so I think it's honestly just stage presence and acting
Anaïs is a lyrical genius. One example that I can't get over is the line "all the rivers will sing along, and they're gonna break their banks for us, and with their gold be generous" like there's both river banks and banks are what keeps money and gold really can be found in rivers, so it all works so well, and it makes me so happy c:
Oh my word, I never realised that before! That's so clever!
It reads a lot like ovid to me haha
Anais is a queen 💖
thank you for showing it, made my day
I interpreted more as panning for gold, which I think is what she meant literally... But the double meaning is awesome, good catch.
Me: What's Hadestown? Sounds cool I'll watch the first song
Also me after the first song: Frantically googling how to see this show, the album already download, ten tabs open for each actor
Listen to the original album by Anais Mitchell too! It's amazing and has Justin Vernon of Bon Iver in it!
Welcome to the show
Yeah that album is INSANE
Same
On a similar journey bud
I'm too used to Amber Gray as Persephone since she's been playing the role for forever, but I'm loving Miss Kimberly as Persephone! I don't think I've had the privilege of hearing her before.
That’s good exactly what I was thinking I’m pretty sure I’ve only ever heard amber so it was surprising but still just as good
Afra hines is also good as Persephone, and annie defranco was also excellent in the original concept album
Btw do you know what's happening with amber gray? Did she left the show ? :(
@@Zulalula yeah did something happen?
No. No idea why she didn't record this, but she is still with the show.
THE PAUSE. BETWEEN DONT AND COME ON TOO STRONG. MR. HERMÈS. IM SO SORRY YOUVE HAD TO WATCH HIM DO THIS SO MANY TIMES.
I think Andre forgets his line for a second! Watch the actress to his left feed him the line
@@esccp1 I don't think he forgot his line. I think he started too soon and had to drag it out to get back on the timing.
But I could be very wrong. haha.
Mike
Try putting it on 1080p , and you can see amber telling him .. so cute haha
the Fates are so NASTY in the very best meaning possible i love them so much
You know they say Fates' a b!+ch.
It’s actually three!
“I also play the lyre”
“Oh a liar and a player”
That will forever be my favourite line
I love how Reeve most the time is just staring at someones instrument
It’s his inner Orpheus acting up
lol yea. But honestly tho, where can i get myself a Reeve Carney/Act 1 Orpheus?
@@broadwaybopsanddoo-wops1838 you don't want Act 2 Orpheus? 😂
WHY ARE ALL THE PERSEPHONES SO BREATHTAKING SEND HELP SHES SO SO GOOD
There's a reason Orpheus fell at first sight to her
@@thisiszof You're thinking of the wrong girl lol. 😂
Hades doesn't deserve her ughhh
@@danielaortiz9178 in the actual myth he kinda does
i am frightened of, comforted by, and deeply obsessed with patrick page's voice
same, it's calming yet unnerving
Exactly!
See, you guys get it
As you should be.
3l
Orpheus, you’re going to Hadestown, not Hawaii.
I'm dying
Oh my God
@@racoonassoon6439 so is Eurydice.
HAHAHA
Eva and Reeve having matching ribbon necklaces is so freaking adorable
No one:
Not a soul:
Andre: *tOOT*
BAHAHAHAHAH
I laughed like way too much at this comment
I always laugh at the "a liar and a player too" line in come home with me, the lyrics of this musical's soundtrack I swear
Just in case ya dont know hes actually refering to lyre which is a very old string instrument.
NSMITH8516 its wordplay, your both right- he says lyre, she says liar (cause sis not impressed by this "i just met you, marry me" boi)
Anita Hansen I strive to have her confidence
@@skarlettsapphire4065 yes
I do too!🤣
During the first song I was like "this is a really weird band, why are there so many lead singers" and then they were like "this musical" and I was like OH.
please tell me you are now obsessed with hadestown= the weird band with too many lead singers
The Fates: *Provoking Eurydice into a bad decision, mocking her pain as she's forced into an agonising no-win situation where she's forced to choose between love and life*
Eurydice: *Just absolutely bopping along*
petition for tiny desk to do more concerts of musicals
PLEASEEEE I NEED A IN THE HEIGHTS ONE
@@bibliobibuli1lol that would be insane
I know the concept album didn't have Hermes, but now I can't imagine the whole enterprise *without* Andre De Shields. He just *oozes* class.
Ah, it did - Ben Knox Miller from the Low Anthem 'played' him
Hermes was in the original concept album.
reeve really came back on screen for “why we build the wall” to just stand and not sing
He did that on another video too it was so funny lol
when the song plays, he's orpheus.
In the context of the musical it wouldn't make sense for him to sing right?
I didn’t realize this was broadway at first, just thought it was a big band. And I was like, who is this goofy looking dude just kind of awkwardly standing there mouthing the words while everyone else enthusiastically sings and dances??
Other musical theater ppl: my favorite recent female trio is the schuyler sisters!
Me: hAvE yOu SeEn ThE fAtEs
Love love love the Fates!!!!
terrifyingly amazing, but terrifying nonetheless
Yeeeeees
They are flawless. It’s incredible.
We stan
I love Reeve just awkwardly standing there in the last song. The one guy at the cult meeting who doesn't know what's going on
Things I love about this:
- The whole cast being style icons
- Everyone dancing around and Reeve's just awkwardly standing there and clapping
- Kimberley's facial expressions
- Anaïs standing over in the corner being really pregnant and still playing the guitar and singing amazingly
- Andre having a really fun time with his little train whistle thing and tooting it whenever someone gets applause
- Eva just jamming really hard
- Kay aggressively playing the tambourine
- 4:02 *british accent*
- "A singerrrr"
- All the musicians just going for ittttt
- Anaïs being like "nooo I wrote it in 2006 this isn't about trump"
- Everyone singing Why We Build the Wall but Orpheus would never so Reeve's just standing there awkwardly again
-Whoever does that noise at 24:58
I love how this version of Hadestown is all about Reeve unleashing his dork energy on the world
@@GrainneMhaol Exactly and i love him for that
The rasp at 24:58 is one of the fates, I think it's kay trinidad (the shortest fate)
Eva went beast mode on Flowers. Amazing.
She really popped off and I love it
18:00
i literally jumped a little when patrick said "i missed ya"
Hahahahhaha! 😭🤣
when did he get there?!
.... when u realize orpheus is the eccentrically dressed guy who u run into at ur local coffee shop .... 👀
Me when mom says to just pick something from the closet for the party
This is too true
TIHI
👁👄👁
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When Patrick Page says I missed you I turned into a pile of goosebumps
Every single time I listen to the song I get the same goosebumps. The man is sent from heaven (or from Hadestown haha)!
Patrick’s voice itches my brain in a good way
Y'all need to watch schmigadoon s2
Eva's voice has me lying on the ground... Absolutely floored by how clear and powerful and passionate it is
I just watched her cover of Hozier's Take Me To Church, and it's raw and powerful and so emotional. It was amazing.
evaaaaaaaaaaa’s vooooiiiceeeeeeee is just soo pretty yet sooo gritty i could listen to her sing the dictionary
My husband and I have been following Mitchell since her concept album in 2010. It was the only CD I would listen to in my car for two straight years. The concept version of "Wedding Song" was our wedding song--impromptu cheesy dance choreography included. Listening now to this heartfelt and haunting music and seeing how it has transformed into a full-fledged musical on Broadway gives me so much joy and anticipation of where it will go next--and where I and my family will grow as well. I'm pregnant and sitting here holding my belly and crying a little bit thinking about how I want to share my love of music and storytelling with my little one and how this musical and Anaïs Mitchell's songs and spirit will be a part of growing up and growing together. Thanks for this Tiny Desk Concert and thanks for all of this incredible love and devotion to creating beautiful art and story.
I only discovered the original concept album after I learned about the musical. I can only imagine how cool it is to be so connected to a project like this, and to watch it become what Hadestown has. I've seen a few musicians do projects like this with the explicit intent to turn them into staged shows, but they rarely ever get put on, let alone given the full Broadway treatment. It must've been really exciting to hear that an album that meant so much to you was made into a Broadway show like this (but in hindsight, it's not surprising, considering how GOOD it is).
What an experience must that be to grow along with the music that binds your love together! Hoping for a happy and blessed future for your family ♥️
Your comment made me cry! So sweet.
I know, it’s been very similar for me! My parents had been big fans of Anaïs for a long while so I grew up with Hadestown around. It actually took me a while to adjust to seeing it as double the length but every extra minute is incredible.
14:51 the way all three of them pulse in unison at "you get a knife in the BACK" ugh
I always loved that part. The fates have amazing voices.
I’ve literally rewatched this portion dozens of times now. The sheer attitude. Like a slap to the face. Phew, takes me out every time.
one of my favorite parts in the show.
0:05 - "Way Down Hadestown"
6:39 - "Come Home With Me/Wedding Song"
13:03 - "When The Chips Are Down"
15:52 - "Flowers"
21:32 - "Why We Build The Wall"
_you're doing god's work_
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I wish I could "la la la la la la la" my problems away like Orpheus 😔✊
thank you, your comment made me giggle
I mean he still has many problems after this, his girlfriend dies. I get your point but he very much does not solve his problems with it.
Everything between Eva and Reeve becomes even sweeter because they’re actually together 🥺
This!!!
whut really?
@@meh62 Yeah, she cheated on her husband with him and now they're together.
Bree Hayden that’s not true at all! She was divorced way before she and Reeve got together. They’re not like that!
@@kayteegrace8283 you can't really say "she was divorced way before" when no one even knows when she got divorced... no judgment to her, but if you're going to condemn rumours, you can't endorse others haha
"We're gonna need a bigger desk"
Where were going, we don’t need desks,
excuse me while I inject this rendition of "flowers" right into my arteries
SAME
same..
Yep.
The original rendition of Anais i sin her Spotify, I believe and it is absolutely magical!
I saw this show in its infancy, performed in a parking lot in Montpelier Vermont, with Anais as Eurydice. I had heard that she had developed it further for the Broadway show. I didn’t know what to expect, but I’m thrilled. She has enriched it and polished it. She has kept the heart of it and added the details it needed. Impressive.
What an amazing thing to have witnessed!
@@levisacher8578 It was a recital rather than a full theatrical production. Still, some amazing voices and the pleasant shock of hearing it for the first time.
Scientific studies need to be done on the way Eva’s voice resonates in her skull, she’s phenomenal it’s absolutely wild
ok but where do theatre folks get their clothes? They've all got great style and colours!
We have to look show ready at all times
We theatre folks are just desperate for attention, our fashion sense is just another sham dw
@@rapaconda made me lol for real
That YELLOW SUIT ?!! Iconic
And a Hawaiian shirt!!
i love how you can hear patrick’s lower octave notes omg
One of the best musicals of the decade
Undoubtedly.
It's been a great two decades for musicals in general, for that matter.
Best of the 21st century
Best ever.
that trombone player is having the time of his life, dude can GET IT
anais always clarifying how old "Why we build the wall" is amuses me i wonder if she's thought about apollo's gift of prophecy in her study of the Greek pantheon
The only reason people disliked this video is because it's not long enough
And it’s extremely corny
Agreed! I've honestly listened to this, no joke, four times since it came out, and I haven't been able to get "Way Down Hadestown" out of my head. I've never been the biggest fan of musicals (they're fine, but they've never really excited me like it seems they excite other folks), but when I heard that THIS is what Hadestown is, I got viscerally upset that Broadway can't be up and running for a long while.
Bee Taylor Thank you! I just can’t get into broadway cheese.
I don't know how anyone could listen to this magnificent performance of the masterpiece Anais Mitchell poured her emotional, creative, and musical lifeblood into for over 10 years and their only critique be "it's extremely corny" or "I can't get into broadway cheese". Every single performer in this video, including each band member, has more talent in their pinky fingers than either of you will ever attain in your entire lives.
@@emilyjones6875 Fair enough. We're both entitled to our own opinions. I wouldn't deny that any of these people have worked very hard. I'm sure there is music out there that you don't like and I am fine with that.
Patrick Page: I missed ya
me: [BLUSH]
SAME
THAT MAN MAKES ME GO INSANE🥴
Hermes: "Dont come off too strong"
Orpheous: "K...
"coME HOME WITH ME"
I laughed so hard when I heard that
@@hopeelizabeth19 omg i love avpm
@@hopeelizabeth19 yeah but like,,,, lupin can't sing
@@lilyantoniam.8806 sameeee
@@luiza.limaneves he’s Remus freaking lupin
I love how Orpheus straight up has foil on his arm
His fashion sense is unprecedented 😂
Eva’s voice is so good it almost doesn’t sound real. Holy god.
I saw the thumbnail and was like "this looks chaotic... I'M IN!'
0:00 - *Way Down Hadestown* (4:58 / 5:15)
6:35 - *Come Home With Me / Wedding Song* (12:09 / 12:27)
13:01 - *When The Chips Are Down* (15:11 / 15:26)
15:50 - *Flowers* (19:34 / 19:53)
21:32 - *Why We Build The Wall* (25:37)
7:12 name girl?
I was looking for this! Thanks for your service :)
MVP
Thank youuuuu!!!!!!
Jewelle Blackman (the fate with the pink head covering) is truly blowing my mind in this.
met her at the stage door after seeing the show and she was so incredibly nice and beautiful 🥺
I love lower range voices so her and Patrick Page give me goosebumps
She's my favourite! I love when she sings "they come from..."!!!
i love her voice so so so much
Omg the bass in her voiceee
I love Eva, and I love Reece and I love Andre, but I’m not gonna lie that the thing that made me really want to watch this are the Fates, specifically when they sing “you get a knife in the back”, and that drop and chest pump. I was obsessed. Can’t say how many times I’ve replayed those few seconds. Sass and power.
They really were going off in this performance. So much power!!
We recently saw the play and the fates were amazing. Rest of the trip when things get dicey we would sing "when the chips are down" Different fates but still fantastic. Loved Amelia Cormack
Absolutely can't get enough of Jewelle Blackman's alto, that power and the sneer she puts on the 'nooooow's are just golden. You don't see the low end of the chorus get the melody very often, as a bass singer you love to see it.
I love how expressive they are while performing compared to non-musical artists - really adds a lot of flair to the show!
Theater kid energy.
The cast is way down underground, but up in the Olympus are the Sound engineers and mixers... cause they're gods, you know.
And the brass player is beyond all things.
yeah but dont disregaurd the singers and musicians
Living in another continent during quarantine my only hope is for disney+ to do me another miracle.
the feeling when my country doesn't even have disney+
@@nortchee relatable. We don’t have it in my country either
Tag yourself, I'm the sound engineer absolutely BOPPING from 1:29 on
I'm the tiny desk
I'm the guitar at 8:34
Reeve any time he looks at an instrument
I'm the orange bear on the shelf
@@skarlettsapphire4065 STOPSPDIFI
You really see Eva Noblezada go to another place emotionally once “Why We Build The Wall” starts playing
Such an amazing actress!!!
okay i love how during the dialogue and interactions the other cast members eyes swap between the speakers totally engaged as though they haven't heard it a thousand times. you can tell they love the material and enjoy each others performances
This was so good, hearing Anaïs singing the beginning of flowers reminded me of my love for the earliest recordings of her songs and why we build the wall gave me shivers as per usual!
Tara Lang It really is! I do love the broadway recordings but the original with Anaïs and the original cast recording (c2017) have special places in my heart. I’m so glad the new broadway recording includes some songs from the first recording that aren’t in the original cast recording to- like how long and flowers.
It's really wonderful seeing Anais Mitchell enjoying what she made. Hadestown is a wonderful album on it's own and the musical is just as great. (By the way, if you haven't heard the original album, it's a folk bluegrass marvel. Bon Iver, Ani DiFranco, Ben Knox Miller. All wonderful)
And Greg Brown!
Andre is mesmerizing as always. And Patrick Page's voice gives me the shivers. A beautiful cast, gorgeous singing.
What a gift you are. Thank you 🌼
agreed!!
I like how Patrick Paige phases in and out of existence
He does that in real life too
Everyone is so expressive while performing, but for Why We Build the Wall everyone (especially Eva) drops the expressions since everyone is dead and tired in Hadestown and I love that so much
Reeve and Patrick’s vocal ranges will never cease to amaze me. In fact, this whole cast is epic. Can’t wait to see them back up and running when everything is safe again!
According to Anaïs (I hope I spelled that right), most female parts written by men are very difficult to sing, but she had the opposite problem; she wrote the female parts knowing they weren't too outlandish and then got to the men's parts and was like "yeah, that should be fine".
Patrick Page even commented "It's interesting because you composed on guitar where most compose on piano. On piano you can visually see 'no no, these notes are too way over there, that would never work'". I probably butchered what both of them said, but the quotes are from the "Talks at Google" interview.
And to think, they also once played against eachother before...in Spiderman Turn Out the Dark.
NPR sound engineers >>>>>> SNL sound engineers
No contest
Why are SNL sound engineers always so subpar? I never like the musical performance, even if it is done by my favorite artist.
Kimberly marable is incredible here wow
omg I love ur music I think ur incredible too!!
Omg I love your theater covers!
🤯 Thank you so much! 💚
@@misskimizzo :0 hi! i loved your performance :)
okay but at 14:55 the synchronised flinch of the fates with "you get a knife in the back" is just so awesome, they're so expressive!!!!
That unborn baby hearing this gorgeous music for 9 months before birth. Talk about the child of a muse🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
The cast album doesn't do Eva's voice and character portrayal justice.
I come back to this video SPECIFICALLY to hear her half of Flowers. I love the cast album, no question, but she gives it something insanely unique in this live performance. Delicate, pensive, aching, and beautiful.
@@beanofglory7602 I'm also hear for Eva's half of Flowers. Both her acting and singing choices are subtle and amazing and it sort of feels like I'm watching a miracle. Can't look away.
I think the cast album actually let a lot of them down, I don't know what it is about it, but it sounds so half-baked, it disappointed me
@@CynicalCharmer It might be the difference between recorded and live performance? This show specifically benefits from the raw, immersive feeling that you get from watching it as an audience member (or with an audience, on a bootleg). They polished the sound of the cast recording for the music's sake, and the music sounds beautiful, but it necessarily loses some of the spontaneity and feeling of a live show.
Everyone is great, not their fault if she's nearly a goddess herself
It's rare I get Nina Simone vibes from a singer, simply because Nina Simone's voice is so unique and fantastic. But André De Shields has Nina Simone vibes in spades, and I love it a lot. There's some element of his timbre that's really evocative of Simone, and it's fantastic. That's all. Thank you for coming to my very short TED Talk about André De Shields' voice.
there is only one nina simone good sir!
Have you heard Benjamin Clementine's TinyDesk? He gives me Nina vibes in spades!
don't mind me, just sitting here, applauding my laptop
SAME
Me too. Couldn't help it. Such talent.
Mood
oh man, NO one is cooler than andre de shields
No one else can rock that outfit
@@graceho7479 exactly. He is dripping in fire
I assume that's the yellow cow guy, he looks like a crackhead.
Jewelle Blackman has one of the most beautiful voices I have ever heard. She put so much emotion and character into her voice
because of this video I've been watching Hadestown videos all morning, now I'm healthily obsessed thank u NPR for having them
Thanks for watching!
cat rose yooooooo, U too? Go read like my 3rd comment.
Someday, I will play the role of Hermes. I swear it.
I’ll see you there when I’m Eurydice 😉 good luck
I'll see you when I become the tree laying the wedding table. 🌳
I'll be the bird making the wedding bed
I'll see you when I play Persephone
Get it
Not even Danny John-Jewels could pull off that yellow monstrosity, but Andre makes it look like the robes of the gods themselves
the chemistry between the fates is
✨impeccable ✨
I just noticed at 7:18 when Orpheus says "I also play the lyre", Reeve kinda looks back at the guitar since he isn't actually holding one xD I love this musical
Patrick: I missed ya
My daddy issues: 👀
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA
Why is this comment not getting the attention it deserves?! This is pure gold!!
The volume on this bus is astronomical 😂😂
Noooooooooooo sis💀
Patrick:
Me: 🥴🤪🙈🦋
When I tell you that I LOST IT at this
me berore watching this: i stan 1 persephone and 1 persephone only
me after watching this: .... i stan 2 persephones
I stan Persephone in all presentations and universes (Percy Jackson universe, Lore Olympus, Hadestown, actual mythology...)
@@sailordayix same to ALL of those persephones (and lore Olympus is amazing)
PLZZ I felt the same way watching this!!
@@charlotte1062 YESSSSS LORE OLYMPUS
@@marmot1434 we proudly support Lore Olympus in this household
I finally get to say this: I was at this performance and trust me, it gave me goosebumps!!
I sort of hate you lol
To have been a fly on that wall . . . I'm so jealous!!! But I'm so happy for you!!!!!
I can never get over how well the Muses' voices blend together. That is so impressive and beautiful. It really works and shows how the Muses work together as a group. It's awesome!
Fates, not muses. Eurydice is sometimes referred to as a “muse” in the musical, and Orpheus is the son of a muse, but those fine ladies are Fates, who are far crueler than a muse would ever be. 😉