REVIEW: Hadestown offers up a sonic feast

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Kevin Berne

Hadestown is basically one long concert. And that’s not really a problem.

There’s an old adage that heaven might be nice, but hell’s more fun. While the heaven/hell dichotomy doesn’t translate smoothly to Greek myths about the underworld, Hadestown suggests hellish afterlife at the very least boasts a pretty killer playlist.

Hadestown presents a reimagining of the Greek myth of lovers Orpheus and Eurydice. In the original story (and this staged version), Orpheus ventures to return his wife Eurydice from the land of the undead aided by the power

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