Grammy winner and original The Wiz star Stephanie Mills, six-time Grammy nominee Yola, and Pretty Little Liars star Maia Reficco join the cast of the Tony-winning musical Hadestown July 2 at the Walter Kerr Theatre.
Mills, Yola, and Reficco step into the roles of Hermes, Persephone, and Eurydice, respectively. Jon Jon Briones, Ani DiFranco, and Isa Briones played their final performances in those roles June 30.
“After nearly 50 years in the entertainment business, which is all I’ve ever known, every fiber of my professional being I owe to the discipline of my Broadway training as a child at the beginning of my career,” Mills said in an earlier statement. “The joy of life’s full circle moment for me is returning to my roots—only this time as Hermes in Hadestown. Power!”
The production also recently announced that a new block of tickets is now on sale through April 27, 2025.
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Hadestown also stars Jordan
Fisher as Orpheus and Phillip Boykin as Hades, joined by Jessie Shelton, Kay
Trinidad, and Brit West as the Fates. The chorus of Workers is played by
Emily Afton, Malcolm Armwood, Sayo Oni, Alex Puette, and Grace Yoo. The
cast also includes swings Sojourner Brown, Brandon Cameron, Tara
Jackson, Max Kumangai, Yael "YaYa" Reich, and Tanner Ray Wilson.
Singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell’s folk- and jazz-infused musical layers the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice with that of Hades and Persephone, intertwining the actions—and consequences—of gods and mortals. Hadestown originally began as a theatrical concert performed by Mitchell.
The creative team features Tony-winning set designer Rachel Hauck, Tony-nominated costume designer Michael Krass, Tony-winning lighting designer Bradley King, Tony-winning sound designers Nevin Steinberg and Jessica Paz, choreographer David Neumann, and dramaturg Ken Cerniglia. Musical supervision and vocal arrangements are by Liam Robinson, with arrangements and orchestrations by Tony winners Michael Chorney and Todd Sickafoose.
The show, featuring a book and score by Mitchell, won eight 2019 Tony Awards: Best Director of a Musical (Rachel Chavkin), Best Featured Actor in a Musical (André De Shields), Best Lighting Design of a Musical (Bradley King), Best Scenic Design of a Musical (Rachel Hauck), Best Sound Design of a Musical (Jessica Paz and Nevin Steinberg), Best Orchestrations (Michael Chorney and Todd Sickafoose), Best Original Score (Mitchell), and Best Musical.
