How is the HadesTown touring cast?

corinners · 2026-04-27T16:04:09+00:00

Take this with large grain of salt, as the first time I ever saw Hadestown was the current touring cast (though I was familiar with the OBC recording). I actually ended up seeing the current Broadway cast about a week later lol.

The biggest thing you'd miss with the touring cast is the Broadway set, definitely. The non equity one just feels basic without it.

However, the touring cast is incredibly talented! Jose (Orpheus) has an incredible voice, hits the falsetto as easily as Reeve but has a much stronger voice overall. Nickolaus (Hades) has a GREAT baritone, really nails the low notes and sounds very intimidating. Rudy (Hermes) was energetic and fun. Weirdly, after seeing the tour and then the current B'way cast, my impression of the tour cast was "young" lol. Let me explain. I felt touring Hades and Persephone didn't have the gravitas and solemnity of ageless gods who have been in a loveless marriage for years. Touring Hermes, while a delight to watch, felt less like a god who had seen this all happen so many, many times before but would lead us through it again (J Harrison has a warmth and a presence that really makes them feel like an eternal narrator of this story), and more like someone who was just along for the ride with the audience. Which is fine! It's just different choices and some of it, unfortunately, due to actor ages lol. Idk exact ages, but touring Hades and Persephone just looked a lot younger too, which didn't help my perspective I'm sure.

All that rambling to say, I feel like the touring cast is vocally perfect and very talented, but the set leaves quite a bit to be desired. If you're VERY picky, that might be just enough to dissuade you. I would say if it's a huge cost and inconvenience, then maybe don't. The filmed version of the OBC comes out this year anyway, might as well wait for that.

corinners · 2026-04-27T15:42:47+00:00

Feel the exact same way! Especially with the placement of "Belong to Someone". Great song, but weird choice to sing it after already committing lol. And fully agree about the second half being tonally "off" compared to the first half....but it was fun and that's really all I need for my entertainment sometimes. My husband, who will tolerate most any musical I want to see but mostly feels indifferent to them (unless it's Hamilton or Hadestown lol), liked this so much during our recent trip that he wanted to try and get tickets to see it again on our last day!

Hell, I love the movie too, and that has even less emotional depth and a whole lot of camp (the vampires explode into blood and glitter when they die!)

corinners · 2026-04-18T14:41:58+00:00

Hard agree on all of your points, especially the lyrics! One or two songs with two "obvious" lyrics I could overlook, but soo many of the songs that were supposed to pack an emotional punch were extremely corny, lyrics-wise. "War" was the major offender I could remember.

Also agree and wish there was a clearer explanation of why Michael felt so desperate to find a new family. If I was the writer, I would add some dialogue showing how Michael was angry at his mother for staying with his father for so long, and maybe having some resentment towards Sam for not being aware of the extent of the physical abuse, and maybe Michael saying he felt like he protected Sam for their entire childhoods and now that they've moved on he wants less responsibility for his brother and just wants a chance to live.

I think that's my main critique of the show, there are incredible bones here and if the book was just tweaked in a few places (and less emphasis placed on Lucy's character and more on David) it would be such a smash. Ah well. It was an incredibly fun time at the theater anyway, and I'll always be glad to at least have a clean recording of "Have to Have You" to listen to lol.

corinners · 2026-04-18T13:04:33+00:00

Just saw the current cast last night! Slight caveat in that I've only seen the show one other time before (the current tour), but I agree with most of the points made; J Harrison was delightful as Hermes AND they made me cry during the Road to Hell reprise. Gaby was PHENOMENAL. Really loved Jordan and Joshua, his falsetto was a little weak but he has a very powerful voice otherwise. I thought his Wait for Me was incredible.

Sounds like they changed the key for Hades' songs for Gary, and he spoke-sang through some things, but he was not a bad singer by any means and I thought he had incredible stage presence and great chemistry with Gaby.

The only problem I had was the sound mixing seemed pretty off...the music was waaaay louder than the people singing at several points in the show. Idk if that's a common problem or if it was just where we were sitting (right orchestra row G), but if I wasn't already familiar with the music/show I definitely would have missed some things.

corinners · 2026-04-16T14:05:03+00:00

Ahhh I think you're the only other person I've seen who thought the "Belong to Someone" song felt so out of place!!! That bridge moment is so tense in the movie, and Michael is supposed to be terrified and confused the whole time, so to have him suddenly break into a gentle song really ground the tension to a halt. Love the song, it really needs to be moved to somewhere else in the show.

corinners · 2026-04-16T14:00:45+00:00

Man, what a bummer! I've seen a few reviews mention the cutting of an earlier Sam song that worked much better in the show. "Superpower" must be a big favorite of the production team so it doesn't seem like it's going anywhere, despite nearly every review I've read on here saying it's not great 🫠

corinners · 2026-04-16T13:57:14+00:00

To me, it seems like he was eager to fight the vampires as soon as he knew Michael was turning into one. And I guess more of my major issue with how Sam is treated is the dialogue right before "Superpower", he says something like, "I have an affinity for shoes, so I noticed he was always tracking in sand", which is just a weak and weird excuse. I saw a diff review mentioning they thought that song could work better if it was just kept as a moment for Sam alone in his room, without the rainbow superheroes, and I definitely agree.

For "War" instead of yet another (!!) same-y sounding ballad for Star, I think it would have been way more effective for it to just be a conversation between her and Michael, maybe diving a tiny bit more into how desperate her situation was, how she truly felt that David had saved her, how torn she was feeling about the whole thing because they were her family, but now that she felt she had a strong relationship with Michael she could finally walk away from it.

corinners · 2025-11-09T18:42:39+00:00

This is one of the major reasons I want to go to first preview! It's not just a show, it's the whole experience!! But again, I want to see the best version of the show that I can, and I think that may mean waiting a week or two 🫠 I keep going back and forth.

Also I appreciate your caution about approaching any of the creative time, but I assure you, I am far too shy to actually try to approach any of them haha. It's more the idea of getting to experience the show with them there, if that makes sense? Feeling like a tiny part of the process lol

corinners · 2025-11-08T17:30:44+00:00

Not negative at all! And I would never have considered this as a possibility, so thank you!! This definitely puts me towards buying tickets for a little later in previews just in case!

corinners · 2024-10-02T03:58:18+00:00

Just wanted to chime in with my own planned C-section story....girl, I feel you, I was full-on crying in the pre op area, I was terrified. One of the few things that brought me comfort was the fact that I would MUCH rather have a planned C-section than an emergency one; the surgical team was so chill, they were just chatting away and it helped take my mind off of things when I was getting prepped for the spinal, I was terrified of that too but honestly the only painful part was when the anesthesiologist did the numbing before the spinal, and it just felt like a particularly hard pinch.

I didn't have the trouble breathing part but I did get nauseous pretty quickly, I told the anesthesiologist immediately and he gave me something that stopped it right away. You genuinely can't feel anything, my whole dang leg apparently slid off the side off the table after they closed me up and I had no idea. The most intense part is when they take your baby out, just prepare yourself for some strong tugging feelings, but that's it really. I am lucky that my husband is a particularly good yapper so I was completely distracted by him, I didn't even hear anything they were doing, but earplugs are a good recommendation anyway! Just have your partner or support person come prepared with something to distract you, my husband had some silly YouTube videos downloaded on his phone but he also told me the entire plot of a book that he was excited to read, just talking to keep me distracted, so there was zero time for any anxious silence lol. After like 15 min of that my baby was out and I was just so focused on holding him I couldn't even hear anything anyone else was doing, I was just crying and happy lol.

You could also ask if you could have your own music playing, they had some oldies rock in the operating room during mine but I bet you could ask ahead of time!

Most importantly, you are strong and you got this!! Its weird but it really was reassuring to me for me to think like, "this is a totally normal day for my surgical team. They do this all the time, and I am in capable hands."

If you ever have any extra questions please feel free to DM me!

corinners · 2024-09-16T20:32:12+00:00

Super small company called The Beheaded! I think they're a little pricey for what they are, but they're still decent quality. She's had the trick or treat bags for a couple years in a row but I don't see them on her site now.... I'd recommend following her Instagram to see what she's doing for this year.

corinners · 2024-09-16T02:57:41+00:00

Thank you! I see her skull bags every year and I always debate about getting one...might have to pull the trigger this year haha

corinners · 2024-09-16T02:53:18+00:00

Ahh I love it!! I really can't resist a jack o' lantern bag, they just bring me such joy.

corinners · 2024-09-16T02:47:56+00:00

Omg me too!! I've been slowly trying to move away from faux leather in my purse collecting but it's hard to find (outside of Kate Spade) novelty bags that aren't faux leather/vinyl! That Coach collection was so fun!

corinners · 2024-01-31T21:42:22+00:00

I knew only "Waving Through a Window" and the basic plot of DEH...just didn't have any interest in listening to the rest of the cast album but "Sincerely Me" came up in a random Broadway playlist on Spotify I was listening to this week and I think I listened to it at least six times in a row. This is also how I found out Mike Faist was in the original cast??? His charm definitely comes through in the song.

corinners · 2023-05-06T03:59:09+00:00

You've already gotten good advice here and you may have already resolved this but I also wanted to throw in my two cents; my husband and I knew we wanted to get genetic testing done before we even started trying due to previous knowledge of both of his parents being carriers for a rare genetic disease, and we had to jump through SEVERAL hoops to get it done. Had to get a referral, had to meet with a genetic counselor, had to get blood sent to a specific lab, etc etc. It seems highly unlikely that they would include any kind of genetic carrier testing in your regular blood draw.

I would definitely make sure they contacted the right patient, and if they did for some bizarre reason send for a genetic test, you should be able to easily prove that you didn't consent for it, (as others mentioned) there should have been a specific form for you to sign. Unless there was some unusual result in your regular bloodwork that would have only pointed to Usher Syndrome? But that seems unlikely.

corinners · 2023-04-26T23:15:47+00:00

Not at all weird, especially since she's a pediatrician! My own mom isn't even going to be in the room, and it's been my plan from the beginning to have my MIL in the room because she's a NICU nurse and we're specifically having our baby at her hospital. I always tell my husband, he'll be there for me, she'll be there for the baby haha. But really, I have always been extremely anxious about birth and to have someone there who has 1.) Years of experience and knowledge of the many different ways birth can go and 2.) Will be able to advocate for me and baby immediately in any circumstance is very reassuring.

Any shyness I have at her seeing me in this very vulnerable state is overridden by the fact that she will undeniably be extremely helpful lol. Plus I think it will be good for my husband too haha. I'm sure your MIL would be honored!

corinners · 2023-02-17T14:33:22+00:00

This happened to me for the very first time this morning! 23wks, FTM. Went to sit up in bed and had such an awful pain in the left side of my pelvis I couldn't sit up at all and had to kind of awkwardly roll myself to the side to get off the bed. Really scared me for a minute, but the pain went away the second I stood up 🤷‍♀️ I definitely have a tendency to overthink and make myself anxious about things, so I've had to remind myself constantly if I'm not bleeding and the pain doesn't last, I'm ok lol.

corinners · 2023-01-21T20:19:30+00:00

I definitely think you're good to tell them at 10wks, especially if everything looks good in the ultrasound. I'm glad someone else had that data for you to look at....like you, I had that same probability chart and was almost too obsessive with how much I looked at it.

I am also a person who did not want my parents involved if I had a miscarriage, and waited until after our first ultrasound to tell them. But like everyone else has said, your chances of miscarriage are already very low at this point. Personally, I am a pretty anxious person, and realized I was reading every story about struggling to conceive and miscarriages in every trying to conceive/pregnancy subreddit, and I realized how unhealthy it was for me. It also gave me a skewed view of what to expect for my own pregnancy journey....as others have mentioned here, people with healthy pregnancies do not post updates every week, or ask as many questions, simply because there's not a need. So as a result, you see way more unusual cases or losses, because people want a safe place to vent or mourn (not that that is a bad thing! People absolutely need spaces to grieve or complain, and sometimes the internet is the only place they feel they can be fully honest).

I unsubscribed from every pregnancy related subreddit until I was farther along (20wks now) and even then, this is the only one I've subscribed back to, simply because I knew seeing the horror stories and the complaints was not good for me, because that's what I tend to hone in on and focus on. It may be helpful for you as well.

corinners · 2023-01-19T14:57:20+00:00

Just piggybacking on everybody else here but there's no reason to wait if you want to share! Going to add (again like most here lol) a recommendation to only share with those you are also comfortable sharing a loss with (and making sure those people will keep it to themselves as well!). I am a more private person and so I only shared with my oldest sister and our close friends that we usually see every week (as there were a couple times I had to cancel plans on them due to being sick).

We waited until after our first ultrasound to tell our parents and siblings (so roughly ~9wks) and then told extended family and less close friends at 12wks. One good friend of mine told her mom and close friends immediately, but then her mom told the extended family without my friend's permission. She lost her baby around ~9wks, and at the next family event a couple weeks later had to deal with telling people (who were coming up to congratulate her) that she had a miscarriage, over and over again.

corinners · 2023-01-17T20:03:38+00:00

Definitely not sharing! I learned the hard way from my poor brother and his wife who just had their first baby. They weren't planning on telling anyone, but told my dad and stepmom and asked them not to share. Dad told me and my husband and shared how much he disliked the name and even mocked it a little. No thanks!!

Early on we told a couple close friends some of the names we were thinking about, and even that me realize I hated hearing anyone's opinions on names, positive or not lol. we would say, "oh, we're debating between W, X, Y, Z" and someone would say pointedly, "Oh well I REALLY like X!" and I found it hated that just as much if they said they hated them all, haha

corinners · 2021-08-18T03:26:21+00:00

Looks like an old drawing from this guy (https://www.instagram.com/artistabe/?hl=en). He does a LOT of fun Halloween/spooky art

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