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'Hadestown': Learn more about the 2019 Tony Awards' most-nominated show

Portrait of Brent Hallenbeck Brent Hallenbeck
Burlington Free Press
From left to right, Eva Noblezada as Eurydice, Andre De Shields as Hermes and Reeve Carney as Orpheus perform while Patrick Page as Hades and Amber Gray as Persephone look on from the balcony in the Broadway production of Anais Mitchell's "Hadestown."

"Hadestown," the musical created by Vermont singer-songwriter Anais Mitchell and first staged in her home state in 2006, was nominated Tuesday morning for a Tony Award for Best Musical, one of 14 nominations for the production.

"Hadestown" will compete for Broadway's top prize against "Ain't Too Proud," "Beetlejuice," "The Prom" and "Tootsie" when the Tony Awards are given out in a ceremony broadcast at 8 p.m. June 9 on CBS. "Hadestown" received the most nominations of any production this year.

Mitchell was nominated for Best Book of a Musical and Best Original Score Written for the Theater. Guitarist and Lincoln resident Michael Chorney, who was involved in the original "Hadestown" productions in Vermont, received a nomination with Todd Sickafoose for Best Orchestrations for their work in the musical.

More:Tony Awards 2019 nominations: 'Hadestown' leads with 14 nods

Patrick Page and Amber Gray are king and queen of the underworld in the Broadway production of Anais Mitchell's "Hadestown."

Also nominated was Eva Noblezada, cast as Eurydice in Mitchell's production that's based on the Greek myth of Orpheus. Noblezada was nominated for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical.

Andre De Shields and Patrick Page were nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical. De Shields is cast as Hermes, the narrator of "Hadestown," while Page is the demonic Hades who runs the bleak factory that gives the production its name.

Amber Gray was nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical. She portrays Hades' wife, Persephone.

"Hadestown" is also up for awards for scenic design, costume design, lighting design, sound design, choreography and best director, Rachel Chavkin.

Mitchell, a native of Addison County, Vermont, staged "Hadestown" on a shoestring in 2006 performances in the Vermont towns of Barre and Vergennes. A revamped version toured Vermont in 2007.

Mitchell, a singer-songwriter who portrayed Eurydice in the early productions, recorded a "Hadestown" album in 2010 with musicians including Ani DiFranco and Bon Iver's Justin Vernon. She brought the musical off-Broadway in 2016 for a production also directed by Chavkin.

Anais Mitchell began her folk opera "Hadestown" in her home state of Vermont in 2006.

The most-recent Tony Award-nominated musical with Vermont ties is "Fun Home," which won the Best Musical prize in 2015. "Fun Home" was based on a graphic novel by Alison Bechdel of Bolton and included in its original cast a young Charlotte actor, Oscar Williams.

The top eight categories were revealed in a live broadcast Tuesday morning on "CBS This Morning." Mitchell tweeted a few minutes after the broadcast one simple message: "Aaaaaaaaahhhhh!!!"

 

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