History Awesome / Hadestown

* It's quite despicable, but the way Hades [[ManipulativeBastard effortlessly manipulates Eurydice into leaving for Hadestown]] is quite impressive.

* Persephone, on seeing Orpheus in Hadestown, does his best to keep her husband from hurting him. Then she pinpoints that Hades is afraid of the boy, and ''refuses to drink'' for the only time in the play when he offers her a glass. Persephone then sings about the love they once had, and begs for Eurydice's life. It's clear she would do anything to make sure her friend is happy with his wife.
* It's quite despicable, but the way Hades [[MagnificentBastard effortlessly manipulates Eurydice into leaving for Hadestown]] is quite impressive.
* While it's not long before Hades takes her away again, seeing Persephone lighten up the world with summertime in "Living It Up On Top" counts.

* Meta: The show would go on to win eight Tony awards, including a much deserved Best Director for Rachel Chavkin. Using the platform given to her, Chavkin dedicated her speech to other women and BIPOC directors and demanded Broadway to give them a fair chance at showing their work on a commercial stage.
--> '''Chavkin:'''"I wish I wasn't the only woman directing a musical on Broadway this season. There are so many women who are ready to go. There are so many artists of color who are ready to go. And we need to see that racial diversity and that gender diversity reflected in our critical establishment, too. This is not a pipeline issue. It is a failure of imagination by a field whose job is to imagine the way the world could be. So, let's do it."

* Meta: The show would go on to win seven Tony awards, including a much deserved Best Director for Rachel Chavkin. Using the platform given to her, Chavkin dedicated her speech to other women and BIPOC directors and demanded Broadway to give them a fair chance at showing their work on a commercial stage.

* It's quite despicable, but the way Hades effortlessly manipulates Eurydice into leaving for Hadestown is quite impressive.

** "if It's True" and "Chant (Reprise)": The guy has just been beaten up, learned his wife sold herself into slavery, and taunted by the Fates that he's never going to win in a town not built for men like him. After a BSODSong, he realizes the same workers that beat him up are repeating his words, and gets an idea. He starts to sing, even as Hades hears the workers on the verge of rioting and questioning their actions under the death god's orders. The staging has him circle the beleaguered group while asking (in the preview version) "Can I change his ways," referring to Hades, and giving the man a DeathGlare as they spin away from each other. By this point Orpheus's face is covered in (fake) blood, and Hades makes it clear he could kill the "young man" any time he likes. Orpheus doesn't have NervesOfSteel, he has nerves of titanium!

** "Chant II": The guy has just been beaten up, learned his wife sold herself into slavery, and taunted by the Fates that he's never going to win in a town not built for men like him. After a BSODSong, he realizes the same workers that beat him up are repeating his words, and gets an idea. He starts to sing, even as Hades hears the workers on the verge of rioting and questioning their actions under the death god's orders. The staging has him circle the beleaguered group while asking (in the preview version) "Can I change his ways," referring to Hades, and giving the man a DeathGlare as they spin away from each other. By this point Orpheus's face is covered in (fake) blood, and Hades makes it clear he could kill the "young man" any time he likes. Orpheus doesn't have NervesOfSteel, he has nerves of titanium!

* It's quite despicable, but the way Hades' effortlessly manipulated Eurydice into leaving for Hadestown is quite impressive.
* While it's not long before Hades takes her away again, seeing Persephone lighten up the world with Springtime counts.
* Hades effortlessly removing Orpheus when he first spots him in the underworld.

** During "Wait For Me," he hears Hermes's warning that Hadestown is dangerous, and people don't return from there. Orpheus goes anyway using the back way that his uncle maps out, with only the slightest trembling of fear and the Fates asking, "Who are you? Why are you all alone?" Then he breaks open the wall to Hadestown just by singing, and the staging has the walls of the set open up, filled with light, to frame his accomplishment in reality.

* Hades gets quite the BadassBoast in "Chant II" as he dares Orpheus to sing for him while taunting him that his life's in Hades' hands.

* Thanks to "Chant II," the workers actually stand up and question Hades's orders and logic. Eurydice remains standing as Persephone sings how she fell in love with Hades and sees herself in the young girl. She then starts singing "If it's not too late," showing that she has hope.

** "Chant II": The guy has just been beaten up, learned his wife sold herself into slavery, and taunted by the Fates that he's never going to win in a town not built for men like him. After a BSODSong, he realizes the same workers that beat him up are repeating his words, and gets an idea. He starts to sing, even as Hades hears the workers on the verge of rioting and questioning their actions under the death god's orders. The staging has him circle the beleaguered group while saying (in the preview version) "If I change his ways," referring to Hades, and giving the man a DeathGlare as they spin away from each other. By this point Orpheus's face is covered in (fake) blood, and Hades makes it clear he could kill the "young man" any time he likes. Orpheus doesn't have NervesOfSteel, he has nerves of titanium!

** "Chant II": The guy has just been beaten up, learned his wife sold herself into slavery, and taunted by the Fates that he's never going to win in a town not built for men like him. After a BSODSong, he realizes the same workers that beat him up are repeating his words, and gets an idea. He starts to sing, even as Hades hears the workers on the verge of rioting and questioning their actions under the death god's orders. The staging has him circle the beleaguered group while saying "If I change his ways," referring to Hades, and giving the man a DeathGlare as they spin away from each other. By this point Orpheus's face is covered in (fake) blood, and Hades makes it clear he could kill the "young man" any time he likes. Orpheus doesn't have NervesOfSteel, he has nerves of titanium!

** During "Wait for Me," he hears Hermes's warning that Hadestown is dangerous, and people don't return from there. Orpheus goes anyway using the back way that his uncle maps out, with only the slightest trembling of fear and the Fates asking, "Who are you? Why are you all alone?" Then he breaks open the wall to Hadestown just by singing, and the staging has the walls of the set open up, filled with light, to frame his accomplishment in reality.

''Of power chords and power lines''\\

** "Chant II": The guy has just been beaten up, learned his wife sold herself into slavery, and taunted by the Fates that he's never going to win in a town not build for men like him. After a BSODSong, he realizes the same workers that beat him up are repeating his words, and gets an idea. He starts to sing, even as Hades hears the workers on the verge of rioting and questioning their actions under the death god's orders. The staging has him circle the beleaguered group while saying "If I change his ways," referring to Hades, and giving the man a DeathGlare as they spin away from each other. By this point Orpheus's face is covered in (fake) blood, and Hades makes it clear he could kill the "young man" any time he likes. Orpheus doesn't have NervesOfSteel, he has nerves of titanium!

''Of power cords and power lines''\\

** During "Wait for Me," he hears Hermes's warning that Hadestown is dangerous, and people don't return from there. Orpheus goes anyway using the back way that his uncle maps out, with only the slightest trembling of fear and the Fates asking, "Who are you? Why are you all alone?" Then he breaks open the wall to Hadestown just by singing.

* Thanks to "Chant II," the workers actually stand up and question Hades's orders and logic. Eurydice remains standing as Perspephone sings how she fell in love with Hades and sees herself in the young girl. She then starts singing "If it's not too late," showing that she has hope.
* Persephone, on seeing Orpheus in Hadestown, does his best to keep her husband from hurting him. Then she pinpoints that Hades is afraid of the boy, and ''refuses to drink'' for the only time in the play when he offers her a glass. Persephone then sings about the love they once had, and begs for Eurydice's life. It's clear she would do anything to make sure her friend is happy with his wife.

** He tells a girl he just met, "Come home with me." She's so amused by his boldness that she laughs on learning he's "always like this" and tests him by asking to hear his song. Orpheus then proceeds to summon a flower out of thin air, impressing Eurydice.
** During "Wait for Me," he hears Hermes's warning that Hadestown is dangerous, and people don't return from there. Orpheus goes anyway using the backway that his uncle maps out, with only the slightest trembling of fear and the Fates asking, "Who are you? Why are you all alone?" Then he breaks open the wall to Hadestown just by singing.

''The symphony of Hadestown\\