History Funny / Hadestown

* A small moment mixed with heartwarming, but as “Livin’ It Up on Top” starts playing and the rest of the cast members are getting to reintroducing Persephone, [[FunnyBackgroundEvent she is excitedly packing for her trip back above and plants a quick kiss on a pissed off, mopey Hades before going her way.]] While you do sympathize with Hades for being left alone half of the year and for his deteriorating marriage, it’s nevertheless cute and funny.

* Near the end of "Way Down Hadestown", Hades lowers his sunglasses to look at Eurydice, hearing what she said and realizing how easy it would be to manipulate her. Cue Orpheus literally jumping in front of Eurydice to protect her, and Hermes yelling "ALL ABOARD" while still holding the shiny umbrella he got in "Living It Up On Top". Almost like he’s trying to distract Hades.

* "I CONDUCT THE ELECTRIC CITY" is followed by the lights going out onstage, two beats on the snare drum in the music, and Hades clearing his throat, as if he and the band realize he got caught up in the scenery-chewing and went a little hard.

* Near the end of 'Way Down Hadestown", Hades lowers his sunglasses to look at Eurydice, hearing what she said and realizing how easy it would be to manipulate her. Cue Orpheus literally jumping in front of Eurydice to protect her, and Hermes yelling “ALL ABOARD” while still holding the shiny umbrella he got in “Living It Up On Top”. Almost like he’s trying to distract Hades.

* In the Broadway album version of "Livin' It Up On Top", during the dance break you can hear Hermes yell, "Come on, green thang!" to Persephone and "I'm the man your momma warned you about" to an ensemble member.
* Pretty much the moment Hades first opens his mouth and says, "I missed ya" in "Way Down Hadestown". Never fails to get a laugh every night.
* Near the end of “Way Down Hadestown”, Hades lowers his sunglasses to look at Eurydice, hearing what she said and realizing how easy it would be to manipulate her. Cue Orpheus literally jumping in front of Eurydice to protect her, and Hermes yelling “ALL ABOARD” while still holding the shiny umbrella he got in “Living It Up On Top”. Almost like he’s trying to distract Hades.

* The Edmonton version of "Come Home With Me" had Eurydice wonder where Orpheus's home is. It's in the middle of nowhere with no set for it, creating the impression he lived outdoors all year long.

* The London version of "Livin' It Up On Top" had Hermes ask Persephone if she got lose in the Underworld and that was why she was late.

** Driving it home is [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/8866974ef5697776415b2a1bdb06da2e/61545c6d31cdd806-80/s250x400/2a52ca0d54735a774461c28d2d9e8b8d818691e8.gifv Andre De Shields' silent reaction to this]], which borders between 'I give up" and "Do you see what I have to put up with?"

* While the meaning behind the words is pretty grim[[note]]corpses have cotton stuffed in their mouths for funerals[[/note]], Andre de Shields' hamminess and the sheer bizarreness of him talking about Hadestown stuffing cotton in the people's mouths makes it unintentionally funny.

* The MeetCute between Orpheus and Eurydice near the end of "Road to Hell," [[CrashIntoHello bumping into each other]] and becoming flustered as Hermes watches gleefully.

* At the end of "Why We Build The Wall", the bleak, grim number where Hades indoctrinates his slaves and successfully entices Eurydice into signing her life to him, [[MoodWhiplash Persephone pops in casually asking, "Anybody want a drink?"]].
** This is also a little [[JustForPun crack in the]] [[BreakingTheFourthWall fourth wall]]: Persephone's line is the last before intermission, so she's literally asking the audience if anyone wants a drink after such a dark section of the show.

* At the start of "Promises", Eurydice recognizes that Orpheus finished his song. While more of a soft question in the cast recording, Orpheus's response in the live show is an excited "Yes! Now what do I do?"

* Near the end of “Way Down Hadestown”, Hades lowers his sunglasses to look at Eurydice, hearing what she said and realizing how easy it would be to manipulate her. [[{{Bathos}} Cue Hermes yelling “ALL ABOARD” while still holding the shiny green umbrella he got in “Living It Up On Top”.]] Almost like he’s trying to distract Hades.

* In the cast album version of "Livin' It Up On Top", during the dance break you can hear Hermes yell, "Come on, green thang!" to Persephone.

* During "Road to Hell", Hermes refers to the Fates as "three old women all dressed the same", after which, the Fates shoot him a dirty look.

* "Come Home With Me" starts off with Hermes telling Orpheus not to come on too strong when approaching Eurydice. Orpheus immediately asks her to come home with him, followed immediately by a proposal of marriage, completely disregarding Hermes' advice.

* When Orpheus starts singing "Epic III", Hades interrupts the intro to sardonically say, "Oh, it's about me."
** The fact that during the start of "Epic III", Hades is sitting on a stool and has draped himself across as much of the set as he can reach.

* Orpheus’s EstablishingCharacterMoment: Getting inspired by a rag he was wiping tables with and waving to the audience with a big, goofy grin on his face when Hermes introduces him after Orpheus misses his first cue.

* When Orpheus introduces himself to Eurydice, he says he plays a lyre (in reality, a guitar), and Eurydice quips, "Oh, a 'lyre' ''and'' a player, too!"

* A small moment mixed with heartwarming, [[FunnyBackgroundEvent but as “Livin’ It Up on Top” starts playing and the rest of the cast members are getting to reintroducing Persephone, she is excitedly packing for her trip back above and plants a quick kiss on a pissed off, mopey Hades before going her way.]] While you do sympathize with Hades for being left alone half of the year and for his deteriorating marriage, it’s nevertheless cute and funny.

* Orpheus’s EstablishingCharacterMoment: Getting inspired by a rag he was wiping tables with and waving to the audience with a big, goofy grin on his face when Hermes introduces him (after Orpheus misses his first cue).

* "Come Home With Me" starts off with Hermes telling Orpheus not to come on too strong when approaching Eurydice. Orpheus then immediately asks her to come home with him (followed immediately by a proposal of marriage), completely disregarding Hermes' advice.

* Hades is the BigBad of the play and king of Hadestown. He's also a king who wears sunglasses in the winter.
** He also dramatically puts them on before trying to seduce Eurydice, like he’s TheCasanova.

* During "Road to Hell", Hermes refers to the Fates as "three old women who dressed the same", after which, the Fates shoot him a dirty look.

* While Hades and Persephone wait around at the start of Act 1 for their scenes, there's a table set up to play dominoes.

* When Orpheus introduces himself to Eurydice, he says he plays a lyre (in reality, an electric guitar), and Eurydice quips, "Oh, a 'lyre' ''and'' a player, too!"

* A small moment mixed with heartwarming, [[FunnyBackgroundEvent but as “Livin’ It Up” starts playing and the rest of the cast members are getting to reintroducing Persephone, she is excitedly packing for her trip back above and plants a quick kiss on a pissed off, mopey Hades before going her way.]] While you do sympathize with Hades for being left alone half of the year and for his deteriorating marriage, it’s nevertheless cute and funny.