History Funny / Hadestown

* 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.

* As the cast members are getting into places at the beginning of the show, Hermes comes in to officially open it up by doing some moves and getting an “a’ight!” out of both his cast members and the audience.
* While Hades and Persephone wait around at the start of Act 1 for their scenes, there's a table set up to play dominoes. [[https://hadestownthemusical.tumblr.com/post/624376875050057728/i-had-to-teach-patrick-how-to-play-dominoes-and According to]] [[https://youtu.be/WvAsEUoEbcs?t=1444 Amber Gray]], she had to teach Patrick Page how to play and he still doesn't grasp all the rules, meaning Persephone is winning in a CurbStompBattle every show.

* 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.

--> "People told us, 'Great songs, but what the hell is going on?'"

--> It was a Saturday/On the second show/When all of the sudden/Light got low\\

* Reeve Carney's brother, Zane Carney, performed a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbAR6e3Xw3o completely improvised]] version of ''Hadestown'' based on what little he remembered of it, with the added challenge of fitting 20 audience-selected words into the story somewhere. Highlights include Zane [[NoPronunciationGuide mispronouncing Eurydice's name the whole time]], Hermes having a nice watch, Hades singing about how [[ToiletHumour life is just poop]] while Persephone compares it to a train, Orpheus turning around by spinning in his chair, and Reeve and Eva dying of laughter in the chat.

* Usually in the intro to "Our Lady of the Underground," Hermes escorts Persephone onstage and Persephone kisses him on the cheek. For Amber Gray's last show as Persephone, they [[https://twitter.com/emmaloerick/status/1495246397096005634 made out]] instead as the audience went wild.

* Orpheus's EstablishingCharacterMoment on Broadway: Getting inspired by a rag he was wiping tables with and missing his first cue, then waving to the audience with a big, goofy grin on his face when Hermes reintroduces him.

* Orpheus's EstablishingCharacterMoment on Broadway: 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.

* In the NYTW recording of "Livin' it Up On Top", before the final toast, Orpheus gives a very quiet "...Oh, come on," presumably having trouble with the cup, as the audience giggles.

* 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, she is excitedly packing for her trip back above and [[FunnyBackgroundEvent 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.

* 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, she is excitedly packing for her trip back above and [[FunnyBackgroundEvent 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.

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

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

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

** 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 Hades and Persephone wait around at the start of Act 1 for their scenes, there's a table set up to play dominoes. [[https://hadestownthemusical.tumblr.com/post/624376875050057728/i-had-to-teach-patrick-how-to-play-dominoes-and According to]] Amber Gray, she had to teach Patrick Page how to play and he still doesn't grasp all the rules, meaning Persephone is winning in a CurbStompBattle every show.

Talkin' about New York City/So nice/They had to name it twice!

* Orpheus and Eurydice’s reunion in Hadestown, while mostly tender and heartwarming, has a funny moment in the middle: Eurydice asks Orpheus if he heard her call his name before she left, to which he bluntly replies, “No.”

--> "It was a Saturday/On the second show/When all of the sudden/Light got low/Talkin' about New York City/So nice/They had to name it twice!"

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

* 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, she is excitedly packing for her trip back above and [[FunnyBackgroundEvent 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.

* In a mixed funny and awesome moment, the Manhattan blackout of 2019 resulted in many Broadway shows, including ''Hadestown'', closing. What did the cast do? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oynfr0RrbTg Sang with the crowd]] to a blackout-themed take on "Road to Hell," with lyrics improvised on the spot by André De Shields.