History Heartwarming / Hadestown

** Lillias White and Will Mann's Hermes both call Orpheus "baby" in dialogue, showing how deeply their bond with him runs and how much they want him to succeed.

** Lillias White's Hermes calls Orpheus "baby" in dialogue, showing how deeply her bond with him runs and how much she wants him to succeed.

* "Wait for Me (Reprise)" has Eurydice and the Workers singing the song of hope as Orpheus begins his ascent, vowing to show the way the world can be--if Orpheus can do it, so can Eurydice, and if she can, so can the Workers. Meanwhile, Hades and Persephone vow to try again next fall, since it's time for her to bring spring. Hades lets her go, and promises to wait for her.

* "Promises" has Orpheus and Eurydice reaffirm their love and vow to stay together come what may. Orpheus apologizes for breaking his extravagant wedding promises, and Eurydice tells him not to promise her the world and just be steady and there for her. Eurydice also extends friendship to the Workers with handshakes, held hands, and affirming her determination to help them.

* "Our Lady of the Underground" has Persephone taking the time to credit each band member by name and instrument. In the live tour, if the drummer is backstage, she tells the audience to clap extra loudly so they can hear it.

* In the Broadway version of "A Gathering Storm," Eurydice gives Orpheus a kiss on the shoulder as a goodbye before she heads out to get food and firewood. In the London version, he instinctively holds hands with her in a similar manner.

** In the London version, Hermes gently cups Eurydice's chin to comfort her when she makes her way onstage. On Broadway, it's reversed as Eurydice comforts Hermes by showing him the red carnation and giving it to him to hold.

* What's one of the first things Hermes does in the show? He pats Eurydice as if it is nice to see her above ground again and then he introduces "the hardest-working chorus in the gods' almighty world," as well as the band, and tell the audience to give them a round of applause. In this show, ''everyone'' is important, and the narrator is going to make sure you know it.

* [[https://www.broadwayworld.com/videoplay/VIDEO-Meet-the-HADESTOWN-Tours-New-Orpheus--ChibuezeIhuoma-20220626 An interview]] with Chibueze Ihuoma mentioned that one night during Wedding Song, he accidentally catapulted the flower out of his hand, where it landed onstage. Morgan Siobhan Green played it like Eurydice saw the flower growing out of the ground instead and was awed by it.

* "Wait for Me (Reprise)" has Eurydice and the Workers singing the song of hope as Orpheus begins his ascent, vowing to show the way the world can be--if they can do it, so can we. Meanwhile, Hades and Persephone vow to try again next fall, since it's time for her to bring spring. Hades lets her go, and promises to wait for her.

* In the Broadway version of "A Gathering Storm," Eurydice gives Orpheus a kiss on the shoulder as a goodbye before she heads out to get food and firewood. In the London version, he instinctively held hands with her in a similar manner.

** In the London version, Hermes gently cups Eurydice's chin to comfort her when she makes her way onstage. On Broadway, it's reversed as Eurydice comforts Hermes by showing him the red carnation and holding it out to him.

* [[https://www.broadwayworld.com/videoplay/VIDEO-Meet-the-HADESTOWN-Tours-New-Orpheus--ChibuezeIhuoma-20220623 An interview]] with Chibueze Ihuoma mentioned that one night during Wedding Song, he accidentally catapulted the flower out of his hand, where it landed onstage. Morgan Siobhan Green played it like Eurydice saw the flower growing out of the ground instead and was awed by it.

** Orpheus toasts to Persephone and her bounty towards the end of the song, sincerely thanking her for her work and promising they'll always raise their cups to her, and the ensemble members cheer his name when he begins the toast.

** Eurydice is initially too shy to dance and has to be coaxed into it by Persephone. Once she gets grooving, the entire chorus applauds her.

* In the Edmonton version of "Road to Hell (Reprise)", Eurydice uses her match as a symbol to light the way for the other workers, and it's implied she joins Hermes in telling the story of Orpheus and Eurydice to all who will listen. By the end of the song, Persephone, Hades, and the Fates gather to listen too.
* In the London version of "Road to Hell (Reprise)", Hermes gently cups Eurydice's chin to comfort her when she makes her way onstage. On Broadway, it's reversed as Eurydice comforts Hermes by showing him the red carnation and holding it out to him.

* The message of the show, as Hermes points out in "Road to Hell (Reprise)", is to hope and work for a better world even though it might be impossible. Orpheus failed, but he gave Hermes the gift to see the world as it could be ''in spite'' of the way that it is, and he'll keep trying for a happier ending as the story resets with spring on its way. Adding to it is that Orpheus and Eurydice meet again, as if for the very first time.

-->'Cause here’s the thing\\

* When Orpheus makes a carnation bloom out of nowhere in "Wedding Song", Eurydice goes from skeptical to instantly supportive and tells him he has to finish the song.

* "Promises" has Orpheus and Eurydice reaffirm their love and vow to stay together come what may. Orpheus apologizes for breaking his extravagant wedding promises, and Eurydice tells him not to promise her the world and just be steady and there for her. Eurydice also extends friendship to the Workers with handshakes and he;d hands.

* Persephone becomes fond of Orpheus and Eurydice in her time up top, which pays off in "How Long?" when she pleads with Hades to reconsider because she knows them personally, telling Hades that their love is just like her and Hades' when they were younger.

* "Promises" has Orpheus and Eurydice reaffirm their love and vow to stay together come what may. Orpheus apologizes for breaking his extravagant wedding promises, and Eurydice tells him not to promise her the world and just be steady and there for her. The NYTW version is also heartwarming as they both initially take each other to task for their broken promises, but forgive one another and face whatever may happen together.

** In a similar manner, "Our Lady of the Underground" has Persephone taking the time to credit each band member by name and instrument. In the live tour, if the drummer is backstage, she tells the audience to clap extra loudly so they can hear it.

** In a similar manner, "Our Lady of the Underground" has Persephone taking the time to credit each band member by name and instrument.

* 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.