History YMMV / Hadestown

** [[BassoProfundo Patrick Page]] and Amber Gray's extremely unique, rich, and deep voices combined with playing Hades and Persephone to universal acclaim in each production leading up to and including the Broadway one will likely make it hard to not think of them when future actors step into these roles.

* AccidentalInnuendo:
** "If you wanna hold a woman, son, ''hang a chain around her throat'', made of many karat gold. ''Shackle her from wrist to wrist'' with sterling silver bracelets." Metaphoric GildedCage, or BDSM?

* FanPreferredCutContent: A near-universal fandom opinion is that Persephone's verse in "Chant (Reprise)" should have stayed in some form, as it concretely shows her love for Hades, gives her a singing part in an otherwise Hades-dominating song, and was mainly cut for time. (''Which'' version should have stayed is a matter of debate.)

** The third "Epic III" verse was changed from Broadway to the West End and had its changes backported to the US versions, which made fans of the former lyrics--which had stayed from NYTW on--unhappy due to the newer lyrics being very on-the-nose and less impactful.

* FanPreferredCutContent: A near-universal fandom opinion is that Persephone's verse in "Chant (Reprise)" should have stayed in some form, as it concretely shows her love for Hades and was mainly cut for time. (''Which'' version should have stayed is a matter of debate.)

* EvilIsSexy: With his sunglasses, leather outfits, and deep voice, it's no stretch that this helped Hades sway Eurydice to his side, and he's a fan favorite largely for this reason.

* NarmCharm: The fact that Hades, lord of the underworld, abusive CEO, wears sunglasses at night. What’s more, he dramatically puts on his sunglasses before approaching Eurydice, like he’s some confident {{Casanova}}. Probably intentional.

* DiagnosedByTheAudience: Hermes describes Orpheus as being “touched,” “naive,” and “sensitive of soul.” He also has NoSocialSkills, as seen when he asks Eurydice to come home with him and marry him as his opening lines (''right'' after Hermes instructs him not to come on too strong, no less). Orpheus also has a tendency to become hyper-fixated on things that give him inspiration, like a rag used to wash tables, the flower he gives to Eurydice, and his song to bring back spring. He’s so focused on completing his song that even Hermes can't interrupt him, to the point where when Eurydice is driven to sign her life away to Hadestown he doesn't notice her call his name. Because of these, a majority of the audience for Broadway and tour sees Orpheus as neurodivergent,

** The first half of "Epic III" was changed for Broadway due to Anais Mitchell seeing the climax of ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}'', where Anton Ego the food critic was moved by a simple dish, and deciding the song could afford to be a simpler expression of love. A year later, André de Shields (Hermes in ''Hadestown'') played Ego in ''[[WebVideo/{{Ratatouille}} Ratatouille the TikTok Musical]]''.

** “You might say the boy was touched.” It's like an inverse of MistakenForPedophile.

** Did Hades have sex with Eurydice or not? The wordplay of their songs in the earlier versions, as well as the moment behind closed office doors, implies it could go either way, and it's a popular fanfiction topic no matter which happens. Patrick Page, for the record, [[https://www.playbill.com/article/how-broadways-patrick-page-used-4-ingredients-to-create-hadestowns-namesake-god has said]] he seduced Eurydice to make Persephone jealous, which has certainly made fans speculate on the implications, since 'seduction' could mean anything from 'going to work in Hadestown' to… otherwise.

** [[BassoProfundo Patrick Page]] and [[ContraltoOfDanger Amber Gray's]] extremely unique, rich, and deep voices combined with playing Hades and Persephone to universal acclaim in each production leading up to and including the Broadway one will likely make it hard to not think of them when future actors step into these roles.