![]() ![]() Orpheus believes that spring will come again. Orpheus falls in love and make extravagant promises, that despite poverty, their love will save them (“Come Home With Me”). Into this town blows, Eurydice (Morgan Siobhan Green) and she describes the desperate times–famine and harsh weather (“Any Way the Wind Blows”). ![]() Our Greek chorus is the Fates (Bélen Moyano, Best Odorisio and Shea Renne). He has a soft spot for Orpheus (Nicholas Barasch) and yet knows the harsh ways of the gods (“Road to Hell”).Ĭause he was touched by the gods themselves! In “Hadestown,” our narrator is the charming Hermes (Levi Kreis). (Clockwise from Top Left) Kevyn Morrow, Kimberly Marable, Nicholas Barasch, Levi Kreis and Morgan Siobhan Green in the “Hadestown” North American Tour. If you deny me I cannot return alone you shall triumph in the death of us both.” …Proserpine could not resist, and Pluto himself gave way…Orpheus was permitted to take her away with him on one condition, that he should not turn around to look at her till they should have reached the upper air…Orpheus, in a moment of forgetfulness, to assure himself that she was still following, cast a glance behind him, when instantly she was borne away. But till then grant her to me, I beseech you. She too, when she shall have filled her term of life, will rightly be yours. Accompanying the words with the lyre, he sung…”We all are destined to you, and sooner or later must pass to your domain. He passed through crowds of ghosts and presented himself before the throne of Pluto and Proserpine. He descended by a cave situated on the side of the promontory of Taenarus and arrived at the Stygian realm. Orpheus sang his grief to all who breathed the upper hair, both gods and men, and finding it all unavailing resolved to seek his wife in the regions of the dead. She fled, and in flying trod upon a snake in the grass, was bitten in the foot, and died. ![]() If you’re unfamiliar with the story of Orpheus and Euridice, here’s the Bullfinch version:Įurydice, shortly after her marriage, while wandering with the nymphs, her companions, was seen by the shepherd Aristaeus, who was struck with her beauty and made advances to her. To get into the “Hadestown,” there’s no password although you might have to use your secret credit card code, but this musical is fun, lusty and ultimately tragic. ![]() You’ve got to be in the know to find these top-notch cocktail dens. Passwords are passé, but:Įvery bar on this list has an entrance that’s physically hidden or unmarked, whether it’s a door within a restaurant or in a basement, or the door is actually a bed that flips around to reveal a secret staircase. With liquor legal, what defines a speakeasy? I’ll depend upon the Los Angeles “ Time Out” definition. The 14 best speakeasies in Los Angeles (14 January 2022) Speakeasy-themed bars are booming once again in NYC (15 March 2022) Savannah’s Speakeasy Trend Spills over to Enmarket Area (3 February 2022) Secret hidden speakeasy bars are the hottest bar trend in Dallas right now (14 October 2021) A speakeasy was “a place where alcoholic beverages are illegally sold” according to Merriam-Webster, and is specifically “such a place during the period of prohibition in the US.” Lately, they have been making a comeback, but since alcohol is legal, it’s more a matter of atmosphere and it’s a national trend. So by 1929, speakeasies were almost a decade old. Prohibition in the United States began on 17 January 1920 when the Volstead Act went into effect. In literature, the time was depicted in John Steinbeck’s Pulitzer Prize winning 1939 novel, The Grapes of Wrath.” Harper Lee’s 1960 “To Kill a Mockingbird” is set during that time period. Herbert Hoover (1874-1964) was president. The Great Depression (August 1929 to March 1933) was a time when the world was in an economic depression which began with Black Tuesday (4 September 1929), a stock market crash in the United States. ![]()
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