From the album that started it all: Anaïs Mitchell sings 'If It's True' from HADESTOWN 

From the album that started it all: Anaïs Mitchell sings 'If It's True' from the original concept album of HADESTOWN.
About HADESTOWN at New York Theatre Workshop:
With HADESTOWN, celebrated singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell and inventive two-time Obie award-winning director Rachel Chavkin (Three Pianos; Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812) transform Mitchell's "phenomenal concept album" (Rolling Stone) into a bold new work for the stage. This folk opera follows Orpheus' mythical quest to overcome Hades and regain the favor of his one true love, Eurydice. Together we travel from wide open plains where love and music are not enough nourishment to survive the winter, down to Hadestown, an industrialized world of mindless labor and full stomachs. Inspired by traditions of classic American folk music and vintage New Orleans jazz, Mitchell's beguiling melodies and poetic imagination pit nature against industry, faith against doubt, and love against death.
Begins performances May 6. Tickets available at www.nytw.org.
With special thanks to the production team of the live footage:
Ben Duff
Steve Gibbs
Helen Doyle
Inta Lankovska
Jasper Dent
Video editor: Crystal Arnette