Director Rachel Chavkin and composer Anais Mitchell discuss the inspiration behind Why We Build the Wall from their production of Hadestown. More info and tickets: www.nationalth...
God, Patrick Page's voice is so powerful. He's so great for the role. Anyone else think it would be awesome to listen to an audio book read by Patrick? 😂
I've gotta say that every single one of these singers blew me away, they harmonized so perfectly with everyone and gave me chills. Anaïs Mitchell is absolutely brilliant and this show has honestly moved me, it's like nothing I've ever seen before... especially this song. I really hope to see the show one day!
Anais Mitchell is incredible. I can’t believe how far this musical has come in the last few years, I have very fond memories of dancing around the kitchen to the original album with my partner, it’s so amazing to see it travel all the way to the National Theatre! Such an amazing cast, too :’-)
The show is utterly unique. It has so many layers and messages. I saw it last week and it was a work of art! Brilliantly directed. I just found the 2nd act a little drawn out - maybe condensing it by 10 minutes or so. I am sure there will be slight changes before it hits Broadway. I am wondering where they will find a thereat like the Olivier with its sensational open stage to perform the work
I remember when I was so sad that Nabiyah wasn't returning as Eurydice, and then I saw this clip and said to myself, "Okay, but it looks like we're in very good hands regardless."
That’s not entirely true as in the actual show she stands next to/a little behind and to the side of Hades rather than with the workers during this song! (She does sing along with everyone else, true, but with much less conviction than the workers) I think this video was probably just a singing rehearsal and doesn’t really reflect the actual staging/blocking of the scene very accurately :)
The political discourse about building a war existed long before trump was ever born. This talk of separation has left traumas upon the border community long before it enters mainstream American discourse. If you would just pay a little more attention, the rise of trump is predictable and could have been prevented
@Meow Meow - he really hasn't though. Most of the few things people like to try and attribute to him, including the employment rate, are things that were already at the current level or trending the same way since Obama was in office. Trump doesn't get credit because the unemployment rate that was dropping 6 years in a row dropped at the same rate for a 7th.
That’s art according to Aristotle “ it should be written under the rule of probability.” That’s why art is better than reality. I agree it is creepy because they actually met !
Anäis Mitchell is brilliant also I love Amber Gray and Patrick Page and Persephone is number two dreamrole. Also I love the eco feminist message of this show it’s great in this political climate and very relevant. I also love Hades and Persephone.
I really hope this show comes to Australia, because I want to see it so badly. The soundtrack is something I regularly listen to while doing different things, whether that be chores or animation, and its just so beautiful, well written, well sung and such a bop!
Does anybody else notice the way Patrick says ' And the war is never won'? The way he hits 'war' makes it sound like he's about to say 'wall' but changes right in the middle. Like he's going to tell his workers that the wall will never be finished but changes midstream. I really hope that that was on purpose.
We're coming with my aunt from Finland to London just to see this musical we both have loved for a really long time and we're REALLY excited to see Hadestown on live!!!
I feel ya, Hades is actually one of the least unsympathetic male gods of Greek myth. But I do like that he gets some characterisarion beyond 'evil hell man' even when he's the villain in Hadestown.
@@starcrash-ash6061 You have a good point, this is actually one of the least evil versions of Hades that I have seen so far. It's just that I'm tired of always seeing him been the bad guy when other gods did way more awful things.
@@theravioli899 Rick Riordan kind of gets it right in his Percy Jackson and his Heroes of Olympus book series. In those books Hades is a bit bitter and a bit dramatic, but never the Big Bad. He even complains about how people are always suspicious of him when he's completely innocent.
Actually I feel like this musical (even if it goes slightly away from mythology) does a good job at showing the true Hades and how he was a good person that turned evil from greed. Still,I agree with you
@@CynicalCharmer Yaya ik, it was just sort of a joke because the song is about them building a wall and such. And anyway, I absolutely adore this song, I think it's beautiful. It's art.
Alex TheGreat Oh I’m not saying it isn’t relevant, I just think it’s important to distinguish these days. Hamfisted Trump metaphors are in everything these days, and it takes enjoyment out of a lot. Hades however, as a character, is complex and extremely engaging in the show. Trump is...well, Trump may do what he says he’ll do, but it makes him all the more two-dimensional.
