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Hadestown

Nontraditional Casting, Race, and Capitalism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 March 2021

Nia Wilson
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Abstract

Hadestown, Anaïs Mitchell and Rachel Chavkin’s musical reimagination of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, sidelines the issue of white supremacy in its explorations of economic inequality, environmental exploitation, and collective action.

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Critical Acts
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TDR , Volume 65 , Issue 1 , March 2021 , pp. 188 - 192
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© The Author(s) 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press for Tisch School of the Arts/NYU

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