André De Shields & Hadestown Original Broadway Company
Eva Noblezada, Jewelle Blackman, Yvette Gonzales-Nacer & Kay Trinidad
Reeve Carney, Eva Noblezada, André De Shields, Afra Hines, Timothy Hughes, Kimberly Marable, John Krause & Ahmad Simmons
Reeve Carney, Eva Noblezada, Afra Hines, Timothy Hughes, John Krause, Ahmad Simmons & Kimberly Marable
Reeve Carney & André De Shields
Amber Gray, André De Shields, Reeve Carney & Hadestown Original Broadway Company
André De Shields
Eva Noblezada & Reeve Carney
Hadestown Original Broadway Company
André De Shields, Reeve Carney, Eva Noblezada, Jewelle Blackman, Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer & Kay Trinidad
Reeve Carney
Hadestown Original Broadway Company
Patrick Page & Eva Noblezada
André De Shields
Jewelle Blackman, Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer, Kay Trinidad & Eva Noblezada
Eva Noblezada, Jewelle Blackman, Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer & Kay Trinidad
André De Shields & Reeve Carney
André De Shields, Reeve Carney, Jewelle Blackman, Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer, Kay Trinidad, Timothy Hughes, Malcolm Armwood, Jessie Shelton, Kimberly Marable, Khaila Wilcoxon, Ahmad Simmons, Afra Hines, T. Oliver Reid & John Krause
Patrick Page & Hadestown Original Broadway Company
André De Shields
Amber Gray
André De Shields, Jewelle Blackman, Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer, Kay Trinidad, Eva Noblezada, Timothy Hughes, Malcolm Armwood, Jessie Shelton, Kimberly Marable, Khaila Wilcoxon, Ahmad Simmons, Afra Hines, T. Oliver Reid & John Krause
Eva Noblezada
Reeve Carney & Eva Noblezada
Patrick Page, Amber Gray, André De Shields, Eva Noblezada & Reeve Carney
Hadestown Original Broadway Band
Jewelle Blackman, Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer & Kay Trinidad
Reeve Carney, André De Shields, Afra Hines, Timothy Hughes, John Krause, Kimberly Marable & Ahmad Simmons
Amber Gray & Patrick Page
Hadestown Original Broadway Company
Reeve Carney & Hadestown Original Broadway Company
Hadestown Original Broadway Band
Eva Noblezada & Reeve Carney
Jewelle Blackman, Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer & Kay Trinidad
Patrick Page
André De Shields, Reeve Carney, Eva Noblezada, Afra Hines, Timothy Hughes, Kimberly Marable, John Krause & Ahmad Simmons
André De Shields & Hadestown Original Broadway Company
Reeve Carney, Eva Noblezada, Jewelle Blackman, Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer, Kay Trinidad, Afra Hines, John Krause, Kimberly Marable, Timothy Hughes & Ahmad Simmons
André De Shields & Hadestown Original Broadway Company
Amber Gray, Eva Noblezada & Hadestown Original Broadway Company
Challenged by Hades, Orpheus sings the song we have seen him working on for the longest time: the song of Hades and Persephone. Orpheus reminds them of their love, and most importantly, the melody that they have long forgotten.
[ORPHEUS]
King of shadows
King of shades
Hades was king of the Underworld
[HADES, spoken]
Oh, it's about me?
[HERMES, spoken]
Go on...
[ORPHEUS]
But he fell in love with a beautiful lady
Who walked up above
In her mother's green field
He fell in love with Persephone
Who was gathering flowers in the light of the sun
And I know how it was because
He was like me
A man in love with a woman
Singing la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
[HADES, spoken]
Where'd you get that melody?
[ORPHEUS]
La la la la la la la
[PERSEPHONE, spoken]
Let him finish, Hades
[ORPHEUS]
La la la la la la
And you didn't know how
And you didn't know why
But you knew that you wanted to take her home
You saw her alone there, against the sky
It was like she was someone you'd always known
It was like you were holding the world when you held her
Like yours were the arms that the whole world was in
And there were no words for the way that you felt
So you opened your mouth and you started to sing:
La la la la la la la
[ORPHEUS and COMPANY]
La la la la la la la
[ORPHEUS]
La la la la la la la
[ORPHEUS and COMPANY]
La la la la la la...
[ORPHEUS]
And what has become of the heart of that man
Now that the man is king?
What has become of the heart of that man
Now that he has everything?
The more he has, the more he holds
The greater the weight of the world on his shoulders
See how he labors beneath that load
Afraid to look up, and afraid to let go
So he keeps his head low, he keeps his back bending
He's grown so afraid that he'll lose what he owns
But what he doesn't know is that what he's defending
Is already gone
Where is the treasure inside of your chest?
Where is your pleasure? Where is your youth?
Where is the man with his arms outstretched?
To the woman he loves
With nothing to lose
Singing la la la la la la la…
[HADES]
La la la la la la la…
[ORPHEUS]
La la la la la la la…
[ORPHEUS, HADES AND PERSEPHONE]
La la la la la la…
Epic III was written by Anaïs Mitchell.
Epic III was produced by Todd Sickafoose & David Lai & Anaïs Mitchell.
Reeve Carney & Hadestown Original Broadway Company released Epic III on Fri Jul 26 2019.