"Hadestown: The Musical"
Reeve Carney and Eva Noblezada are lovers in “Hadestown: The Musical,” from Crosswalk

"Hadestown: The Musical"

Move over “Odyssey;” here’s another Greek tragedy of love and war, this time beautifully captured as a musical.

By Peter Travers

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★★★½ (3½ out of 4)

I’ve seen “The Odyssey,” so I realize the ancient Greeks knew a lot about love and war. But song and dance? That’s the real surprise of “Hadestown: The Musical,” a live stage recording of the Tony-winning, folk and jazz musical that retells two ancient Greek myths: the romance of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and the troubled marriage of King Hades and Persephone. Set in a post-apocalyptic, Depression-era New Orleans, the story explores passion, poverty, and industry. And, yes, you can dance to it.

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