{"id":308790,"date":"2026-07-29T16:14:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T16:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/308790\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T16:14:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T16:14:25","slug":"broadways-hadestown-to-welcome-norbert-leo-butz-amber-iman-jasmin-savoy-brown-kayko-geno-segers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/308790\/","title":{"rendered":"Broadway’s Hadestown to Welcome Norbert Leo Butz, Amber Iman, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Kayko, Geno Segers"},"content":{"rendered":"

A whole new principal company will go\u00a0way down under the ground\u00a0in the Tony-winning Best Musical Hadestown<\/a>,\u00a0beginning September 1 at\u00a0Broadway’s\u00a0Walter Kerr<\/a>\u00a0Theatre.<\/p>\n

The new\u00a0company will be led by\u00a0Jasmin Savoy Brown (Yellowjackets, Scream, The Leftovers)\u00a0as Eurydice, two-time Tony winner Norbert Leo Butz<\/a>\u00a0(Dirty Rotten Scoundrels<\/a>,\u00a0Catch Me if You Can)\u00a0as Hermes,\u00a0Tony nominee Amber Iman<\/a> (Lempicka<\/a>, Black Swan)\u00a0as Persephone, pop-rock musician and songwriter Kayko in his Broadway debut\u00a0as Orpheus, and Disney XD actor Geno Segers (Pair of Kings, Australia’s\u00a0The Lion King) in his Broadway debut\u00a0as Hades.<\/p>\n

These artists will join\u00a0Kelly Belarmino<\/a>, KC Dela Cruz<\/a>, and Khori Michelle Petinaud<\/a> as the\u00a0Fates, with\u00a0the chorus of Workers played by Emily Afton<\/a>, Malcolm Armwood<\/a>, Jeffrey Cornelius<\/a>, Sydney Parra<\/a>, and Alex Puette<\/a>. Swings are Brandon Cameron<\/a>, Tara Jackson<\/a>, Max Kumangai, and Alex Lugo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

READ: 5 Hadestown Easter Eggs You Can Only See in the Film<\/a><\/p>\n

The Broadway cast is currently led by\u00a0Gary Dourdan<\/a> as Hades, Tony
\nwinner J. Harrison Ghee<\/a> as Hermes, John-Michael Lyles<\/a> as Orpheus, Gaby
\nMoreno as Persephone, and Jordan Tyson<\/a> as Eurydice.<\/p>\n

Hadestown\u202fis now in its eighth year on Broadway and in its third year in the West End (returning to London, five years after its 2018 engagement at the National Theatre). The record-breaking North American tour completed its three-year run in 2024, and productions have played to acclaim across the globe in South Korea, Sydney, Melbourne, and Amsterdam. The film version<\/a> of\u00a0Hadestown is currently playing in cinemas now.<\/p>\n

Purchase Hadestown memorabilia in the Playbill Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Singer-songwriter Ana\u00efs Mitchell\u2019s folk- and jazz-infused musical
\nlayers the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice with that of Hades and
\nPersephone, intertwining the actions\u2014and consequences\u2014of gods and
\nmortals. Hadestown originally began as a theatrical concert performed by Mitchell.<\/p>\n

READ: 5 Reasons Hadestown Is a Must-See on Broadway<\/a><\/p>\n

The creative team features Tony-winning set designer Rachel Hauck<\/a>,
\nTony-nominated costume designer Michael Krass<\/a>, Tony-winning lighting
\ndesigner Bradley King<\/a>, Tony-winning sound designers Nevin Steinberg<\/a> and
\nJessica Paz<\/a>, choreographer David Neumann<\/a>, and dramaturg Ken Cerniglia<\/a>.
\nMusical supervision and vocal arrangements are by Liam Robinson<\/a>, with
\narrangements and orchestrations by Tony winners Michael Chorney<\/a> and Todd
\n Sickafoose.<\/p>\n

The show, featuring a book and score by Mitchell, won eight 2019 Tony
\n Awards: Best Director of a Musical (Rachel Chavkin<\/a>), Best Featured
\nActor in a Musical (Andr\u00e9 De Shields<\/a>), Best Lighting Design of a Musical
\n (Bradley King), Best Scenic Design of a Musical (Rachel Hauck), Best
\nSound Design of a Musical (Jessica Paz and Nevin Steinberg), Best
\nOrchestrations (Michael Chorney and Todd Sickafoose<\/a>), Best Original
\nScore (Mitchell), and Best Musical.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A whole new principal company will go\u00a0way down under the ground\u00a0in the Tony-winning Best Musical Hadestown,\u00a0beginning September 1…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":308791,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-308790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=308790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/308791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=308790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=308790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}