It's time for another visit with Midday theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck, who joins us each week with her reviews of the Maryland-DC regional stage.
![J. Antonio Rodriguez (left) and Hannah Whitley as Orpheus and Eurydice, in the touring company production of "Hadestown" at the Hippodrome Theatre. (Photo by T Charles Erickson)](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/3400efe/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4000x5673+0+0/resize/880x1248!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F18%2F86%2Fff4811e042908739991617fc7122%2F3290-j.-Antonio-Rodriguez-Hannah-Whitley-in-Hadestown-North-American-Tour-2023.-Photo-by-T-Charles-Erikson.jpg)
Today, she spotlights Hadestown, the 2019 musical that won 8 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and that's now in a touring company production at Baltimore's Hippodrome Theatre.
Written by Anaïs Mitchell(book, music and lyrics) and co-developed with director Rachel Chavkin, the musical weaves two Greek myths — one, of young lovers Orpheus and Eurydice, and another, of King Hades and his wife Persephone — into a haunting and moving musical drama.
Hadestown continues at the Hippodrome Theatrethrough April 16.