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Broadway musical Hadestown arrives way, way Down Under

Christine Anu stars in the Australian premiere of Hadestown - the hit musical retelling of the ancient tale of Orpheus and Eurydice.

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“Steve Hackett asked, ‘Do you want paid or shall I record for your next album?’ I said, ‘I’ll forget the money in two weeks – your solo will be there forever”: Orphaned Land updated Plato to make a point about revolution

Lead vocalist Kobi Farhi explains why 2018 album Unsung Prophets and Dead Messiahs echoes the ancient message: “dictators live forever – only the good die young“

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‘We recognise it in this very primal way’: Stephen Fry, Brie Larson, Chris Ofili and more on why we can’t get enough of Greek mythology

Love, death, grief, power, revenge: Greek tragedies get to the essence of the human experience. Here, writers and artists select their favourite plays, music and films inspired by ancient classics, from The Hunger Games to a Santana hit

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Final Fantasy 14's developer band confirms one of Endwalker's most emotional songs, Close in the Distance, is from one specific character to your Warrior of Light

I am emotionally compromised by this information.

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Five aspects of Kaos that might or might not be from Greek myth – according to an expert

This article contains spoilers for Kaos.

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Lae'zel's new "evil" ending in Baldur's Gate 3 isn't actually evil – it's her best possible outcome

Now Playing | Being bad in BG3 never felt so right

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The 7 clever and brilliant KAOS easter eggs that you definitely missed

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The significance of Zeus' watch in KAOS gives it a whole new meaning

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Your Guide to the Cast of Netflix's 'Kaos'

The gods are real, and Jeff Goldblum is the king of them all.

Marie Claire

Kaos episode 6 recap: Orpheus' final test

In Kaos episode 6, can Orpheus complete the final steps to reach Riddy? Meanwhile, Zeus learns that he may be the problem.

WhatToWatch

Kaos: what to know about the craziest Netflix show of the year

Is that Billie Piper with rotting teeth and a nose tattoo? Yes, it is

Evening Standard

Zooming in on nature, sounding out a stone and sculpting space – the week in art

What science learns from photography, a painterly look at an ancient boulder and Noémie Goudal’s ‘contours of certainty’ – all in your weekly dispatch

The Guardian - UK

Baldur's Gate 3 player hacks their way into the game's rarest ending to find an alternative that's literally impossible to achieve

Larian's hiding an ending that it made but never shipped

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Baldur's Gate 3's least-popular Origin character has an ending so rare that Larian says only 34 players have ever even seen it

"You read that right," Lae'zel fans

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Stray Gods will get a whole story DLC focused on Anthony Rapp's Orpheus

A "new story" for the famous bard.

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Baldur's Gate 3 player loses 80-hour Honor Mode run to a persistent bug that removes dialog options

But there are certain ways to counteract it

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Theater Producers Have First Amendment Right to Choose White Actor Instead of Black

From Moore v. Hadestown Broadway Ltd. Liab. Co., decided Thursday by Judge Loretta Preska (S.D.N.Y.): Plaintiff Kim Moore is a black woman who works as an actress. Defendant is a company that produces and stages "Hadestown," a musical that runs on Broadway …. On or about January 30, 2020, Defendant…

The Guardian - UK

The week in theatre: Nye; The Lonely Londoners; Hadestown – review

Larkiness overtakes Tim Price’s hallucinatory new play about the founder of the NHS; Roy Williams’s adaptation of Sam Selvon’s great Windrush novel pulses with brio; and Anaïs Mitchell’s underworld musical squeezes into the West End

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The Guardian - UK

Poem of the week: On the Death of Mr Purcell by John Dryden

The death of the English composer at a young age inspired this ode by his collaborator in theatrical productions of the 1690s

The Guardian - UK

Hadestown review – thrilling songs from an American underworld

Anaïs Mitchell’s musical melds two classical myths, folk and jazz with tremendous soul and offbeat spirit

Evening Standard

Hadestown at the Lyric Shaftesbury Avenue review: the catchy score is let down by a meandering, confusing show

It’s hard to see why this musical by folk singer Anaïs Mitchell inspires such devotion among musical theatre audiences

The Guardian - UK

A Song for Ella Grey review – Orpheus casts a fateful spell over teenage dreamers

David Almond’s young adult novel is brought to life in a soulful production that weaves its mythical elements with imagination

Evening Standard

Anaïs Mitchell on her musical Hadestown: 'I worked on it so long I was afraid I'd never make another record'

The singer-songwriter never set out to make a Broadway hit, but it's funny how things turn out

AAP

Acrobats join grieving lover on journey to underworld

A grieving lover's journey to the underworld in an enduring Greek tragedy will come alive on stage in a 'genre-busting' production that includes acrobatics.

TechRadar

Baldur’s Gate 3 honor mode players have been getting softlocked thanks to Orphic Hammer mishaps

Baldur's Gate 3 players have reported getting stuck in Honor Mode after forgetting to carry the Orphic Hammer with them.

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