Malia has been counting down to today since about five minutes after the Benson Boone concert ended in the fall. Why, you may ask? Because the other half of her birthday/Christmas present was tickets to see the Broadway touring company production of “Hadestown,” her favorite stage show. She saw a jr. version production at a local high school a year-ish ago and really enjoyed it. She has been listening to the soundtrack on loop. And after waiting for months and months, today was finally the day. We went out to lunch on the way to the theater, so by the time we arrived she was all hopped up on anticipation and Dr. Pepper. And what does that mean, you may also ask? It means that she was talking even faster than normal, approx. five million words a minute and was so, so funny. Rachael and Esther also had tickets to the show (Shoutout to Seth for inviting us to take advantage of his season ticketholder status!) and they normally don’t get to see Malia like this, so she gave them something to giggle about.
Both Esther and I had seen this show previously (I took Matthew to see it about three years ago), but Rachael was going in blind. She had never even listened to the music and purchased a ticket based on the rave reviews of family members. At intermission I asked her what she thought and she literally had no words. She just loved it. So good day for all of us, and we definitely need some of those right now!
And as a final comment, even though the story has not changed and I still know exactly how it is going to end every single time, I still found myself hoping that it just might be different this time around. And that’s the power of a well written and beautifully executed show.
And as a final, final comment, Malia was making jokes about going to Hell the entire drive downtown. 😂
(And now that I’ve given my final comments, here are a few thoughts from Malia.)
Hadestown. We went to hell. I’m kidding. Sort of. I was waiting for that for MONTHS. LITERALLY MONTHS. It was so worth the wait though, that’s for sure- the cast that they had was fantastic and the story is truly amazing. You can tell it’s a good show when you hope it turns out differently this time even though you know it won’t… that is some FIRE musical writing. OKAY BUT I STARTED CRYING WHEN HADES AND PERSEPHONE DANCED. CURSE YOU GENETICS >:(
Final, final, FINAL comment, I promise...see what I mean about the Hell jokes? 🤣
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