Drawing upon the Greek tragedy of Orpheus and Eurydice, a folk singer decided to create a play. Anaïs Mitchell had already released two of her own albums and was working on another for Ani Difranco's ...

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On Thursday, June 9, Bonny Light Horseman comprised of Anais Mitchell, Eric D. Johnson, and Josh Kaufman saddles up for a return to Portsmouth for a gig at The Music Hall. The group will stretch ...

Howdy! This week on The Standard Theatre Podcast, saddle up as we ride into town (well Sloane Square) to review Cowbois at the Royal Court. We’re also running the slide rule over The Good John Proctor ...

HADESTOWN will return to BroadwaySF’s Orpheum Theatre for a limited engagement. Hadestown is the most honored show of the ...

The musical Addison County native Anais Mitchell created and first presented in Vermont in late 2006 – followed by a reworked production that toured the state the next year – returns to the place of ...

New American folk singer Anais Mitchell has a definite knack for storytelling, using poignant lyrics delivered with wistful, dreamy vocals. Though her musical arrangements can border on simple, they ...

Hadestown, the greatest musical since Hamilton, up there with the likes of Oklahoma and Sweeney Todd, is on a breakneck national tour that includes one-night stands in places like Paducah, Ky., and ...

Hear songs by Brandi Carlile, 2Pac, Merle Haggard and more for Mother’s Day. Seventy tracks that identify, grapple with or simply dance away from the anxieties of yet another uncertain year. By Jon ...

Anaïs Mitchell played the Roots on the Avenue festival last year with her band Bonnie Light Horseman. A solo singer/songwriter of acclaim, she began writing “Hadestown” for a DIY theater project in ...