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Anais Mitchell is a singer-songwriter whose recordings include the original studio album of Ha-destown (2010, featuring Justin Vernon and Ani Difranco) and Young Man in America (2012). Reinterpretations of traditional music include Child Ballads (2013, with Jefferson Hamer) and Bonny Light Horseman (2019, as Bonny Light Horseman). She has headlined worldwide and supported tours for Bon Iver, Josh Ritter and Punch Brothers. Awards include BBC Radio2 Folk Award and Folk Alliance International Spirit of Folk Award. Year-end best lists: NPR, Wall Street Journal, MOJO, Uncut, Guardian, Sunday Times, Observer. Hadestown is Anais's first musical.

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Hadestown
 
[West End, 2025]
Music
Lyrics
Writer
Hadestown (Non-Equity)Hadestown (Non-Equity)
 
[US Tour, 2024]
Composer
Lyricist
Book
HadestownHadestown
 
[West End, 2024]
Music, Lyrics & Book

Writing

Hadestown
Music, Lyrics

Awards and Nominations

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2019 - Outstanding Book of a Musical

Anais Mitchell, Hadestown


winner
Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2019 - Outstanding New Score

Anais Mitchell, Hadestown

Tony Awards - 2019 - Best Book of a Musical

Anais Mitchell, Hadestown


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Tony Awards - 2019 - Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

Anais Mitchell, Hadestown

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Photos: Inside the New York Theatre Workshop 2026 Gala Photo
Photos: Inside the New York Theatre Workshop 2026 Gala
by Jennifer Broski - Mar 3, 2026

New York Theatre Workshop's 2026 Gala was held on Monday March 2 at 6PM at Gotham Hall, honoring Academy Award nominee Colman Domingo, Tony Award-winning producer Mara Isaacs, and NAACP Image Award nominee Nicole Ari Parker. Check out photos here!
Review: HADESTOWN: TEEN EDITION Presented by the Gator Lane Players of Land O'Lakes H Photo
Review: HADESTOWN: TEEN EDITION Presented by the Gator Lane Players of Land O'Lakes High School
by Peter Nason - Mar 1, 2026

It's a fabulous journey led by a fine cast and the legendary theatre teacher and director, Sabrina Hydes.
Review: HADESTOWN presented by Broadway Live at The Lexington Opera House Photo
Review: HADESTOWN presented by Broadway Live at The Lexington Opera House
by Taylor Clemons - Feb 7, 2026

What did our critic think of HADESTOWN at Broadway Live A The Lexington Opera House?
Photos: Inside New York Stage And Film's 40th Anniversary Gala, Honoring Douglas Har Photo
Photos: Inside New York Stage And Film's 40th Anniversary Gala, Honoring Douglas Harmon and Jane Harmon
by Jennifer Broski - Dec 9, 2025

New York Stage and Film held its 40th Anniversary Gala, commemorating 40 years of developing new works and a reunion of acclaimed artists at SAF. The event honored Board Member Douglas Harmon and Founding Board Member Jane Harmon for their contributions to New York Stage and Film and the American Theater. Check out photos here.
Review: HADESTOWN at Providence Performing Art Center Photo
Review: HADESTOWN at Providence Performing Art Center
by Jay Pateakos - Nov 8, 2025

What did our critic think of HADESTOWN at Providence Performing Art Center?
Allison Russell to Return as 'Persephone' in HADESTOWN Photo
Allison Russell to Return as 'Persephone' in HADESTOWN
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 6, 2025

Grammy Award winner Allison Russell will reprise her role as Persephone in Hadestown on Broadway. Hadestown currently stars Morgan Dudley as Eurydice, Kurt Elling as Hermes, Rebecca Naomi Jones as Persephone, and more.
Photos: First look at Abbey Theatre of Dublin’s HADESTOWN: TEEN EDITION Photo
Photos: First look at Abbey Theatre of Dublin’s HADESTOWN: TEEN EDITION
by Jerri Shafer - Aug 7, 2025

This intriguing and beautiful folk opera delivers a deeply resonant and defiantly hopeful theatrical experience. Following two intertwining love stories—that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice and that of immortal King Hades and Lady Persephone—Hadestown invites audiences on a journey to the underworld and back.
HITS Theatre Receives $10,000 GRANT FROM H-E-B Tournament Of Champions Photo
HITS Theatre Receives $10,000 GRANT FROM H-E-B Tournament Of Champions
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 7, 2025

HITS Theatre has received a generous $10,000 grant from the H-E-B Tournament of Champions. This grant will provide vital scholarship funding and allow them to continue their mission of offering tuition-free programming.
Review: Corbett Prep's High School Summer Theatre Presents HADESTOWN: TEEN EDITION Photo
Review: Corbett Prep's High School Summer Theatre Presents HADESTOWN: TEEN EDITION
by Peter Nason - Jun 5, 2025

Before seeing a stunning youth production of Hadestown at Corbett Prep’s Farish Speakeasy, I ran into a friend standing in line.  “Hadestown is my all-time favorite musical, “ she told me.
Wake Up With BroadwayWorld March 26, 2025 Photo
Wake Up With BroadwayWorld March 26, 2025
by - Mar 26, 2025

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is March 26, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
Ani DiFranco Shares New Dates for 'Unprecedented Sh!t: The Tour' Photo
Ani DiFranco Shares New Dates for 'Unprecedented Sh!t: The Tour'
by Josh Sharpe - Mar 25, 2025

Ani DiFranco has revealed the newest round of dates for “Unprecedented Sh!t: The Tour” in support of her 23rd album. Check out her new dates, which also include appearances from Hurray for the Riff Raff and Tune-Yards.
Sam Sadigursky and Nathan Koci Detail 'The Solomon Diaries: Volumes IV & V' Photo
Sam Sadigursky and Nathan Koci Detail 'The Solomon Diaries: Volumes IV & V'
by Josh Sharpe - Mar 3, 2025

Clarinetist Sam Sadigursky and accordionist/multi-instrumentalist Nathan Koci have set the release of the next two volumes of The Solomon Diaries for April 11th.
Ani DiFranco and Pearl Jam's Stone Gossard Release New Track 'The Message' Photo
Ani DiFranco and Pearl Jam's Stone Gossard Release New Track 'The Message'
by Josh Sharpe - Feb 12, 2025

Prolific singer/songwriter Ani DiFranco has shared “The Message,” a new track with Pearl Jam’s Stone Gossard. This is the second collaboration from DiFranco and Gossard who previously released “Disorders” in 2022. Check out the track now!
Broadway Streaming Guide: December 2024 - Where to Watch MARIA, the BEETLEJUICE Seque Photo
Broadway Streaming Guide: December 2024 - Where to Watch MARIA, the BEETLEJUICE Sequel, & More
by Josh Sharpe - Nov 29, 2024

December sees the streaming debut of the highly anticipated Maria Callas biopic featuring Angelina Jolie, the 60th anniversary Mary Poppins special, Tim Burton's Beetlejuice sequel, and more!
Review: HADESTOWN: TEEN EDITION at Bryant High School Photo
Review: HADESTOWN: TEEN EDITION at Bryant High School
by Theresa Bertram - Nov 26, 2024

Directed by Jeremy Clay, the Bryant High School Thespian Troupe took on an ambitious challenge with their production of Hadestown: Teen Edition, presented November 14-17, and the result was nothing short of extraordinary. With a story as layered and emotionally rich as this Tony Award-winning musical, with Music, Lyrics, and Book by Anais Mitchell, the students poured their hearts into every moment, creating a show that was as visually stunning as it was emotionally resonant.  
HADESTOWN - LIVE FROM LONDON West End Cast Recording Will Be Released Next Month Photo
HADESTOWN - LIVE FROM LONDON West End Cast Recording Will Be Released Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Nov 15, 2024

HADESTOWN – LIVE FROM LONDON, the original West End cast album for Tony and Grammy Award-winning ‘Best Musical' Hadestown, recorded live at the Lyric Theatre in London, will be released on December.
Wake Up With BroadwayWorld October 14, 2024 Photo
Wake Up With BroadwayWorld October 14, 2024
by - Oct 14, 2024

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is October 14, 2024 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.
HADESTOWN Will Open in Melbourne and Amsterdam Next Year Photo
HADESTOWN Will Open in Melbourne and Amsterdam Next Year
by Stephi Wild - Sep 5, 2024

Productions of Hadestown will open in Amsterdam, Netherlands at the Royal Theater Carré and in Melbourne, Australia at the Her Majesty’s Theatre in Spring 2025.
Highland Center For The Arts to Launch VT Tour Of Rob Mermin's ACT 39 Photo
Highland Center For The Arts to Launch VT Tour Of Rob Mermin's ACT 39
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 25, 2024

Rob Mermin's ACT 39, a humor-filled story of friendship and facing mortality, will tour Vermont this fall. Learn how to purchase tickets.
HADESTOWN Returns to Seoul Next Month Photo
HADESTOWN Returns to Seoul Next Month
by Oliver Oliveros - Jun 25, 2024

Like its hero, the bold Orpheus, 'Hadestown' made its international premiere in Seoul amid the persistent threats of COVID-19 in 2021. It ran for six months in the capital city, with additional performances in Daegu and Busan in 2022, which clocked in a total of 233 performances.
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many shows has Anais Mitchell written?

Anais Mitchell has written 1 shows including Hadestown (Music, Lyrics).

What awards has Anais Mitchell been nominated for?

Outstanding Book of a Musical (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Hadestown, Outstanding New Score (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Hadestown, Best Book of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Hadestown and Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre (Tony Awards) for Hadestown.

What awards has Anais Mitchell won?

Anais Mitchell has won the following awards: Outstanding New Score at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for Hadestown, and Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre at the Tony Awards, also for Hadestown.

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