BEN DAVIS TO JOIN BROADWAY CAST OF “HADESTOWN” AS HADES
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BEN DAVIS TO JOIN BROADWAY CAST OF
TONY AWARD-WINNING BEST MUSICAL
“HADESTOWN”
AS ‘HADES’
New York, NY (August 4, 2026) – Producers Mara Isaacs, Dale Franzen, Hunter Arnold, and Tom Kirdahy announced today that Broadway veteran Ben Davis will join the cast of the Tony Award-winning best musical Hadestown on Tuesday, September 1. He joins the previously announced new principal company including television and film star Jasmin Savoy Brown as ‘Eurydice,’ two-time Tony Award winner Norbert Leo Butz as ‘Hermes,’ Tony Award nominee Amber Iman as ‘Persephone,’ pop-rock musician and songwriter Kayko as ‘Orpheus.’
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The new principal company members will join Kelly Belarmino, KC Dela Cruz, and Khori Michelle Petinaud as ‘Fates,’ and the chorus of ‘Workers’ played by Emily Afton, Malcolm Armwood, Jeffrey Cornelius, Sydney Parra, and Alex Puette, with swings Brandon Cameron, Tara Jackson, Max Kumangai, and Alex Lugo.
Hadestown is in its 8th hit year on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theatre (219 W 48th Street) and in its 3rd year in the West End (returning to London, five years after its 2018 engagement at the National Theatre). The record-breaking North American tour completed its coast-to-coast 3-year run in 2024, and productions have played to acclaim across the globe in South Korea, Sydney, Melbourne, and Amsterdam.
Tickets for Hadestown are available at www.walterkerrbroadway.com/events/hadestown/calendar or by visiting the Walter Kerr Theatre box office (219 West 48th Street).
Hadestown originated as Anaïs Mitchell’s indie theater project that toured Vermont which she then turned into an acclaimed album. With Rachel Chavkin, her artistic collaborator, Hadestown has been transformed into a genre-defying new musical that blends modern American folk music with New Orleans-inspired jazz to reimagine a sweeping ancient tale.
Following two intertwining love stories — that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone — Hadestown invites audiences on a hell-raising journey to the underworld and back. Mitchell’s beguiling melodies and Chavkin’s poetic imagination pit industry against nature, doubt against faith, and fear against love. Performed by a vibrant ensemble of actors, dancers, singers, and musicians Hadestown delivers a deeply resonant and defiantly hopeful theatrical experience.
BIOGRAPHY
BEN DAVIS (Hades). A Tony Honoree, Ben Davis most recently appeared as Father in the Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of Ragtime. His Broadway credits include Once Upon a Mattress, New York, New York, Dear Evan Hansen, Violet, A Little Night Music, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Baz Luhrmann’s La Bohème, and Les Misérables, where he portrayed both Javert and Enjolras.An acclaimed concert artist, Ben has performed with leading orchestras and symphonies on some of the world’s most celebrated stages, including the BBC Proms at London’s Royal Albert Hall as Fred Graham/Petruchio in Kiss Me, Kate, La Scala in Milan, and Taipei Arena in Taiwan. Television credits include recurring roles on “Law & Order: SVU” and “The Game,” along with guest-starring roles on numerous television series. Film credits include Papageno in Kenneth Branagh’s The Magic Flute and the filmed adaptation of Samuel Barber’s A Hand of Bridge.
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