Hades, in the meantime, has passive-aggressively busied himself inventing the industrial revolution in the absence of his wife, which does not impress Persephone at all. Two wrong kinds of love; what men create that has nothing to do with what women want or need. Hades builds too many walls. Orpheus can't be bothered to keep his wife out of the wind.

Yes! That's such an excellent way of phrasing the parallel between them. Two extremes, and neither one is right the women in between.

I would be incredibly entertained if Hadestown became the next big theater fandom. I've never been in on the ground floor of one of those.

I think it's pretty unlikely, particularly since there's not even a cast recording available yet, but it would be such fun!