Olivier nominee Jon Jon Briones and daughter Isa Briones will join the cast of the Tony-winning Hadestown March 19
as Hermes and Eurydice, respectively.
The father-daughter duo will succeed Tony winner Lillias White and Lola Tung, who depart the production March 17.
Jon Jon Briones was last seen on Broadway and in the West End as The Engineer in the revival of Miss Saigon and
is known for his series regular roles on Ryan Murphy’s Ratched
and Class of ’09. Isa Briones, who will be making her Broadway debut, is known for her roles on Star Trek: Picard and Goosebumps.
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Hadestown currently stars Jordan Fisher as Orpheus, Tung as Eurydice, Grammy winner Ani DiFranco as Persephone, Grammy nominee Phillip Boykin as Hades, and Tony winner White as Hermes.
They are joined by Belén Moyano, Kay Trinidad, and Brit West as the Fates. The chorus of Workers is played by Emily Afton, Malcolm Armwood, Chibueze Ihuoma, Alex Puette, and Grace Yoo, and the company also includes swings Sojourner Brown, Brandon Cameron, Tara Jackson, Max Kumangai, Alex Lugo, and Tanner Ray Wilson.
Singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell’s folk- and jazz-infused musical layers the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice with that of Hades and Persephone, intertwining the actions—and consequences—of gods and mortals. Hadestown originally began as a theatrical concert performed by Mitchell.
The creative team features Tony-winning set designer Rachel Hauck, Tony-nominated costume designer Michael Krass, Tony-winning lighting designer Bradley King, Tony-winning sound designers Nevin Steinberg and Jessica Paz, choreographer David Neumann, and dramaturg Ken Cerniglia. Musical supervision and vocal arrangements are by Liam Robinson, with arrangements and orchestrations by Tony winners Michael Chorney and Todd Sickafoose.
The show, featuring a book and score by Mitchell, won eight 2019 Tony Awards: Best Director of a Musical (Rachel Chavkin), Best Featured Actor in a Musical (André De Shields), Best Lighting Design of a Musical (Bradley King), Best Scenic Design of a Musical (Rachel Hauck), Best Sound Design of a Musical (Jessica Paz and Nevin Steinberg), Best Orchestrations (Michael Chorney and Todd Sickafoose), Best Original Score (Mitchell), and Best Musical.