Their stories are unpicked and reinvented for a 2024 audience, and one story in particular that gets a whole new retelling is the myth of Hades (David Thewlis) and Persephone (Rakie Ayola).

252 Northumberland St. The romantic comedy depicts a version of the Greek myth where Hades, god of the underworld, abducts Persephone — the daughter of Demeter, the goddess of the harvest.

Hermes relates how one day she is out picking flowers when Hades, god of the underworld, comes to the upper world and sees her. Hades is entranced and takes Persephone down to his underground ...

“With how the world is right now, the story of Orpheus and Eurydice and Hades and Persephone is so ... I’ve gotten so many messages from teenagers, from kids, from adults, from so many people ...

In the myth and the musical, Orpheus descends into the Underworld to retrieve his wife, Eurydice, after her untimely death. Moved by his powerful song, the king and queen of the Underworld, Hades ...