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The Director’s Process

An Interview with Rachel Chavkin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 March 2021

Richard Schechner
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Abstract

In her conversation with TDR, Hadestown director Rachel Chavkin discusses the development, casting, music, and choreography of the Broadway hit musical—a retelling of the ancient Greek myth of Eurydice and Orpheus.

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TDR , Volume 65 , Issue 1 , March 2021 , pp. 79 - 94
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© The Author(s) 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press for Tisch School of the Arts/NYU

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