Paulo Szot Delivers a Powerful Performance of 'His Kiss, the Riot' in Broadway's Hadestown

The Broadway production of the Tony-winning musical Hadestown, continuing its run at the Walter Kerr Theatre, has released a new video spotlighting current star Paulo Szot. Watch the South Pacific Tony winner, who plays Hades, perform "His Kiss, the Riot" in the video below. READ: J. Harrison Ghee, Joshua Colley, Jordan Tyson, Gary Dourdan, Gaby Moreno to Join Hadestown on Broadway Hadestown, now in its seventh year on Broadway, also currently stars Morgan Dudley as Eurydice, Kurt Elling as Hermes, Allison Russell as Persephone, and Jack Wolfe as Orpheus; all five artists will play their final performances March 1. The cast also features Jessie Shelton, Kay Trinidad, and Brit West as the Fates with the chorus of Workers played by Emily Afton, Malcolm Armwood, Jeffrey Cornelius, Sydney Parra, and Alex Puette. The company also includes swings Sojourner Brown, Brandon Cameron, Ayla Ciccone-Burton, KC Dela Cruz, Tara Jackson, Max Kumangai, Gregory Treco, and Tanner Ray Wilson. Casting is by Whitley Theatrical. Purchase Hadestown memorabilia in the Playbill Store. Hadestown is also about to begin its third year in the West End (the musical returned to London six years after its 2018 engagement at the National Theatre). The record-breaking North American tour completed its coast-to-coast three-year run in 2024, and productions opened across the globe in Sydney, Melbourne, and Amsterdam last year. A new production will open in Brazil this coming summer. 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.