Hadestown with Norah
Norah got to see Hadestown last year in Nashville when someone gifted her college tickets to share with all their students. After that, she insisted I download the album, listen, and that I go see it someday. So I listened to half the album, but left the second half to be a surprise. And I gifted Norah tickets to Hadestown (NYC) this Christmas. We went together today. It may be my favorite Broadway musical now, even topping Phantom. I see Christ in Orpheus. Norah does, too, and it's why she loves this musical so much. But I see Christ in every hero, or perhaps I see every hero by Christ inside me. But the picture of Christ was so clear at times during the show, I wonder how anyone could miss it. As I was listening to "Wait For Me!" time seemed to go back thousands of years and forward until the end of time and stand still all at once. It was as if Christ was singing that same song to every soul held captive in Hell before His death and resurrection. Then, a