In the midst of the harshness of winter, many can’t help but remember the original myth of Persephone and Hades. However, many romantic retellings villainize or dismiss Demeter’s grief as a mother.

Hades is entranced and takes Persephone down to his underground kingdom to become his bride. When Demeter finds out what has happened she is inconsolable; she curses the Earth and the plants begin ...

You can now get a first look video of Merle Dandridge as ‘Persephone’ performing ‘Living It Up on Top’ in Hadestown Broadway.

Persephone was the daughter of Demeter, the Goddess of the harvest, and lived with her mother on the Island of Sicily. A volcano on the island erupted and Hades emerged from his underworld kingdom.