Way beyond Hadestown: the windswept rush of folk musicals
Inspired by Anaïs Mitchell's underworld opera, Maz O'Connor and Finn Anderson are among those putting folk songs and stories into musical theatre In 2011, I watched a flock of British folk luminaries, led by US singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell, perform Mitchell's folk opera Hadestown at London's Union Chapel. Ten years on, Hadestown has been a hit at the National Theatre and on Broadway and has led the way for …