Evening vs Hadestown: The Musical

Hadestown: The Musical has the higher audience score (8.9/10 against 5.8/10 for Evening). Evening is the shorter watch at 1h 57m compared with 2h 21m. Evening is the older of the two (2007 against 2026). Both are drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Evening posterEvening2007 VS Hadestown: The Musical posterHadestown: The Musical2026
EveningHadestown: The Musical
Audience score★ 5.8/10★ 8.9/10
Year20072026
Length1h 57m2h 21m
GenresDrama, RomanceDrama, Fantasy, Romance
Country–United Kingdom
DirectorLajos KoltaiBrett Sullivan
Main castHugh Dancy, Claire Danes, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Vanessa Redgrave, Mamie GummerReeve Carney, Patrick Page, Eva Noblezada, André De Shields, Francessca Daniella-Baker

Synopsis

Evening

As Constance (Natasha Richardson) and Nina (Toni Collette) gather at the deathbed of their mother, Ann (Vanessa Redgrave), they learn for the first time that their mother lived an entire other lifetime during one evening 50 years ago. In vivid flashbacks, the young Ann (Claire Daines) spends one night with a man named Harris (Patrick Wilson), who was the love of her life.

Hadestown: The Musical

The tragic love of Orpheus and Eurydice is intertwined with the complex relationship of Hades and Persephone. Eurydice, struggling with poverty, is lured to the industrial underworld of Hadestown by Hades, while Orpheus, a struggling musician, ventures down below to bring her back. (Filmed live at the Lyric Theatre, London, featuring the core five original Broadway cast members.)

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