14 Top plays books like Hadestown by Anaïs Mitchell

Cover of Hadestown by Anaïs Mitchell

Hadestown

By: Anaïs Mitchell

4.60

Format: 124 pages, Paperback

This intriguing and beautiful folk opera delivers a deeply resonant and defiantly hopeful theatrica…

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Cover of In the Heights: The Complete Book and Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Quiara Alegría Hudes

1. In the Heights: The Complete Book and Lyrics

By: Lin-Manuel Miranda , Quiara Alegría Hudes

4.53

Format: None pages, Paperback

Music and Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Book by Quiara Alegria Hudes, Conceived by Lin-Manuel Miran… read more

Similar categories in Lin-Manuel Miranda's In the Heights: The Complete Book and Lyrics book and Anaïs Mitchell's Hadestown

  • music
  • theatre
  • musicals
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
"[NINA] When I was a child I stayed wide awake Climbed to the highest place On every fire escape Restless to climb I got every scholarship Saved every dollar The first to go to college How do I tell t…"

-Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights: The Complete Book and Lyrics

Cover of Dear Evan Hansen by Steven  Levenson, Benj Pasek, Justin  Paul

2. Dear Evan Hansen

By: Steven Levenson , Benj Pasek , Justin Paul

4.34

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

An original musical that explores the poignant desire for human connection in the tumultuous life o… read more

Similar categories in Steven Levenson's Dear Evan Hansen book and Anaïs Mitchell's Hadestown

  • music
  • theatre
  • musicals
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of The Play That Goes Wrong by Henry Lewis, Henry Shields, Jonathan Sayer

3. The Play That Goes Wrong

By: Henry Lewis , Henry Shields , Jonathan Sayer

4.00

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Good evening. I'm Inspector Carter. Take my case. This must be Charles Haversham! I'm sorry, this m… read more

Similar categories in Henry Lewis's The Play That Goes Wrong book and Anaïs Mitchell's Hadestown

  • theatre
  • plays
  • fiction
  • drama
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4. Into the Woods

By: James Lapine , Stephen Sondheim

4.16

Format: None pages, Paperback

"That joyous rarity, a work of sophisticated artistic ambition and deep political purpose that affo… read more

Similar categories in James Lapine's Into the Woods book and Anaïs Mitchell's Hadestown

  • theatre
  • musicals
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
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5. Eurydice

By: Sarah Ruhl

4.10

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

Sarah Ruhl re-imagines the classic myth of Orpheus through the eyes of its heroine. Dying too young… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Ruhl's Eurydice book and Anaïs Mitchell's Hadestown

  • mythology
  • theatre
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of The Vault of Dreamers (The Vault of Dreamers, #1) by Caragh M. O'Brien

6. The Vault of Dreamers (The Vault of Dreamers, #1)

By: Caragh M. O'Brien

3.53

Format: 39 pages, Hardcover

From the author of the Birthmarkedtrilogy comes a fast-paced, psychologically thrilling novel about… read more

Similar categories in Caragh M. O'Brien's The Vault of Dreamers (The Vault of Dreamers, #1) book and Anaïs Mitchell's Hadestown

  • fiction
Cover of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street by Hugh Wheeler, Stephen Sondheim, Christopher Godfrey Bond

7. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

By: Hugh Wheeler , Stephen Sondheim , Christopher Godfrey Bond

2.77

Format: 130 pages, Paperback

According to legend, Sweeney Todd had his barber shop at number 186 Fleet Street, next door to St. … read more

Similar categories in Hugh Wheeler's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street book and Anaïs Mitchell's Hadestown

  • theatre
  • musicals
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
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8. Blithe Spirit

By: Noël Coward

3.97

Format: 130 pages, Paperback

"An insane farce that is also uproarious."--NY Times "I will ever be grateful for the almost psych… read more

Similar categories in Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit book and Anaïs Mitchell's Hadestown

  • theatre
  • plays
  • fiction
  • drama
"Time is the reef upon which all our mystic ships are wrecked."

-Noël Coward, Blithe Spirit

"It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit."

-Noël Coward, Blithe Spirit

9. A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney: A Play

By: Lucas Hnath

3.68

Format: 330 pages, Paperback

Lucas Hnath's darkly clever A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Life of Walt Dis… read more

Similar categories in Lucas Hnath's A Public Reading of an Unproduced Screenplay About the Death of Walt Disney: A Play book and Anaïs Mitchell's Hadestown

10. Sunday in the Park With George

By: James Lapine , Stephen Sondheim

3.73

Format: None pages, Paperback

(Applause Libretto Library). This 1995 Pulitzer Prize-winning musical was inspired by the painting … read more

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11. Heathers the Musical

By: None , None

4.04

Format: None pages, Paperback

2014 Lucille Lortel Award Nominations Outstanding Choreographer, Marguerite Derricks Outstanding Le… read more

Similar categories in None's Heathers the Musical book and Anaïs Mitchell's Hadestown

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12. Fat Ham

By: James Ijames

4.06

Format: None pages, None

No publication details yet read more

Similar categories in James Ijames's Fat Ham book and Anaïs Mitchell's Hadestown

  • theatre
  • plays
  • fiction
  • drama
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13. Hadestown

By: Anaïs Mitchell

4.60

Format: 124 pages, Paperback

This intriguing and beautiful folk opera delivers a deeply resonant and defiantly hopeful theatrica… read more

Similar categories in Anaïs Mitchell's Hadestown book and Anaïs Mitchell's Hadestown

  • music
  • poetry
  • theatre
  • musicals
  • fiction
  • plays
  • mythology
  • drama
Cover of Orphia and Eurydicius by Elyse John

14. Orphia and Eurydicius

By: Elyse John

3.54

Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition

Their love transcends every boundary. Can it cheat death? Orphia dreams of something more than … read more

Similar categories in Elyse John's Orphia and Eurydicius book and Anaïs Mitchell's Hadestown

  • fiction
  • mythology
"When Poseidon pinned her To the temple stones, her voice Flared like pyre-wood, Faded like smoke. ‘As Perseus bore down upon her She bestrode the pitted ground; The snakes that writhed from her head …"

-Elyse John, Orphia and Eurydicius

Cover of Mary Jane (TCG Edition) by Amy Herzog

15. Mary Jane (TCG Edition)

By: Amy Herzog

4.05

Format: 84 pages, Paperback

“The most profound and harrowing of Ms. Herzog’s many fine plays.” —Jesse Green, New York Times Arm… read more

Similar categories in Amy Herzog's Mary Jane (TCG Edition) book and Anaïs Mitchell's Hadestown

  • theatre
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 by Dave Malloy

16. Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812

By: Dave Malloy

4.43

Format: 110 pages, Paperback

From the celebrated and award winning composer, Dave Malloy comes Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet… read more

Similar categories in Dave Malloy's Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 book and Anaïs Mitchell's Hadestown

  • theatre
  • plays
Cover of The Lehman Trilogy by Stefano Massini

17. The Lehman Trilogy

By: Stefano Massini

4.25

Format: 720 pages, Hardcover

Magnificent in scope,  internationally lauded, and transcendent, the novel in verse that inspired t… read more

Similar categories in Stefano Massini's The Lehman Trilogy book and Anaïs Mitchell's Hadestown

  • fiction
Cover of A Strange Loop by Michael R. Jackson

18. A Strange Loop

By: Michael R. Jackson

4.22

Format: 111 pages, Paperback

Winner of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Usher is a black, queer writer, working a day job he… read more

Similar categories in Michael R. Jackson's A Strange Loop book and Anaïs Mitchell's Hadestown

  • music
  • theatre
  • musicals
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama
Cover of SIX: The Musical by Toby Marlow

19. SIX: The Musical

By: Toby Marlow

4.50

Format: 129 pages, Kindle Edition

SIX the musical by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss has been hailed as, 'the most uplifting piece of new B… read more

Similar categories in Toby Marlow's SIX: The Musical book and Anaïs Mitchell's Hadestown

  • music
  • theatre
  • musicals
  • plays
Cover of Taylor Swift: Era by Era: The Unauthorized Biography by Caroline Sullivan

20. Taylor Swift: Era by Era: The Unauthorized Biography

By: Caroline Sullivan

3.70

Format: 272 pages, Kindle Edition

Celebrate the incredible career of pop music’s biggest star in this sparkling biography.We’re all l… read more

Similar categories in Caroline Sullivan's Taylor Swift: Era by Era: The Unauthorized Biography book and Anaïs Mitchell's Hadestown

Cover of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat by Andrew Lloyd Webber

21. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

By: Andrew Lloyd Webber

3.78

Format: None pages, Paperback

(Piano Solo Selections). 10 piano solo arrangements from Lloyd Webber's rollicking biblical tale. I… read more

Similar categories in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat book and Anaïs Mitchell's Hadestown

  • music
  • theatre
  • musicals
  • fiction
  • plays
  • drama

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4.34

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The Play That Goes Wrong

Henry Lewis , Henry Shields , Jonathan Sayer

4.00

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4.16

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William Finn , James Lapine , Frank Rich

4.22

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4.34

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4.27

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2.77

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