Hey, little songbird! Hadestown's newest Eurydice, Maia Reficco, has taken to the Broadway stage. In the video above, she chats with Playbill's Jeffrey Vizcaíno about performing opposite Jordan Fisher and how she's added a bit of Spanish to Eurydice in Hadestown.
"Every time that I say the lines in Spanish and I hear a reaction, only people who understand Spanish react...it kind of hugs my soul in such a deep way," says the young actor (who has also starred in the hit series Pretty Little Liars). "Getting to tell this story and making Latinos and Latinas feel represented on stage is the utmost dream."
This is Reficco's Broadway debut, but she's not unfamiliar to New York City audiences. The Argentinian American actor played the younger version of Eva Perón in the New York City Center revival of Evita in 2019. She shared that role with Solea Pfeiffer, who's also been a former Eurydice.
"Theatre is so deeply engrained in who I am as a human being, there is nothing that makes me happier than theatre, other than singing," she says.
Reficco began her run in Hadestown July 2, alongside Grammy winner and original The Wiz star Stephanie Mills as Hermes and six-time Grammy nominee Yola as Persephone. The Tony Award-winning musical continues at the Walter Kerr Theatre.
Maia Reficco
Maia Reficco
Maia Reficco
Maia Reficco
Maia Reficco
Maia Reficco
Maia Reficco
Maia Reficco
Hadestown also stars Jordan Fisher as Orpheus and Phillip Boykin as Hades, joined by Belén Moyano, Kay Trinidad, and Brit West as the Fates. The chorus of Workers is played by Emily Afton, Malcolm Armwood, Chibueze Ihuoma, Alex Puette, and Grace Yoo. The cast also includes swings Sojourner Brown, Brandon Cameron, Tara Jackson, Max Kumangai, Yael "YaYa" Reich, and Tanner Ray Wilson.
Singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell’s folk- and jazz-infused musical layers the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice with that of Hades and Persephone, intertwining the actions—and consequences—of gods and mortals. Hadestown originally began as a theatrical concert performed by Mitchell.
The creative team features Tony-winning set designer Rachel Hauck, Tony-nominated costume designer Michael Krass, Tony-winning lighting designer Bradley King, Tony-winning sound designers Nevin Steinberg and Jessica Paz, choreographer David Neumann, and dramaturg Ken Cerniglia. Musical supervision and vocal arrangements are by Liam Robinson, with arrangements and orchestrations by Tony winners Michael Chorney and Todd Sickafoose.
The show, featuring a book and score by Mitchell, won eight 2019 Tony Awards: Best Director of a Musical (Rachel Chavkin), Best Featured Actor in a Musical (André De Shields), Best Lighting Design of a Musical (Bradley King), Best Scenic Design of a Musical (Rachel Hauck), Best Sound Design of a Musical (Jessica Paz and Nevin Steinberg), Best Orchestrations (Michael Chorney and Todd Sickafoose), Best Original Score (Mitchell), and Best Musical.
