'Hadestown' Parts Ways With Hades Actor Geno Segers
Variety • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Geno Segers, initially announced to join Broadway’s “Hadestown” as Hades, will no longer be part of the production following resurfaced online comments and videos perceived as anti-transgender and critical of pronoun usage.
- “Hadestown” producers stated the decision was mutual and that additional casting announcements will be made soon; Segers has since made his Instagram private and removed YouTube videos.
- The new principal cast for the September 1 run includes Kayko as Orpheus, Jasmin Savoy Brown as Eurydice, Norbert Leo Butz as Hermes, and Amber Iman as Persephone.
- “Hadestown,” written by Anaïs Mitchell, blends Greek mythology with folk and jazz music, and has been running on Broadway since 2019, with a West End opening in 2024 and a live stage capture released in theaters in July 2025.
