Lillias White will reprise her role as “Hermes” in the Tony® and Grammy Award-winning Best Musical “Hadestown” on Broadway. The Tony Award-winning actress will return to the Underworld beginning Tuesday, October 22nd. Stephanie Mills will play her final performance on Sunday, October 20th.

“I am delighted and thrilled to be rejoining this illustrious cast and crew… and what a band! “I look forward to seeing all the returning visitors to the Walter Kerr Theater,” said White.

Hadestown is playing its fifth year on Broadway at the Walter Kerr Theater (219 W 48th Street). Tickets are available at the Walter Kerr box office and online.

Hadestown currently stars Jordan Fisher as Orpheus, Stephanie Mills as Hermes, Phillip Boykin as Hades, Maia Reficco as Eurydice and Yola as Persephone. They are joined by Belen Moyano, Jessie Shelton and Brit West as Fates. The chorus of Workers is performed by Emily Afton, Malcolm Armwood, Timothy H. Lee, Eddie Noel Rodriguez and Grace Yoo. The cast includes swingers Sojourner Brown, Brandon Cameron, KC Dela Cruz, Tara Jackson, Max Kumangai and Tanner Ray Wilson.

As previously announced, Lana Gordon will join production as Persephone beginning Tuesday, October 22nd. Grammy winner Allison Russell will take on the role starting Tuesday, November 12th.

Hadestown originated as Anaïs Mitchell’s indie theater project that toured Vermont and turned it into an acclaimed album. With artistic collaborator Rachel Chavkin, Hadestown has been transformed into a genre-bending new musical that blends modern American folk music with New Orleans-inspired jazz to reimagine a stirring ancient tale.

Following two intertwining love stories – that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone – Hadestown invites audiences on a hellish journey to the underworld and back. Mitchell’s beguiling melodies and Chavkin’s poetic imagination pit industry against nature, doubt against faith, and fear against love. Performed by a dynamic ensemble of actors, dancers and singers, Hadestown offers a deeply resonant and defiantly hopeful theatrical experience.

Now playing its long-awaited West End premiere at the Lyric Theater, Hadestown returns to London six years after its 2018 stint at the National Theater and the North American tour has just completed its three-year run. Productions in Sydney, Melbourne and Amsterdam will open in spring 2025.

Lillias made her Broadway debut in Barnum. Other Broadway credits include “Cats,” “Carrie,” “Dreamgirls,” “Once On This Island,” “How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying,” “Chicago” and “FELA!” (Tony nomination). For her role in “The Life,” she won the Tony Award, the Drama Desk Award and the Outer Critics Circle Award. Off-Broadway, White appeared in New Group’s Black No More, Public Theater’s Romance In Hard Times (Obie Award), Gramercy Theater’s Dinah Was, Second Stage Theater’s Crowns (Audelco Award) and Texas In Paris” at the York Theater Company. Concert performances include the critically acclaimed cabaret show at 54 Below titled “The Lillias White Effect,” “Funny Girl,” “Hair,” “Dreamgirls” and “South Pacific,” which aired on PBS Great Performances. She has also performed at the Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center and toured internationally with her one-woman show From Booklyn To Broadway. Television credits include a regular role on “Sesame Street” (Emmy Award); recurring roles on FX’s “Grotesquerie,” Netflix’s “The Get Down” and “Russian Doll”; and guest appearances on “New Amsterdam,” “Search Party,” “Gotham,” “Person of Interest,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “Law & Order” and “NYPD Blue.” Her film credits include Heartworm, The Drummer, Disney’s Hercules, Anastasia, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Game 6, Pieces Of April and Then She Found Me. Lillias holds an honorary doctorate in fine arts from the City University of New York.