Patrick Page is a Broadway actor with several notable roles on his resume, like Scar in ‘The Lion King,’ and The Green Goblin in ‘Spiderman.’ Now, he is starring as Hades in the Anais Mitchell show ‘Hadestown,’ which has swept the 2019 Tony Awards with 14 nominations. The show is based on Mitchell’s 2010 concept album of the same name and follows the Ancient Greek story of Orpheus (Reeve Carney) and Eurydice (Eva Noblezada), where Orpheus must embark on a quest to rescue his wife Eurydice from the underworld. Nominated for a Tony for his portrayal of Hades, Patrick Page acts alongside Amber Gray as Persephone, showing the dark side effects of power, greed and anxiety. Page’s number ‘Why We Build the Wall’ has been a huge topic of conversation due to the relevancy to our current political climate. “Anais wrote this role and this song when Donald Trump was still a game show host, pretending to be a billionaire. She’s prophetic but I hope people don’t lose sight of the bigger issues,” Page said of the song, that includes the lyric, “How does the wall keep us free?/The wall keeps out the enemy.” “If anyone in the audience thinks I’m singing about a wall at the southern border of the United States they’ve missed the point of the song.”
