The Flash's Carlos Valdes to Star in Broadway'sHadestown

Mar. 15, 2025

Carlos Valdes at a Hulu event for ‘Up Here’ in N.Y.C. on Mar. 22, 2023.Photo:Ben Hider/PictureGroup for Hulu/Shutterstock

Ben Hider/PictureGroup for Hulu/Shutterstock

Carlos Valdes is journeying into the underworld!

The Flashalum, 35, will be taking overJordan Fisher’s role as Orpheus in the Broadway musicalHadestown. He is set to start performances at the Walter Kerr Theatre in New York City on Jan. 14, 2025.

Tony Award nominees Hailey Kilgore and Tom Hewitt will also succeedMaia Reficcoand Phillip Boykin respectively as Eurydice and Hades in the show.

Fisher, Reficco and Boykin willtake their final bowson Jan. 12.

Carlos Valdes; Hailey Kilgore; Tom Hewitt.Adela Loconte/Shutterstock; Robin L Marshall/Getty; Jenny Anderson/WireImage

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Hadestownmarks Valdes’ second time on the Broadway stage after his turn as Andrej in the Tony-winning musicalOncein 2013.

The actor had his on screen debut in the long-running CW seriesThe Flash, alongsideGrant GustinandDanielle Panabaker. He reprised his superhero character Cisco Ramon/Vibe in episodes ofArrow,DC’s Legends of TomorrowandSupergirl.

More recently, Valdes starred in the 2023 Hulu musical seriesUp Herefrom Broadway veteranSteven Levenson; EGOT-winning married musical duo Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez,HamiltondirectorThomas Kailand Danielle Sanchez-Witzel.

Carlos Valdes as Cisco Ramon in ‘The Flash’.Katie Yu/The CW

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Hadestown’s starry new cast continues with Kilgore, who made her Broadway debut as Ti Moune in the 2017 Broadway revival ofOnce on this Island. The musical took home best revival of a musical at the 2018 Tony Awards, where she was also nominated for best actress. She went on to star oppositeJennifer Hudsonin the 2021 Aretha Franklin biopicRespect.

Meanwhile, Hewitt is returning to the show after having previously played Hades in 2021. He has also starred in Broadway revivals ofChicago,The Rocky Horror ShowandJesus Christ Superstar.

That year, the show won eight Tonys, including best musical and best original score.

Maia Reficco and Jordan Fisher in ‘Hadestown’.Evan Zimmerman

Evan Zimmerman

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The cast continues with swings Sojourner Brown, Brandon Cameron, KC Dela Cruz, Tara Jackson, Max Kumangai and Tanner Ray Wilson.

Tickets forHadestownare now on sale.

source: people.com