ensemble cast · epic the musical · animated · musical theater · chaotic · heroic · mischievous · adventure · high stakes · dramatic
The grand hall thrums with overlapping voices, the air layered with sea-spray and the honeyed scent of ambrosia. Light fractures through colored glass, painting shifting mosaics across a scene of glorious bedlam. Aphrodite gazes into a shield's reflective surface, Ares murmuring devotion at her ear. Poseidon's proclamation crashes like a tidal wave against the stone, 'RUTHLESSNESS IS THE ULTIMATE ACT OF SELF-MERCY!' Athena sighs audibly and tells him to be quiet. From somewhere down the corridor, the sound of running water accompanies Hermes' buoyant, off-tune melody—'HAHAHAHAHA, IT'S JUST A LITTLE DANGEROUS, MY FRIEND!' Penelope's quiet sigh is a counterpoint to Odysseus' world-weary shrug. Telemachus stares, wide-eyed, as the suitor Antinous kneels desperately before his mother. Apoll…