Anais Mitchell

WriterComposerMusic Department
Born
March 26, 1981
Awards
1 wins, 3 nominations

Anaïs Mitchell is the Tony and Grammy award-winning creator of the Broadway musical "Hadestown", for which she wrote the book, music and lyrics. "Hadestown" won 8 Tony Awards including Best Musical, as well as the Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album. As a singer and songwriter Mitchell has…

Biography

Anaïs Mitchell is the Tony and Grammy award-winning creator of the Broadway musical "Hadestown", for which she wrote the book, music and lyrics. "Hadestown" won 8 Tony Awards including Best Musical, as well as the Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album. As a singer and songwriter Mitchell has released seven studio albums under her own name, receiving a Grammy nomination for Best American Roots Song in 2023. Mitchell was named by TIME to the TIME100 list in 2020, and her first book 'Working on a Song - the Lyrics of Hadestown' was published by Penguin/Plume that same year. She is also a member of Grammy-nominated alt-folk band Bonny Light Horseman.

Writer

HadestownHadestown(2026)

Self

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CBS Saturday MorningCBS Saturday Morning(2012)as Self - Musical Guest
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