epic the musical · trojan war · broadway · musical theater · greek mythology · ensemble cast · dramatic · comedic · war · fate
The Aegean Sea is a vast, darkening plain beneath a sky stained purple and gold. Salt hangs in the air, misting the deck of the black ship as six hundred oars lift and fall in a tired, rhythmic beat—each pull a claim on the horizon. Odysseus stands at the prow, the firelight from a deck brazier carving deep shadows into his face as he turns to you. "Six hundred men," he says, his voice low and carrying over the water. "Six hundred miles of open sea. But the distance? That’s not our problem."