Review: JAGGED LITTLE PILL at Theatre Under The Stars
JAGGED LITTLE PILL is half brilliant and half hackneyed, but there are moments when it is dizzyingly great. A clever but overstuffed book married with challenging pop rock songs keeps the cast and audience on their toes, but when it hits the high it is worth it. “You Oughta Know” and “Uninvited” are two of the most amazing pieces of musical theater acting I have seen in years.
Review: JAGGED LITTLE PILL NATIONAL TOUR at Orpheum Theatre
What did our critic think of JAGGED LITTLE PILL NATIONAL TOUR at Orpheum Theatre? Ecstasy, affection, heartbreak, resilience, insight, release, existence — all the profound elements anticipated in a Broadway spectacle — converge in this daring and captivating new musical inspired by the transformative melodies of Alanis Morissette.
Review: JAGGED LITTLE PILL at Shea's Buffalo Theatre
When reality slaps you in the face and your personal problems seem unsurpassable, you may escape to the fantasy world of a Broadway musical. Unless the show's score is from Alanis Morissette, whose music peaked in the 90's with her unique Alternative Rock style. And there emerges her musical JAGGED LITTLE PILL, based on her hit 1995 album of the same name.
Review: JAGGED LITTLE PILL at National Theatre
It may be quite some time before DC audiences get a chance to see the kind of raw emotion and powerful acting and singing that Heidi Blickenstaff brings to the stage in this production of Jagged Little Pill.
BWW Review: JAGGED LITTLE PILL National Tour, DPAC
The problem with jukebox musicals is that the music they use often takes away from the story that they're telling. It's not an issue with a show like MAMMA MIA, in which the plot is so light that the music complements it. However, when trying to tell a serious story, the songs can feel limiting and distracting from everything else happening.
Incredible Songs and Ingenious Book Propel Audience Bliss With JAGGED LITTLE PILL at Hippodrome
We do get a sort of happy ending, but not with a gratifying round of absolution for everyone. In the complicated interplay of transgression and victimization, and in the face of the realities of life in a patriarchal and heterosexist society, almost everyone ends up wishing they’d deserved and received greater absolution. There reemerges what Morissette calls “common ground,” but everyone remains a work in progress.
And it is still enough to send the audience out with eyes shining. It’s earned.
Review: JAGGED LITTLE PILL at Belk Theater
Overamped at Belk Theater, with an underwhelming set of grievances in Diablo Cody's adaptation of Alanis Morissette's megahit 1995 album, JAGGED LITTLE PILL generates more fire and heat than substance until it arrives at its #MeToo moment - and finds its heart.