SOME SHOWS YOU SEE. THIS SHOW YOU FEEL.
Joy, rage, love, heartache, strength, wisdom, catharsis, LIFE: everything we've been waiting and hoping to see on a Broadway stage for over a year is back, in this exhilarating, fearless new musical based on Alanis Morissette's world-changing music.
Nominated for 15 Tony Awards (the most of any show), and a recent Grammy winner for Best Musical Theater Album, this electrifying production about a perfectly imperfect American family "vaults the audience to its collective feet" (The Guardian). You live, you learn, you remember what it’s like to feel truly human... at JAGGED LITTLE PILL.
Paulus and Cherkaoui have the six principals on their toes throughout, each of whom is impressively committed to his or her role. While they nail every moment, there is one performance that threatens to dislodge the Broadhurst roof: Lauren Patten giving Morissette's 'You Oughta Know' all the sizzle that a Peter Luger steak used to have.
Songs from Jagged Little Pill, augmented by others from Morrisette's back catalogue and two new ones written for the show, are folded into the story. The numbers themselves, spiky with adolescent angst and a more pronounced sense of outrage over how the female of the species is abused regardless of age, have lost none of their power. (I say this as someone who must have been AWOL when the album was released, but who found the songs as pungent and on target as if they'd been written today.) That doesn't save JLP from a bit of Mamma Mia-itis, which is what happens when a story is meant to frame a song list (there's also additional music by Morrisette and Glen Ballard), but the songs don't always quite fit, requiring a slather of narrative mortar.
2018 | Boston |
World Premiere Production at American Repertory Theater Boston |
2021 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
2022 | US Tour |
North American Tour US Tour |
Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
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2020 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Elizabeth Stanley |
2020 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Lauren Patten |
2020 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Orchestrations | Tom Kitt |
2020 | Drama League Awards | Distinguished Performance Award | Lauren Patten |
2020 | Drama League Awards | Outstanding Production of a Musical | Jagged Little Pill |
2020 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Musical | Elizabeth Stanley |
2020 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Book of a Musical | Diablo Cody |
2020 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Choreographer | Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui |
2020 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Director of a Musical | Diane Paulus |
2020 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Kathryn Gallagher |
2020 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical | Lauren Patten |
2020 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding New Broadway Musical | Jagged Little Pill |
2020 | Outer Critics Circle Awards | Outstanding Orchestrations | Tom Kitt |
2020 | Tony Awards | Best Book of a Musical | Diablo Cody |
2020 | Tony Awards | Best Choreography | Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui |
2020 | Tony Awards | Best Costume Design of a Musical | Emily Rebholz |
2020 | Tony Awards | Best Direction of a Musical | Diane Paulus |
2020 | Tony Awards | Best Lighting Design of a Musical | Justin Townsend |
2020 | Tony Awards | Best Musical | Jagged Little Pill |
2020 | Tony Awards | Best Orchestrations | Tom Kitt |
2020 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Derek Klena |
2020 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical | Sean Allan Krill |
2020 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Lauren Patten |
2020 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Kathryn Gallagher |
2020 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical | Celia Rose Gooding |
2020 | Tony Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical | Elizabeth Stanley |
2020 | Tony Awards | Best Scenic Design of a Musical | Riccardo Hernandez |
2020 | Tony Awards | Best Sound Design of a Musical | Jonathan Deans |
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