Shows · Jagged Little Pill
Jagged Little Pill
Opened 2019
327 performances
Musical, Contemporary
The seemingly perfect Healy family of suburban Connecticut slowly unravels as each member confronts personal crises: mother Mary Jane battles opioid addiction behind a facade of domestic perfection, daughter Frankie fights for social justice, and the family must reckon with a sexual assault at a house party that forces them all to face uncomfortable truths.
- Music
- Alanis Morissette & Glen Ballard
- Lyrics
- Alanis Morissette & Glen Ballard
- Book
- Diablo Cody
Productions2 productions: 1 on Broadway, 1 in the West End
Recordings 64 recordings
Jagged Little Pill is a jukebox musical with music by Alanis Morissette and Glen Ballard, lyrics by Morissette, and book by Diablo Cody, with additional music by Michael Farrell and Guy Sigsworth. The musical is inspired by the 1995 album of the same name by Morissette and deals with pain, healing, and empowerment. It premiered at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on May 5, 2018, directed by Diane Paulus. The show began previews on Broadway in November 2019, but closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It reopened on October 21, 2021, and closed on December 17, 2021. For the 74th Tony Awards, Jagged Little Pill won two awards on 15 nominations, the most nominations of a…
'You told me you’d hold me until you died, ’til you died, but you’re still alive.' There’s such sadness in saying “You oughta know” to someone who no longer has any interest in knowing; he or she has moved on and certainly without a hint of a forwarding address.
The Book of Broadway Musical Debates Disputes and Peter Filichia Rowman Littlefi, p. 250Something wrong here? Correct a field or report the problem. Every change is recorded in public under the contributor licence.