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Triumphant! Not since Rent has a musical invested so many bravura roles with so much individual life.

You oughta see the ‘Jagged Little Pill’ musical. Perhaps nothing currently on stage can equal the passion, honesty, and just plain scorching emotions of ‘Jagged Little Pill.’

A cure for the complacent. Both Morissette and Cody fill their art with defiance and rebirth. It’s amazing how well Morissette’s catalogue pairs with the range of emotions that come.

Alanis Morissette’s anthems are now for the ages. Visually interpreted here with an absorbing intimacy and ingenuity, they reach down to our deepest, rawest selves.

Right now‚ in 2018‚ ‘Jagged Little Pill‚’ feels urgent. It’s also‚ somehow‚ wildly entertaining. It is wickedly funny in just the right places. We’re reminded that Morissette’s songs are a treasure. On top of it all we’re reminded that a heap of social ills can be the basis of good theater. And no‚ there’s nothing ironic about that.

BIG-HEARTED AND THRILLING. ‘Jagged Little Pill’ breaks the jukebox musical mold and takes on the good work we are always asking new musicals to do: the work of singing about real things.