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How Broadway Musicals Made a (Long-Overdue) Shift Toward Female-Artist-Focused Storytelling

…”I do think producers are opening those doors,” says director Diane Paulus… “In both cases you have these amazing female artists, and they’re now being allowed space inside the musical theater for their voice.”

…”I do think producers are opening those doors,” says director Diane Paulus… “In both cases you have these amazing female artists, and they’re now being allowed space inside the musical theater for their voice.”

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Press - Improper Bostonian

Hit Plays — Q&A with Diablo Cody

A.R.T. is gearing up to expand the scope of the iconic album with a world premiere musical adaptation…We chatted with [Academy Award-winning writer Diablo] Cody about what you oughta know before the musical’s premiere on May 5 at the Loeb Drama Center.

A.R.T. is gearing up to expand the scope of the iconic album with a world premiere musical adaptation…We chatted with [Academy Award-winning writer Diablo] Cody about what you oughta know before the musical’s premiere on May 5 at the Loeb Drama Center.

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Press - Boston Herald

Diablo Cody bares hard truths with stage adaptation of Alanis Morissette’s ‘Jagged Little Pill’

Diablo Cody grew up in Lemont, Ill.—a town she remembers as having nine churches and zero bookstores. One early escape for her, and millions of other teens trapped in small towns, came with Alanis Morissette’s ‘Jagged Little Pill.’

Diablo Cody grew up in Lemont, Ill.—a town she remembers as having nine churches and zero bookstores. One early escape for her, and millions of other teens trapped in small towns, came with Alanis Morissette’s ‘Jagged Little Pill.’

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Diane Paulus and Alanis Morissette

Press - The New York Times

Has Alanis Morissette Made the Most Woke Musical Since ‘Hair’?

The stage version of ‘Jagged Little Pill’ sets a story steeped in hot-button issues like opiate addiction and gender identity to the singer’s raw 1995 album.

The stage version of ‘Jagged Little Pill’ sets a story steeped in hot-button issues like opiate addiction and gender identity to the singer’s raw 1995 album.

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Review - Jagged Little Pill

BuzzFeed

BREATHTAKING. Stirring and resonant. Timely in a way that few other pieces of contemporary art have even attempted.

BREATHTAKING. Stirring and resonant. Timely in a way that few other pieces of contemporary art have even attempted.

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Review - Jagged Little Pill

Joyce’s Choices

Searing, exhilarating, and healing…more relevant than ever…a moment at the theater I will never forget.

Searing, exhilarating, and healing…more relevant than ever…a moment at the theater I will never forget.

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Review - Jagged Little Pill

Variety

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

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

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Review - Jagged Little Pill

Wicked Local

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.’

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.’

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Review - Jagged Little Pill

Boston Herald

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.

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.

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Review - Jagged Little Pill

WGBH

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.

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.

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The Chorus of Jagged Little Pill.

Review - Jagged Little Pill

The Boston Globe

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.

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.

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Review - Jagged Little Pill

New York Times

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.

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.

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