Alanis Morissette’s COVID-stricken musical gets new life with U.S. tour

Musician Alanis Morissette attends the premiere of the musical “Jagged Little Tablet” on the Hollywood Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles, California, U.S. September 14, 2022. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

Sept 20 (Reuters) – Alanis Morissette’s musical “Little Jagged Tablet” obtained 15 Tony nominations and received two of them for finest e book and finest actress after opening on Broadway for the 2019-2020 season earlier than being compelled to shut in 2021 by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Whereas the present needed to shut its curtains to new audiences in New York, it’s been given a brand new life touring the USA and opening in London’s West Finish.

“It was devastating, the COVID second,” Morissette advised Reuters earlier than opening night time on the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood. “However on the similar time the entire planet was topic to the COVID shift so we had been within the pool with everyone.”

The musical options all of the tracks from Morissette’s basic 1995 album of the identical title and focuses on the Healy household’s advanced struggles together with opiate dependancy, gender identification, sexual assault and extra.

“There have been completely different views and incentives round what storyline, what narrative to observe,” Morissette stated. “I keep in mind having a dialog with (author) Diablo Cody and there had been some reticence expressed across the sexual abuse half and I keep in mind pondering I am a lady, I can again this up, I’ve completely different experiences that make it so I can communicate to it instantly and I believe it assuaged their concern to the purpose the place we moved ahead to the place the storyline now’s.”

Cody watches the present usually to make sure it continues to embody their imaginative and prescient.

“Being within the theater throughout a few of these scenes is an extremely intense expertise since you see individuals personally connecting to these tales and also you see individuals crying,” Cody advised Reuters.

Watching the present for Morissette can be a possibility to attach with the viewers in sudden methods. It may really feel trippy to listen to the phrases she wrote based mostly on her personal experiences resonate with others, she stated.

“After I write it, it is all about me after which as soon as I share it, it isn’t mine anymore. It may be made customized. It may be shifted.”

“Jagged Little Tablet” is taking part in on the Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles, earlier than touring the USA. It would open in London’s West Finish in November.

Reporting by Danielle Broadway and Rollo Ross; Modifying by Lincoln Feast

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