The songs ofAlanis Morissette‘s breakthroughdebut albumJagged Little Pillhave inspireda new Broadway musical of the same name, and PEOPLE has a first listen of the show’s original cast recording.
Show stars Elizabeth Stanley, Sean Allan Krill, Celia Rose Gooding, Derek Klena, Kathryn Gallagher, Lauren Patten, Annelise Baker, Yeman Brown, Jane Bruce, John Cardoza, Ken Wulf Clark, Antonio Cipriano, Laurel Harris, Logan Hart, Zach Hess, Max Kumangai, Heather Lang, Ezra Menas, Kelsey Orem, Yana Perrault, Nora Schell, Kei Tsuruharatani and Ebony Williams all sing on the cast recording.
A physical copy of the recording will drop Dec. 6.
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Jagged Little Pillis the best-selling international debut album of all time, topping the charts in 13 countries upon its release and selling over 33 million copies worldwide. Its success earned it a spot on the list of the top 20 best-selling albums of all time.
It also won Morissette and her collaborator Glen Ballard five Grammy awards including the prestigious album of the year. At the time, Morissette was just 21 years old — making her the youngest artist in history to ever win the honor (Taylor Swifthas since trumped that record with her win for 2008’sFearless.)
Oscar-winning scribe Diablo Cody (Juno) adapted Morissette’s record for the musical, using the singer/songwriter’s lyrics to reflect on the hardships of today’s society.
Topics such as addiction, sexual assault, and gender identity are all addressed in the musical — which follows a suburban family, the Healys, as the cracks beneath their seemingly perfect exterior start to show.
“This process, and what this process has yielded artistically and collaboratively, has been nothing short of a revelation, a balm and an arrival for me,” said Morissette, 45, in a previous press release. “It is a culmination of so much of what my life’s work has been oriented toward. To work with Diablo Cody, whose heart is as open as her mind is bright and brave, has taken this record — which has meant so much to me — to a whole other level of depth, meaning and natural activism.”
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Diane Paulus, Alanis Morissette, Diablo Cody, and Tom Kitt.Matthew Murphy
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Jagged Little Pillhad its world premiere at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge last year, to strong reviews.
The musicalpens at New York City’s Broadhurst Theatre on Dec. 5.Selectticket-and-album bundlesare available for sale now.
source: people.com
