— Everyone seems to have a story about hearing Alanis Morissette’s “Jagged Little Pill” for the first time. said, “This is going to be huge.” The composer Tom Kitt was in college, feeling like the whole world had stopped. Its success vindicated Ms. Morissette, who was previously rejected by radio stations saying they didn’t need another woman after Sinead O’Connor and Tori Amos. And don’t expect a fun, nostalgic jukebox musical about the ’90s. “Jagged Little Pill,” which opens at the American Repertory Theater here on May 24, is very much of the present and may just be the most woke musical since “Hair.”

Source: New York Times May 16, 2018 14:00 UTC