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Like him, Paulus wondered if the decades-old album could be made into a musical for today. Diane Paulus, artistic director of the American Repertory Theater, got a call from a producer asking her to go back to “Jagged Little Pill” and give it another listen. “On the other hand, it was horrifying ‘cause I thought, ‘Oh my gosh, there's a lot of people who are relating to this, ergo there must be a lot of people in pain.' "įast forward to 2015, well before the #MeToo movement took off. "On one hand, it was heartening because I immediately felt less alone in my challenges,” she recalled. Looking back, Morissette remembers being surprised by how many people saw something of themselves in her album. Now - more than 20 years later - "Jagged Little Pill" has been transformed into a full-blown, rock-laden musical at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge. The recording sold millions of copies and earned two Grammys, including Album of the Year. Fans connected deeply to her channeling of raw angst. (Stefan Rousseau/AP) This article is more than 4 years old.Īlanis Morissette’s album “Jagged Little Pill” screamed onto the radio in 1995 with its cutting, confessional lyrics sung by a probing, emotive, remarkably young, female artist. Alanis Morissette performs in London on June 29, 1996.
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