Jagged Little Pill review round-up at the Broadhurst Theatre in New York

"This is a show you want to shout about"

"Morissette’s youthful perspective and the rocking-good score make “Jagged Little Pill” feel very much of the moment — this moment."

"What makes this musical so seriously smart is the way that some of the most beloved songs from Morissette’s iconic album come right out of the dramatic content, rather than being slapped on top of a wobbly book scene."

"With ‘Jagged Little Pill,’ They Finally Fixed the Jukebox"

"clear in its priorities, rich in character, sincere without syrup, rousing and real. It easily clears the low bar of jukebox success to stand alongside the dark original musicals that have been sustaining the best hopes of Broadway in recent years."

"Burns with passion"

"Sure, the production wears its earnestness on its sleeve. But it does it so honestly and openly that I forgive it. It’s like a spoiled teenager you want to throttle for being so self-involved and whiny but can’t quite reject because of its enthusiastic beauty and unspoiled passion. As its name has always so annoyingly suggested, Jagged Little Pill is that essential bitter medicine that — despite our jaded impulses — must be swallowed and enjoyed so we can be cured."

"HEADLINE"

"Jagged Little Pill has moments of exciting stagecraft and performance"

"Alanis musical hits Broadway with a bang"

"Oscar-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody has brought Alanis Morissette’s music to the stage with a contrived yet hugely entertaining show"

"On Broadway, Jagged Little Pill harnesses the hyperemotionalism of its source to shake off the cynicism and formulaic strictures of the typical jukebox musical. Yes, its plot is shaky and contrived, its songs – and there are so, so many of them – histrionic. It seizes on enough hot-button issues – sexual assault, the opioid epidemic, internet addiction, workaholism, misogyny, sex and gender identity, and OK, sure, gun violence, too – to singe the first row. It is, indisputably, too much and that too muchness is what makes it so watchable."

"You oughta know this about ‘Jagged Little Pill’: It’s hard to swallow as a Broadway musical."

"‘Jagged Little Pill’ Review: Hard to Swallow"

"A show inspired by Alanis Morissette’s grunge-flavored pop album about teenage love and life is no cure for juke-box musicals’ ills."