Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill musical permanently closes due to COVID surge
The producers of the show stressed their desire to "prioritize the health and safety of the cast, crew, and entire team"
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Jagged Little Pill, the musical based on Alanis Morissette’s 1995 album of the same name, will not be reopening on Broadway. Following the COVID surge in New York City due to the omicron variant, Jagged Little Pill initially cancelled shows from December 18 to December 21. However, the show’s producers say in order to “to prioritize the health and safety of the cast, crew, and entire team,” they will need to “to close [their] doors.”
The difficult decision comes after multiple people in the company tested positive for COVID-19. The full statement from producers Vivek J. Tiwary, Arvind Ethan David, and Eva Price reads:
We are so proud of this extraordinary show, and this extraordinary company, who every night in difficult circumstances, have told the Jagged Little Pill story. This show about healing, human connection, and catharsis, has been a salve to audiences, and to all of us, throughout these trying times.
Yet, the drastic turn of events this week with the rapid spread of the Omicron variant has, once again, changed everything. We are dismayed by what appears to be another substantial public health crisis, and – due to the detection of multiple positive Covid-19 cases within the company – need to prioritize the health and safety of the cast, crew, and entire team working on Jagged Little Pill. In light of the extreme uncertainty ahead of us this winter, and forced to choose between continuing performances and protecting our company, we’ve made the difficult decision to close our doors.
We know that the Jagged Little Pill story will continue to be told – and in the new year, will be announcing plans for subsequent productions, building on the show’s triumphant launch in Australia earlier this month. We also hope and intend to find a way to bring this vibrant and vitalizing musical back to the Broadway stage, once the current crisis is past, but at this time we are in the unfortunate position to determine Friday, December 17, 2021 as the final Broadway performance of Jagged Little Pill.
There is nothing in the world like live theater. There is no community in the world like this great Broadway family of artists and audiences. We will make it through this, together.
Jagged Little Pill—which opened in December 2019 just before the first COVID-19 wave—is one of many Broadway productions affected by this current, unexpected COVID surge.
Freestyle Love Supreme, Hadestown, Harry Potter And The Cursed Child, Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Mrs. Doubtfire, Tina, Ain’t Too Proud, and Wicked have all canceled performances. MJ, Hamilton, Aladdin, and Dear Evan Hansen will cancel performances through Christmas.
On Sunday, December 19, New York reported nearly 24,000 new COVID cases. It was the state’s highest single-day total since the pandemic began.
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It’s definitely because of the covid surge. The permanent closure has nothing to do with the cast’s performance on late night with seth.
I’m curious to see what percentage of these closures are people just trying to not have to cancel Christmas with their family. how much will people actually care about the health and safety of other post holidays?
It wasnt a good show, and you, you, you outta know.
And as the play closed down she said, “Well, isn’t this nice?” IT’S LIKE RAY E AIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes, I’m sure Hamilton will be permanently closing for the same reason.
Ooo la la, tell me more!
that video is scrubbed! i can’t find it anywhere.
I didn’t see that performance. I have seen the actual entire musical twice, and it was really, really good. It was one my favorite things I saw for the last couple of years between Hamilton and the latest Company revival.But … there ARE behind the scenes issues, and 2 of the leads were leaving, so I think this is more like how Great Comet…. ended up closing.
Plus if they can make it “covid/act of god,” they can recoup money from insurance vs. we were a scandal-riddled mess behind the scenes.
Oh geez what MALE is Alanis gonna blame this on now?
A musical based off an album from the 90s closed on Broadway because of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus: this is the very definition of the word “ironic”.
And I really do think…
Ugh, this must be worse for her than rain on her wedding day.
It is essentially a free ride when she’s already late, quite true yes.
“already paid” damnit! Are you even an AlMo fan???
I’m sure her cheque still cleared.
Even worse than having 10,000 spoons (that’s a lot of spoons!!!) when all you need is a knife.
This is a real bitter pill to swallow. A smooth, large, bitter pill.
This is, ah, ironic since Morrisette herself is quietly an antivaxer and half the crew on her recent tour were traveling around the US with faked vax cards.
She’s got one fake vax card in her pocket, and the other is hailing a taxi cab.
Care to share more about the crew using fake vax cards?
This is definitely something you oughta know if you were planning to see this.
Damn you, Coulier!!
And I’m here to remind you! . . that you can get a refund for your ticket at the box office or a voucher for a show in the upcoming 2022 – 2023 season.
This is unfortunate. I’d love to see this production. Stay safe, cast and crew.
I was fortunate enough to see this before the pandemic hit in 2020. For a jukebox musical, I really enjoyed it and thought the story was pretty strong (especially compared with other jukebox musicals). It’s a shame they couldn’t make it work. I hope the broader theater community will be able to survive this latest surge 🙁
The Covid surge is an excuse. The show has been plagued by scandals and is currently undergoing two different investigations for improper treatment of the staff by management along with casting controversies and some weird lies from the producers that were totally unforced.This is just a convenient way to bow out and probably get insurance money.
Well, what is all boils down to…. is that everything’s gonna be fine, fine, fine