AllMusic, in this retrospective review, were very positive and complimentary: Released in 1998, songs such as Thank U and Unsent were hits and (the album) received widespread critical acclaim. I always found myself supporting Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie. It would be unfair to link Morissette with the one album but, with songs such as You Outta Know, Hand in My Pocket and Ironic in the pack, one cannot overlook its brilliance. The musical/show is a great chance for people to see a new side to an album that garnered a huge amount of praise upon its release.
It's not a typical jukebox musical situation where you're thinking, 'How can I shoehorn this hit into the story?'" "I just feel very fortunate to have this incredible, theatrically rich, beautiful source material to work from. "That song tells you everything you need to know about that woman, and so I was able to build it out from there," Cody explained. In the musical, Mary Jane is a mother struggling with addiction and mental health, distancing herself from her marriage and children. She started with the central figure of Mary Jane from Morissette's song of the same name. Everything is done in relationship to other people and that is fundamental to what she's given us."Ĭody crafted a story by zeroing in on characters that already existed in the album. "We cannot heal anything that we are hurting about if we're alone. "I have learned more from Alanis and the thoughts she's given me and the books she's told me to read about understanding, which is key to this musical," Paulus said. "You Outta Know" is still an anthemic breakup song, and "All I Really Want" becomes an opening "I Want" song for a family struggling to communicate. The songs take on new life onstage, yet retain their inherent drama. The show takes those songs and weaves them through a timely, female-driven story about characters dealing with issues ranging from addiction and gender identity through sexual assault. artistic director and Tony winner Diane Paulus stages the new musical, which has a book by Diablo Cody, a 2008 Oscar winner for her original screenplay for Juno. The musical premiered at American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts, last summer and is scheduled to start performances on Broadway in November.Ī.R.T. The cast and creative team gathered at Haswell Green's in Midtown on Tuesday night to share songs from the show and to talk about the genesis of the production. "The last thing I wanted to do - to be transparent - was any kind of a jukebox musical or anything that felt compartmentalized or separate." Maybe one day I'll have the audacity to share it in another form," said Morissette at a launch event for the musical in New York. " I was flattered and my initial thought was, is it going to have to be my story? Because that's terrifying. So when producers approached her eight years ago about bringing the music to the stage, she had some requests. “ Alanis Morissette didn't want her landmark album Jagged Little Pill to become a bio-musical. Jagged Little Pill is in the news because it – or a musical about it – is being brought to Broadway.
That is, perhaps, the album most people associate with Morissette but it is not her only golden release – 1998’s Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie is a masterpiece in its own right! Today is Alanis Morissette’s forty-fifth birthday and, in addition to wishing her many happy returns, it is a great opportunity to revisit her brilliant work and, as I love to do it, assemble a playlist. That album seemed to appear out of nowhere – even though she had released a couple of albums before that – and put her name on the musical map.
Her 1995 breakthrough album, Jagged Little Pill. COVER/PHOTO CREDIT: John Patrick Salisbury
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