It91裸聊视频檚 been almost three decades since her seminal album 91裸聊视频淛agged Little Pill91裸聊视频� and Alanis Morissette still finds the words she jotted down as a teenager deeply relatable.
Now 49 years old, the Ottawa native considers herself 91裸聊视频渇ortunate91裸聊视频� that she can perform 91裸聊视频淵ou Oughta Know,91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频淚ronic91裸聊视频� and most of the album91裸聊视频檚 other songs with a conviction similar to that of her youth.
91裸聊视频淭hey91裸聊视频檙e basically value systems,91裸聊视频� she explained in a recent phone interview from her northern California home.
91裸聊视频淎nd fortunately these values, on my part, have been unwavering.91裸聊视频�
Morissette has spent ample time reflecting on 91裸聊视频淛agged Little Pill91裸聊视频� in recent years, discussing and dissecting how 91裸聊视频淗and in My Pocket,91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频淩ight Through You91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频淵ou Learn91裸聊视频� became anthems for a generation of independent young women.
Anniversaries passed, an HBO documentary on the legacy of 91裸聊视频淛agged Little Pill91裸聊视频� was made and Morissette gave her blessing to a Broadway show built on her songs.
A touring production of 91裸聊视频淛agged Little Pill: The Musical91裸聊视频� plays Toronto91裸聊视频檚 Princess of Wales Theatre through Nov. 26, rounding out a run of Canadian stops earlier this year.
The musical weaves the Canadian singer-songwriter91裸聊视频檚 music and lyrics through the story of the Healys, a seemingly perfect American suburban family who are quietly suffocating in their own trauma.
Mary Jane, a mother of two, is secretly addicted to painkillers as she manages the fallout of a car crash, while the fire in her marriage has all but been snuffed out.
Her husband, Steve, is a workaholic whose pleasure relies on pornography.
Meanwhile, their adopted daughter Frankie is exploring her bisexuality and activist streak while figuring out her complicated identity as an adopted Black girl in a white family. Her brother Nick shoulders the weight of the 91裸聊视频減erfect91裸聊视频� son who91裸聊视频檚 just been admitted to Harvard but also harbours his own demons.
Their lives come crashing down when the rape of a local high schoolgirl forces the Healy family to contend with their value systems and the personal problems they91裸聊视频檝e ignored.
91裸聊视频淛agged Little Pill91裸聊视频� shaves the sharp edges of Morissette91裸聊视频檚 alternative-pop compositions for the musical stage, adjusts some of the lyrics to fit characters and uses each song as fuel for the narrative. Beyond the entirety of Morissette91裸聊视频檚 1995 album, other popular tracks in her catalogue have their moment, including 91裸聊视频淯ninvited,91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频淭hank U91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频淪o Pure.91裸聊视频�
When Morissette was first approached by producers nearly a decade ago with the idea of making a stage musical out of her work, she said she was less concerned with tarnishing the album91裸聊视频檚 place in music history than some might assume.
91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 not that not worried about legacy,91裸聊视频� she assured. 91裸聊视频淚 feel like people put so much pressure on themselves for what they 91裸聊视频榣eave behind.91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频�
Morissette had some boundaries. She didn91裸聊视频檛 want the project to feel like a jukebox musical that dispensed her songs with little meaning.
She told producers that the show91裸聊视频檚 creators must share her artistic values, in particular, her support of self-expression, connection and activism.
91裸聊视频淯nless they could meld together and we all had the same mission, I wasn91裸聊视频檛 really interested,91裸聊视频� she said.
It took more than half a decade of mingling with Pulitzer Prize-winning writers and other potential creative partners to find her answer in 91裸聊视频淛uno91裸聊视频� screenwriter Diablo Cody and theatre and opera director Diane Paulus, known for modern spins on classic stage productions.
Morissette said Cody dove into the lyrics of her songs and dismantled some of the ideas to construct the characters in the musical.
91裸聊视频�(The idea) became something that I not only could get behind but could get behind quite passionately,91裸聊视频� the singer added.
For her part in its creation, she shared ideas with Cody and Paulus on how the plotline should take shape.
91裸聊视频淚 don91裸聊视频檛 have any direct experience with adoption, however, a lot of the other 91裸聊视频榖ig issues91裸聊视频� not only have I experienced myself, but I had some insight,91裸聊视频� Morissette added.
91裸聊视频淛agged Little Pill: The Musical91裸聊视频� made its debut in 2018 at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Mass. before opening in New York the following year.
The Broadway show closed in 2021 after multiple COVID-19 outbreaks within the company plagued the production, but the musical lives on through its touring cast. Theatre company Concord Theatrical announced this week it acquired worldwide stage rights to take the show overseas.
Morissette91裸聊视频檚 role at this point is largely as a figurehead who occasionally does press to promote the latest runs. But she finds the album 91裸聊视频淛agged Little Pill,91裸聊视频� remains a considerable emotional outlet.
Only 91裸聊视频淣ot the Doctor,91裸聊视频� one of the final songs on the record, gives Morissette 91裸聊视频渁 tiny, baby cringe91裸聊视频� when she sings it now. The lyrics are about refusing to compromise in a romantic relationship and were written from the vantage point of a young woman with little experience, she now acknowledges.
91裸聊视频淚t was a little flippant,91裸聊视频� she says. 91裸聊视频淚 didn91裸聊视频檛 realize the degree to which you actively support each other in the healing process if you91裸聊视频檙e in a really connected relationship.91裸聊视频�
All of the other songs still resonate emotionally.
91裸聊视频淚 can move it 91裸聊视频� physically dance it and relive it,91裸聊视频� she says.
91裸聊视频淚f I91裸聊视频檓 on stage, upset, angry, scared, lonely 91裸聊视频� all of those things 91裸聊视频� it91裸聊视频檚 almost like an invitation for people to feel those feelings together with me.91裸聊视频�
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