JAGGED LITTLE PILL has closed, as of 12/17/21- Page 3

[WestEndGal]

Posted: 12/21/21 at 3:36am

@z5 said: "So sad. What an amazing show.


what’s even more pathetic is the “author” of this ridiculous article can’t even show sympathy for the huge amount of people who just lost their jobs tonight.


trolls like this person who wrote it should be happy.


article below:

https://brooklynrail.org/2021/04/theater/One-Step-Forward-Two-Steps-Back-Broadways-Jagged-Little-Journey-Toward-Nonbinary-Inclusion
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Christian Lewis has been instrumental in trying to destroy JLP. Yes the show had issues to address, but this could have been done through nucanced conversations and allowing the show to accept mistakes were made and then move forward. But by trying to turn the show into some toxic entity - to try and turn everyone against Lauren Patten - it only helped in speeding up its demise now. So forgive me for a massive eye roll at his tweet regarding this ….

“Despite having issues with JLP, I’m feeling conflicted about it closing. It’s so upsetting that after they released their statement, a nonbinary actor never got to play Jo. This was a chance for authentic nonbinary representation that now won’t get to come to fruition on Bway.”

Talk about eating your own. ISN’T IT IRONIC!!!

JLP wasn’t a fave musical of mine, but I’m really sad to see it close for all the cast and crew who will be unemployed as a result, and for everyone who won’t get a chance to give the show a proper goodbye. I’m worried that this is not the beginning …..

[Rudy2]

Posted: 12/21/21 at 6:10am

Dolly80 said: "Yeah, sad for the cast… but SEE YA!
One of the worstI’ve ever seen. Like being hit round the head with an encyclopaedia of Woke."

I completely agree. I found it sickening. I only enjoyed it on some level because I’m a diehard Alanis fan and knew even the most obscure songs. 

 

[Rudy2]

Posted: 12/21/21 at 6:11am

JDonaghy4 said: "this show was a dumpster fire, but its still sad/shocking to see it disappear like this. The incredibly talented cast does not deserve this.

i do find the producers' statement a little nauseating though. obviously, the Covid situation is not ideal, but it isnt ideal for various other shows too. Moulin Rouge, Hamilton, TKAM are not closing because they are selling. Their statement makes it seem like they are closing their doors to protect their cast (implying other producers arent...) when if they were making money, they wouldnt even think about doing this."

I agree with every sentence here.

[everythingtaboo]

Posted: 12/21/21 at 9:38am

adotburr said: "Dan6 said: "I had tickets for it in March 2020, and now had tickets again for January 5, 2022 as part of what was going to be my first post-shutdown NY theater trip. I now wonder what will happen to the other shows I have tickets for (Assassins, Kimberly Akimbo, Caroline, Clyde’s, GFTNC), and whether I’ll end up taking the trip at all in two weeks. Really feels like March 2020 redux, with all the frustration and sadness yet again. Thanks, anti-vaxxers."

Everyone needs to stop with the “thanks, anti-vaxxers” crap. The virus is being spread just as easily by people who are vaccinated/boostered than those who are unvaccinated."

I think it's more that if everyone was vaccinated earlier, there would be less variants to worry about. And let's face it, when 97% of Covid hospitalizations are the unvaxxed, whose last breaths are often regret about not getting vaxxed? Yeah, thanks, anti-vaxxers: you've done it to yourselves and you're taking us down with you.

[Call_me_jorge]

Posted: 12/22/21 at 3:20pm

I wonder if Equity will release their findings from the investigation into the treatment of Nora Schell.

[suicidalmickeymouse]

Posted: 12/23/21 at 12:12pm

I was just curious if anyone knew which MJ did the closing show?

[EDSOSLO858]

Posted: 12/23/21 at 12:57pm

suicidalmickeymouse said: "I was just curious if anyone knew which MJ did the closing show?"

Elizabeth Stanley, unless there was an understudy on.

[all_that_jazz]

Posted: 12/23/21 at 3:18pm

With the sudden cancellation of Leapoldstat in Mirvishes Toronto season for Jan Feb and He being a producer on Jagged I wouldn't be surprised if they move the bway production up here to fill the spot.  I don't see another touring show that is available for two months starting that soon.  

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 12/23/21 at 4:48pm

"Leapoldstat" is a Tom Stoppard drama with no star power and a cast of 500. Having that open during a pandemic in a climate where even the hottest ticket in town is still a show you can get tickets to, would be an insanely stupid idea.