Jagged Little Pill National Tour

Can't wait to hear your review. Interested to hear if they changed much from the Bway version.

The Australian tour also had their bandstand set up like that as well. I would’ve assumed having the band in the air like that would make it more difficult to tour compared to what they had on Broadway, but I guess it’s about saving playing space on the stage deck?

Just left the opening night performance.


Overall a very strong showing for a first performance.


The cast was in top form. Heidi did an outstanding job.

Jo got a full standing ovation after “You Outta Know”.


Set changes were minimal - except the placement of the band. However the moving screens moved in a way that created the same illusion of the band coming in and out as they did on Broadway.


We absolutely enjoyed it and the audience was very engaged from beginning to bows!

Updated On: 8/31/22 at 10:43 PM

By any chance, could you post the u/s list?

I went to the second performance last night and there was a 20 min hold in the middle of act 2 for a tech issue. The platform that has the kitchen on it wasn’t moving. Other than that the show went as smoothly as the first night.


Humble brag on Louisville as a city, we really showed up and gave this cast so much love for the first performances, both shows were absolutely electric. I personally can’t wait to see this cast again down the line.

gleek4114 said: "I was there tonight as well. Heidi is even better than she was on Broadway (where she was already phenomenal). The entire cast is strong, but Jade McLeod as Jo is a real find. They stopped the show with You Outta Know and the crowd was on their feet for them. The set was basically intact compared to it's broadway counterpart. For a first preview, the show was very sharp. We were told there could be stops and starts but everything flowed extremely smoothly. I just can't say enough good things about Heidi, seeing her in this show is an essential theatre going experience, she gets to use every tool in her arsenal, and its a marvel to behold."

Thanks for your review, gleek4114.

Having found video of the pre-shutdown Broadway cast, I feel this is a jukebox musical done right for the most part. Yes, it can read Hallmark Original Movie for some, and I thought the first half of Act One was kind of a mess (save for the incredible staging of "Smiling" and the clever placement / context of "Ironic" ), but when the sexual assault subplot kicked in, that's where the show really finds its groove and takes off. Just my opinion, but I thought that for a time, Jagged had one of the best second acts in the District. Also, some of the one-liners throughout are just *chef's kiss*.

Not many will agree — and I understand that — but I feel it's one of the few jukebox musicals in recent memory that give me hope for the future of the genre. It's far from a perfect show, but I think this will do very well on tour.

Updated On: 9/2/22 at 03:22 PM

One of the worst things I've seen ever. Bad direction, bad design, bad book. Just a ****ty Lifetime movie on stage.

My husband and I saw it twice on Broadway, once with Elizabeth and then again with Heidi. We actually liked it even more the second time around and felt that Heidi's performance exceeded Elizabeth's. Had it not closed, we would definitely have gone a third time. We'll be seeing the tour if it comes anywhere near us.

I saw this in SF purely because Heidi is in it.



The show was better than expected, but I think the plot is doing too much. It's a whiplash of stories that are opened up, and none of it is focused enough. I had a good time, despite sound issues (which are not necessarily the fault of the production, the Golden Gate Theater is an odd space for sound it seems).

Curious how this tour is selling and if it's planning on running another year? I only see it booked through August 2023.

I won a single lottery ticket for Friday 1/6 in Philly. I was center orch (parquet), row J (which is actually row 18 because of the multi letter rows). Great seat for the lottery.

I hadn’t seen the show before and didn’t really know anything about the plot going in. Heidi was in Friday night and was amazing. That was about the most I could say for the show though. The songs largely felt shoehorned into a plot that didn’t really work. Even when songs were performed well (which was a little hit or miss), I couldn’t help but be taken out of it when sections of lyrics wouldn’t make any sense at all. I think the choreography bothered me most after that. It was very well performed, but it was half creative and half so literal it felt like what I would come up with when I was putting on shows in the living room for my parents when I was 10.

Overall, not bad for a $35 lottery ticket, but I’m glad I didn’t pay full price to see it.

Also, still hate that musicals are at the Kimmel Center. It’s a horrible place for musicals and I wish they would go back to the Merriam (Miller) or would have more at the Forrest.

ACL2006 said: "Curious how this tour is selling and if it's planning on running another year? I only see it booked through August 2023."

Well, it has been annouced for Toronto originally during the Brooklyn/Cleveland/Montreal/Layoff period on the list previously, but then a calendar for subscribers came out with dates in October/November 2023, so I'm going to assume with that info that it will continue past the current schedule.