‘Jagged Pill’ first ’cron vic on Broadway

For Alanis Morissette fans, the latest Broadway news is like rain on your wedding day.

“Jagged Little Pill,” the musical based on Morissette’s 1995 album of the same name, will shutter permanently on Broadway after the current COVID-19 shutdown, the show announced late Monday.

“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,” producers Vivek J. Tiwary, Arvind Ethan David and Eva Price said in a joint statement.

“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.’ ”

All tickets for scheduled performances will be refunded.

The show, starring Elizabeth Stanley, Sean Allan Krill, Celia Rose Gooding, Derek Klena and Lauren Patten, was nominated for 15 Tony Awards and won two, as well as a Grammy Award for best musical theater album. Songs featured in the production included “Ironic,” “Hand in my Pocket” and “You Oughta Know.”

“Jagged Little Pill,” with music by Morissette and Glen Ballard, lyrics by Morissette and book by Diablo Cody, told the story of the Healys, an upper middle class suburban family in Connecticut facing the everyday realities of racism, sexuality and addiction.

The musical received rave reviews from critics and fans, but also faced controversy behind the scenes, over the Broadway decision to turn the nonbinary character of Jo into a cisgender woman and allegations from nonbinary actor Nora Schell that the show’s stage manager ignored Schell’s need to get surgery for polycystic ovarian syndrome.

Gooding, who starred as daughter Frankie, and Antonio Cipriano, who played her love interest, both left the production in September, blaming the treatment of trans and nonbinary actors.

“I cannot ignore the harm ‘Jagged’ has done to the trans and nonbinary community, including cast members onstage, off-stage, and behind the scenes in the production making process,” Gooding wrote in a lengthy statement. “I believe it will be in my best personal interest to focus more on work that I can align myself with emotionally and morally, just as Frankie would.”

As of this week, more than one-third of Broadway shows have canceled performances due to breakthrough COVID-19 cases among cast and crew.

“Dear Evan Hansen,” “Hamilton,” “Aladdin” and “MJ” have all canceled shows through at least Christmas, but “Jagged Little Pill” is the first to turn the lights off permanently.