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‘Jagged Little Pill’ reunion concert streams today

There’s nothing “ironic” about Alanis Morissette’s new video covering John Lennon’s “Happy Xmas (War Is Over”). Paying homage to Lennon’s 1971 recording with the Plastic Ono Band and to Yoko Ono as well, the three-minute video depicts Morissette in a “bed-in” with her family while at the same time celebrating the holidays in this most difficult of years. True to Lennon’s original message, Morissette’s “Happy Xmas” also envisions a brighter future. Lennon at the time sang out for an end to the Vietnam War; the implied message in Morissette’s cover today is hope for an end to the viral enemy we’re fighting together.

Incredibly, it’s been 25 years since Morissette broke through with her fiercely confessional album “Jagged Little Pill.” A year ago this month, a rock musical adaptation of “Jagged Little Pill” opened on Broadway. With a book by Diablo Cody (“Juno,” “Young Adult”) and music by Morissette and Glen Ballard, who co-wrote the original album with her, “Jagged Little Pill The Musical” would run for only a couple of months before the Great White Way shut down in March.

Today, however, at 5 p.m. Pacific time, the spirit of the show will be revived for “Jagged Live in NYC: A Broadway Reunion Concert.” Tickets for the show, featuring the Broadway cast, begin at $33. stellartickets.com

“Jagged Little Pill”