Coming to Detroit: Jagged Little Pill
Detroiters, I have exciting news to share with you! The Tony and Grammy award-winning musical Jagged Little Pill will play Detroit’s Fisher Theatre February 14 – 26, 2023. Inspired by the seminal rock album of the same name by seven-time Grammy Award winner Alanis Morissette, this is one Broadway show that has been on my bucket list for a while now.
Jagged Little Pill
Fisher Theatre | February 14 – 26, 2023
Tickets go on sale Friday, November 18 at 10:00 a.m.
Broadway In Detroit announced today that individual tickets for the Detroit premiere of JAGGED LITTLE PILL will go on sale Friday, November 18 at 10:00 a.m. Inspired by the seminal rock album of the same name by seven-time Grammy Award winner Alanis Morissette (she/her), tickets to the Tony and Grammy award-winning production will be available online at Ticketmaster.com, BroadwayinDetroit.com, charge by phone (800) 982-2787, and in person at the Fisher Theatre Box Office.
Heidi Blickenstaff (she/her) will reprise her role from the Broadway production as Mary Jane Healy, joined by Lauren Chanel (she/her)as Frankie Healy, Chris Hoch (he/him)as Steve Healy and Dillon Klena (he/him) as Nick Healy. The cast also includes Jade McLeod (they/them)as Jo and Allison Sheppard (she/her) as Bella.
The ensemble includes Lee H. Alexander (he/him), Delaney Brown (she/they), Jada Simone Clark (she/her), Lani Corson (she/her), Rishi Golani (he/him), Jason Goldston (he/they), Zach Hess (he/him), Cydney Kutcipal (they/them), Jordan Leigh McCaskill (they/she), Alana Pollard (she/they), Daniel Thimm (he/him), Kei Tsuruharatani (she/they), and Jena VanElslander. Maya J. Christian (she/her), Claire Crause (she/her), Sean Doherty (he/him) and Charles P. Way (he/him)join the cast as swings.
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Directed by Tony Award winner Diane Paulus (she/her; Waitress, Pippin), JAGGED LITTLE PILL is an “electrifying, visceral and stunning” (The Hollywood Reporter) musical with an original story by Tony and Academy Award-winning writer Diablo Cody (she/her; Juno, Tully), about a perfectly imperfect American family that “vaults the audience to its collective feet” (The Guardian). Nominated for a season-record of 15 Tony Awards following its Broadway premiere, The New York Times declared the show “redemptive, rousing and real… JAGGED LITTLE PILL stands alongside the original musicals that have sustained the best hopes of Broadway.”
Ignited by Morissette’s groundbreaking lyrics and music – from beloved hits such as “You Oughta Know,” “Head Over Feet,” “Hand In My Pocket,” and “Ironic”, to brand new songs written for the show – JAGGED LITTLE PILL features explosive choreography by Tony Award nominee and frequent Beyoncé collaborator Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui (he/him; “Apesh*t”, “Love Drought/Sandcastles” Live at The Grammys), and the raw power of an onstage band under the Musical Supervision, Orchestrations & Arrangements of Grammy, Tony and Pulitzer Prize winner Tom Kitt (he/him; Next to Normal, American Idiot).
The JAGGED LITTLE PILL creative team includes Tony-nominated Scenic Designer Riccardo Hernandez (he/him; Parade), Tony-nominated Costume Designer Emily Rebholz (she/her; Dear Evan Hansen), Tony Award-winning Lighting Designer Justin Townsend (he/him; Moulin Rouge!), Tony-nominated Sound Designer Jonathan Deans (he/him; Waitress), and Tony-nominated Video Designer Lucy Mackinnon (she/her; Spring Awakening). Hair, Wig, and Make-up Design is provided by J. Jared Janas(he/him; Sunset Boulevard).
JAGGED LITTLE PILL officially opened on Broadway December 5, 2019 at the Broadhurst Theatre after beginning previews on November 3. Prior to Broadway, JAGGED LITTLE PILL completed a record-breaking, sold-out run at American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) in Cambridge, MA. That pre-Broadway world premiere production ran for 79 sold-out performances, from May 5–July 15, 2018, marking the longest-running and highest-grossing production in A.R.T.’s history. JAGGED LITTLE PILL concluded its award-winning Broadway run on December 17, 2021, after playing 36 previews and 171 performances. That same month, the production made its international debut in Australia at Theatre Royal Sydney. The Australian tour is currently playing at Comedy Theatre, Melbourne.
Released on June 13, 1995, the tremendous success of Alanis Morissette’s album Jagged Little Pill skyrocketed her to become the bestselling international debut artist in history; a title she still holds, with the record’s sales reaching 33 million copies worldwide. Now, 25 years after its release, Jagged Little Pillcontinues to be one of the Top 20 Best-Selling Albums of All Time. With ten eclectic and acclaimed albums released over the subsequent years, Morissette’s music has garnered 7 Grammy Awards (with 14 nominations), a Golden Globe nomination, and total sales of over 60 million albums.
In 2019, Atlantic Records partnered with the Broadway production for the release of its Original Broadway Cast Recording, adding the show to the label’s elite roster of Grammy Award-winning artists and cast albums. The cast album for JAGGED LITTLE PILL was officially released on December 6, 2019 – the day after the show’s opening night on Broadway – and won the 2021 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theatre Album.
In the fall of 2020, the musical garnered a season-leading 15 Tony Nominations – including Best Musical – and Grand Central Publishing released a hardcover coffee table book following the journey of JAGGED LITTLE PILLto Broadway, with behind-the-scenes photos and stories from Alanis Morissette, Diablo Cody, the cast and more. Following the show’s big Grammy Award win in 2021, JAGGED LITTLE PILLalso won Tony Awards for Best Book of a Musical (Diablo Cody) and Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Lauren Patten).
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Children under the age of five will not be permitted in the theatre. This production is recommended for aged 14 and up as it contains strong language, adult themes, drug use, and moments of sexual violence that some may find upsetting.
Performance times for JAGGED LITTLE PILL appearing February 14 – 26, 2023 at the Fisher Theatre located at 3011 W Grand Blvd., Detroit MI 48202 are:
· Tuesday through Saturday evening performances at 8:00 p.m.
· Saturday & Sunday matinee performances at 2:00 p.m.
· Sunday evening performances at 7:30 p.m.
· Special Open Caption performance on Sunday, February 19, at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets for JAGGED LITTLE PILL start at $40 (includes facility & parking fee) and will go on sale at 10:00 a.m. Friday, November 18. Tickets can be purchased online at ticketmaster.com, by phone at 800-982-2787, and in person at the Fisher Theatre Box Office. A limited number of premium seats will be available through Ticketmaster and at the Fisher Theatre Box Office.
For group sales (10 or more) please email broadwayindetroitgroups@theambassadors.com or call 313-871-1132.
Tickets for the Open Captioned performance be purchased in person at the Fisher Theatre Box Office or by phone at 313-872-1000, ext. 0.
Performance schedule, prices and cast are subject to change without notice. Broadway In Detroit uses Ticketmaster as its sole, authorized ticketing agent. Individual tickets purchased from a ticket broker or “third party” ticket reseller involves risk and may not be authentic, sold at box office prices, or with correct performance and venue information. Broadway In Detroit box offices cannot verify tickets sold through a third party or ticket reseller. Broadway In Detroit is also unable to contact third party purchasers with pertinent updates or changes regarding performances.
All ticket purchasers will receive a Broadway in Detroit Health & Safety Guide via email in the days prior to their performance. This guide will also be posted on the company’s website (BroadwayInDetroit.com) and available at the Fisher Theatre box office. It will have the latest information on the company’s health and safety protocols as well as information on what to expect when you arrive at the theatre.
95.5 Jingle Ball GIVEAWAY CLOSED
In junior high and high school I used to dream about being able to go to Channel 95.5 Jingle Ball (my parents never let me), but that’s all about to change for me and one lucky winner! I am giving away a FOUR pack of tickets to make your dreams come true and see Channel 95.5 Jingle Ball this year at Little Caesars Arena on December 7th! Enter the giveaway below.
Tickets on sale now – get yours today.
Channel 95.5 Jingle Ball
December 6, 2022
7:00 p.m.
Featuring The Kid LAROI, AJR, Backstreet Boys, Khalid, Macklemore, Tate McRae, Ava Max, Nicky Youre, Jax, and Armani White
Broadway in Detroit announces 2023-2024 Season Lineup
It’s that time of year again when Broadway in Detroit announces some shows that will be in the 2023-2024 lineup, and let me tell you it’s already an exciting lineup! Current subscribers can renew now, and new subscription sales begin December 12, 2022.
2023-2024 Broadway in Detroit Season Lineup at a glance:
Six
Fisher Theatre | May 23 – June 11, 2023
Company
Fisher Theatre | October 17 – 29, 2023
Mrs. Doubtfire
Fisher Theatre | November 14 – 26, 2023
Disney Frozen
Fisher Theatre | November 29 – December 17, 2023
Wicked
Detroit Opera House | January 24 – February 18, 2024
Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird
Fisher Theatre | March 5 – 17, 2024
I am thrilled that Wicked will be making its way back to Detroit in 2024, it’s my absolute favorite Broadway show. As for the rest of the shows coming, I haven’t seen any of the other performances coming, and I am extra excited that Frozen will be coming back since the pandemic took it away from us.
Broadway in Detroit is thrilled to announce its 2023-24 Subscription Season with seven shows coming to the Fisher Theatre and Detroit Opera House.
Kicking off the Season is the Tony Award Winning show, SIX The Musical at the Fisher Theatre in May and June of 2023 followed by the critically acclaimed musical comedy masterpiece Company, winner of 5 Tony Awards® including Best Revival. Five additional Broadway shows will follow including Mrs. Doubtfire, and Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird – all at the Fisher Theatre. Disney’s Frozen will arrive at the Detroit Opera House for the holidays and Detroit’s most ‘popular’ musical WICKED returns this season in early 2024. The season will include one additional Fisher Theatre show to be announced at a further date.
“We are thrilled to announce our 61st Broadway In Detroit season,” states Jamie Budgett, Broadway In Detroit’s General Manager. “Detroiters are really going to love the amazing season we’ve put together, and our subscribers will love that SIX of our seven shows will be coming to Detroit for the very first time. From the Queens of SIX to Disney’s Frozen we’ve got Detroit’s best Broadway experience for everyone.”
Amazing benefits of being a Broadway In Detroit Subscriber include always getting the best seats in the house prior to any show’s public on sale. Subscribers have the same seats for each show, get priority access to buy additional tickets for season shows and extra attractions, participate in exclusive subscriber-only events, and enjoy full exchange privileges at no charge. If a subscriber is unable to attend their purchased date, they have up to 15 other performances they can exchange into. Another added benefit for subscribers is the ability to post tickets for sale, or forward tickets to friends or clients up to two hours before show time via their Broadway In Detroit account. Parking at the Fisher Theatre is included in the subscription price and only subscribers have an opportunity to pre-purchase discounted parking for Detroit Opera House performances.
For the first time ever, Broadway In Detroit is offering Balcony two subscriptions for new subscribers. This makes the 2023-24 season available starting at just $289. Subscriptions are also available at other price levels which range from $439 to $999.
Current season subscribers are able to renew for the 2023-24 Subscription Season now until December 11. New subscriptions will be available for purchase beginning December 12. More information on becoming a Broadway In Detroit subscriber is available online at broadwayindetroit.com/season or by calling Broadway In Detroit at (313) 872-1000, ext. 0.
Individual tickets and group sales for these productions will go on sale at a future date. Fans and group leaders who would like to be notified when tickets are available are encouraged to join Broadway In Detroit’s email list at the bottom of the broadwayindetroit.com home page.
Extra attractions not included with the season subscription will be announced at a later date.
Broadway In Detroit 2023-24 Subscription Shows
SIX – Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived.
From Tudor Queens to Pop Icons, the SIX wives of Henry VIII take the microphone to remix five hundred years of historical heartbreak into a Euphoric Celebration of 21st century girl power! This new original musical is the global sensation that everyone is losing their head over! SIX has won 23 awards in the 2021/2022 Broadway season, including the Tony Award® for Best Original Score (Music and Lyrics) and the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical.
COMPANY – Phone rings, door chimes, in comes COMPANY. Winner of 5 Tony Awards® including Best Revival of a Musical. It’s Bobbie’s 35th birthday party, and all her friends keep asking, Why isn’t she married? Why can’t she find the right man and isn’t it time to settle down and start a family? As Bobbie searches for answers, she discovers why being single, being married, and being alive in 21st-Century New York could drive a person crazy.
Three-time Tony Award-winning director Marianne Elliott (War Horse, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Angels in America) helms this revelatory new production in which musical theatre’s most iconic bachelor becomes a bachelorette. Stephen Sondheim and George Furth’s groundbreaking musical comedy is at once boldly sophisticated, deeply insightful, and downright hilarious. COMPANY features Sondheim’s award-winning songs “You Could Drive a Person Crazy,” “The Ladies Who Lunch,” “Side by Side by Side” and the iconic “Being Alive.”
MRS. DOUBTFIRE – Everyone’s favorite Scottish nanny is headed to Detroit in an internationally acclaimed new hit musical critics call “wonderful, heart-warming, and laugh-out-loud funny” (Manchester Evening News) and “a feel-good, family-friendly comedy that delivers” (The Hollywood Reporter). Based on the beloved film and directed by four-time Tony Award® winner Jerry Zaks, Mrs. Doubtfire tells the hysterical and heartfelt story of an out-of-work actor who will do anything for his kids. It’s “the lovable, big-hearted musical comedy we need right now,” raves the Chicago Tribune – one that proves we’re better together.
DISNEY’S FROZEN – From the producer of The Lion King and Aladdin, Frozen, the Tony®-nominated Best Musical, is now on tour across North America, and the critics rave, “It’s simply magical!” (LA Daily News). Frozen features the songs you love from the original Oscar®-winning film, plus an expanded score with a dozen new numbers. An unforgettable theatrical experience filled with sensational special effects, stunning sets and costumes, and powerhouse performances, Frozen is everything you want in a musical: It’s moving. It’s spectacular. And above all, it’s pure Broadway joy.
WICKED – The Broadway sensation WICKED looks at what happened in the Land of Oz…but from a different angle. Long before Dorothy arrives, there is another young woman, born with emerald-green skin, who is smart, fiery, misunderstood, and possessing an extraordinary talent. When she meets a bubbly blonde who is exceptionally popular, their initial rivalry turns into the unlikeliest of friendships…until the world decides to call one “good,” and the other one “wicked”.
HARPER LEE’S TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD – All rise for Academy Award® winner Aaron Sorkin’s adaptation of Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize – winning masterwork. The New York Times Critic’s Pick TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD is “the most successful American play in Broadway history” (60 Minutes). Rolling Stone gives it 5 stars, calling it “an emotionally shattering landmark production of an American classic,” and New York Magazine calls it “a real phenomenon. Majestic and incandescent, it’s filled with breath and nuance and soul.” With direction by Tony Award® winner Bartlett Sher, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD — “the greatest novel of all time” (Chicago Tribune) — has quickly become “one of the greatest plays in history” (NPR).
Coming to Detroit: Disney on Ice Presents Frozen and Encanto GIVEAWAY CLOSED
Metro Detroit, have you heard the news? Disney on Ice is coming back to Little Caesars Arena and it’s one show you do NOT want to miss. Disney on Ice Presents Frozen and Encanto will be in Detroit for 10 performances from February 16th – 19th, 2023, and I have tickets for you! I am giving TWO lucky winners the chance to win a family 4-pack of tickets and a family 5-pack of tickets to see Disney on Ice Presents Frozen and Encanto on February 16th at 7:00pm. See the Giveaway BELOW and please make sure you enter the proper pack of tickets giveaway.
Disney on Ice Presents Frozen & Encanto
February 16th-19th, 2023
Little Caesars Arena
Click HERE to Buy Tickets
For the first time, Disney On Ice invites families to step inside the magical adventures of Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Frozen, the #1 Animated feature of all time, and Disney Animation’s Encanto, the 2022 Academy Award®, BAFTA®, and Golden Globe® Award winner for Best Animated Feature, as they come to life like never before. This adventure on ice transports fans into two of the most popular Disney films as audiences can sing-along to their favorite songs while embracing world-class ice skating, aerial acrobatics and more when it visits their hometown at Little Caesars Arena from February 16-19, 2023! Audiences will see Anna, Elsa, Mirabel, and the Madrigal family live, as well as fan favorites Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald, Goofy, and many more.
Magic of Lights Returns to Pine Knob
There’s just something magical about driving around and looking at lights during the holiday season, so you can imagine my excitement when I found out Magic of Lights would be returning to Pine Knob. At just $15 a car load this drive-through experience offers fun for the whole family. Buy your tickets today.
Magic of Lights
Pine Knob
November 18 – December 31, 2022
Full schedule and link to buy tickets: https://www.313presents.com/events/detail/magic-of-lights
Fashion meets Food 