KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 3 — Malaysian-born Arvind Ethan David will be turning popular singer Alanis Morissette’s multiple Grammy award winning album Jagged Little Pill into a Broadway musical in New York.
The Star reported that David would be producing the work with his partners Vivek J. Tiwary and Eva Price.
David, who is currently based in the United States, is also one of the executive producers of popular TV show Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, starring multi-award winning actors Elijah Wood and Samuel Barnett.
“#JaggedLittlePill was the soundtrack to our youth, so it is a dream come true to bring this beautiful, galvanising story to the Broadway stage,” David, Tiwary and Price reportedly said in a statement to The Star.
The New York Times (NYT) reported that the musical will tackle “hot-button issues” such as opiate addiction, gender identity and sexual assault, as well as transracial adoption, marital bed death and image-consciousness.
The report said that the show would also feature images from the famous Women’s March and the #NeverAgain gun-control movement in the US.
The story for the show is written by Oscar winner Brooke Busey-Maurio, better known as Diablo Cody, who also wrote the critically acclaimed movie Juno in 2007.
Jagged Little Pill, a popular album in the 90s led to Morissette being nominated for nine Grammies. She eventually bagged five, including the Album of the Year award, making her the youngest artist in history to win the award.
Morissette’s first international album also went on to sell over 30 million copies worldwide.
“The entire team is the dream-come-true collaboration. A relational system of slam dunks, and a community of people who each care in a way that marks each person’s unique and powerful contribution.
“Grateful does not even come close to how I feel throughout this journey thus far. This process is tinged with giddiness, terror, surrender, wild passion, joy and light.” The Hollywood Reporter quoted Morissette saying in the statement.
