Dolly Parton Sings Way through Technical Problems at “9 to 5” Premiere

By Rebecca Brody
16:13, September 22nd 2008
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Dolly Parton Sings Way through Technical Problems at “9 to 5” Premiere

Dolly Parton was once again in the spotlight, as she did not hesitate to save the day (or night, more precisely) at Saturday’s Los Angeles premiere of “9 to 5: The Musical,” a fresh adaptation of the 1980 eponymous hit movie that starred the country music singer.

According to reports, Dolly Parton stepped up with no second thoughts and revived the show after the curtains suddenly came down as a result of technical problems at the Ahmanson Theatre.

Dolly Parton’s spur-of-the-moment performance was watched by “9 to 5” co-stars Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Dabney Coleman, as well as fellow actors Gabriel Byrne, Tracey Ullman, Blythe Danner and Jason Alexander.

Although the pre-Broadway run of the musical went on according to schedule, it stopped abruptly at the end of the first act, when the country singer took the entire show in her hands. She even made the audience sing with her the theme song of “9 to 5.”

“If they can’t perform the show, I’ll do some of it from right here,” the artist reportedly said while a team was handling the undisclosed technical problems.

The show picked up where it left off after approximately 20 minutes, but Dolly Parton did an incredible job.

The world premiere musical features Allison Janney in the role of Violet Newstead, Megan Hilty playing Doralee Rhodes (Dolly Parton’s movie persona) Stephanie J. Block as Judy Bernly and Marc Kudisch as Franklin Hart Jr.

“9 to 5: The Musical” is due for an April 2009 release on Broadway.



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