Bradway favorite Sutton Foster will produce the late country music icon Loretta Lynn In the upcoming city adaptation of “Coal Miner’s Daughter.”
Sam Gold, the Tony -winning “Fun Home” director, develops the music about Life and Times of Lynn, which overcame humble beginning in Kentucky’s coal field to become a groundbreaking country music star. One of the first women who was a star as a country chocolate, Lynn sold over 45 million records all over the world and won several Grammy and country music awards. The singer and songwriter of such hits as “Coal Miner’s Daughter”, “You Ain’t Woman Enough” and “The Pill” was honored in 2013 with a presidential medal for freedom. She Died 2022 At the age of 90.
Based on the 1980 Oscar-nominated film and Lynn’s best-selling autobiography from 1976 (co-author of George Vecsey) with the same name, the stage show will contain songs from Lynn’s career and stories from her life beyond the end of the film. Sissy Spacek won the Oscar Award for memorably depicting Lynn in “Coal Miner’s Daughter”, which landed six other nods besides scoring points at the checkout.
Lynn’s manager, producer and daughter Patsy Lynn, as well as her long -term adviser Nancy Russell will serve as consulting producers at the stage exhibition. Jeanine Tesori, who worked with gold on “Fun Home”, handles music production. The producing team on “Coal Miner’s Daughter” includes the Broadway veterans Kristin Caskey, Mike Isaacson, Bee Carrozzini and ATG Entertainment.
Lynn’s family called the musical “One of the last creative projects that our mother was so passionate about” and revealed that their matriarch had approved by fetal casting before her death.
“We are so grateful to see that our mother’s life story and music will continue to touch the hearts of the audience and remain an important statement about the American dream,” Lynn’s family said in a statement. “As one of the last creative projects that our mother was so passionate about, we are grateful that she had the opportunity to experience the first stages of Sutton’s sincere depiction of Loretta. Mom absolutely fell in love with her and thought she was just the right person to play her on stage. The family is moved by this incredible team’s commitment to her heritage. “
Foster has been booked and busy on Broadway, starring “Once Upon a Mattress” as Princess Winnifred, “Sweeney Todd” as Mrs. Lovett and the Music Man “as Marian Paroo opposite Hugh Jackmans Harold Hill. Foster is seven times the Tony Award nominated and has taken home the best actress for “everything goes” and “thoroughly modern Millie.”
