Coal Miner's Daughter on Broadway (BroadwayWorld.com)

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Posted: 5/10/12 at 10:49pm

Starring Zooey Deschanel!
Coal Miner's Daughter on Broadway

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Posted: 5/10/12 at 10:52pm

Please, please, please let this happen!!

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Posted: 5/10/12 at 10:54pm

When can I start buying my full priced tickets? My mom will definitely be flying up from Buenos Aires a few times just for this.

So what does that make you, Brody? A zero-trick pony? - Wanna Be A Foster .........................The only power brody wields is in his own mind, joe. But it's amusing to watch him pretend nonetheless. - tazber

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Posted: 5/10/12 at 11:05pm

So what does that make you, Brody? A zero-trick pony? - Wanna Be A Foster .........................The only power brody wields is in his own mind, joe. But it's amusing to watch him pretend nonetheless. - tazber

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Posted: 5/10/12 at 11:06pm

Interesting to see if it's jukebox, original score or a mixture.

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Posted: 5/10/12 at 11:12pm

^ As long as it's about Loretta and has her blessing I'm there.

I hope they serve some down home Southern cooking at the theater for pre-show

"Plans for a stage adaptation are still in the beginning stages, with no creative team attached or workshop dates announced. The producers — Fox Theatricals and Scott Sanders Productions — have been behind such Broadway hits as “Legally Blonde,” ‘’The Color Purple,” ‘’Red” and “Thoroughly Modern Millie.”

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Posted: 5/10/12 at 11:30pm

Pretty cool! Nice way to have different areas of my life collide tonight. I live about 20 min from the Ryman.....my son spent a majority of his life in KY.....and I've been planning my next NYC theatre trip for the past few hours. Kinda one of those 6 degrees of separation things.....

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Posted: 5/11/12 at 01:10am

NOT. WITH. HER.

ANY other actress. Seriously, I'd rather see Gina Gershon or Bernadette Peters and Loretta than Zooey.

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Posted: 5/11/12 at 06:33am

The more I think about this, the more it seems like a good idea. My first response was quizzical; this isn't the type of role or risk I'd expect Deschanel to take for her Broadway debut. But it may be just the thing she needs to break out of her adorkable niche.

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Posted: 5/11/12 at 06:44am

I just can't see her giving the character any real depth -- I hope to be proven wrong, because I'm sure she'll sing the part beautifully.

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Posted: 5/11/12 at 06:57am

Ugh I dislike her so much. There are few actresses I dislike more than Zooey.

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Posted: 5/11/12 at 07:50am

Will she get rid of those godawful bangs?

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Jordan Catalano

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Posted: 5/11/12 at 07:53am

Look who's talking, douchebag.

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Posted: 5/11/12 at 07:59am

I don't see her doing this schedule wise. She's only free 3-4 months a year because of "New Girl" and I don't think a producer would give her that short a contract (including rehearsals) unless it were a limited run like Roundabout does with their tv stars (Jim Parsons the current example).

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Posted: 5/11/12 at 08:06am

I cut them off and sent them to you!

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Jordan Catalano

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Posted: 5/11/12 at 08:10am

Is that what that was? LOL

"I think Glee is way too sharp, smart, witty, clever and emotionally confronting for the masses." - Dave19 - "What's next? Snow Black and the 7 Swaggers? Shasquirta and the Beast? 101 Weavematians? Willis in Ghettoland?" - Dave19, in reference to the new ANNIE remake.

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Posted: 5/11/12 at 08:14am

Well... they were pasted to a severed penis, but, yeah.

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Jordan Catalano

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Posted: 5/11/12 at 08:17am

See, I thought you sent me one of those little troll doll pencil toppers.

"I think Glee is way too sharp, smart, witty, clever and emotionally confronting for the masses." - Dave19 - "What's next? Snow Black and the 7 Swaggers? Shasquirta and the Beast? 101 Weavematians? Willis in Ghettoland?" - Dave19, in reference to the new ANNIE remake.

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Posted: 5/11/12 at 08:21am

Ugh. God damn it. I did. But I thought the penis bangs would get there first before the pencil topper

Pretend this whole conversation never happened and try to at least ACT surprised, okay?

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Posted: 5/11/12 at 08:27am

Well I love Zooey,, I love the movie Coal Miner's Daughter (not sure if this based directly on that though), but I have no desire to see a jukebox musical of Loretta's life.

I am assuming they will be using her songs, because otherwise what's the point right?

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Posted: 5/11/12 at 08:34am

Unless Lo-Retty writes up some dem new ditty's she done been a workin' on.

"I think Glee is way too sharp, smart, witty, clever and emotionally confronting for the masses." - Dave19 - "What's next? Snow Black and the 7 Swaggers? Shasquirta and the Beast? 101 Weavematians? Willis in Ghettoland?" - Dave19, in reference to the new ANNIE remake.

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Posted: 5/11/12 at 08:35am

Coal Miner's Daughter is one of my all time favorite films and I think Zooey Deschanel is definitely talented and gifted so this seems like a really good fit.

Looking forward to hearing more about it.

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Posted: 5/11/12 at 08:37am

Oooh, good point jordy! If there were new songs I would definitely be interested.

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Posted: 5/11/12 at 08:40am

An maybe she cin git up a whole messa new thangs what so to cross pre-mote with a new record she gon' make up fer it.

"I think Glee is way too sharp, smart, witty, clever and emotionally confronting for the masses." - Dave19 - "What's next? Snow Black and the 7 Swaggers? Shasquirta and the Beast? 101 Weavematians? Willis in Ghettoland?" - Dave19, in reference to the new ANNIE remake.

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Posted: 5/11/12 at 09:47am

Carlos- No disrespect to your opinion of her. You're entitled to adore her manic pixie dreamgirl realness. I've only ever seen her play that same character. Could you please give me an example of when she's played a role with the fire, spunk, and attitude that Loretta Lynn posesses??

Also, her vocal type is quirky and on the thin side. She vocally sounds nothing like Mrs Lynn.

Dolly Parton is also currently working on a bio musical. I wonder who'll reach the broad way first?

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Posted: 5/11/12 at 09:53am

Two words...Urban Cowboy. Three words...Ring of Fire.

I personally find the adorkableness unbearably cloying and it wore itself out a long time ago. And I simply cannot imagine, short of moving her series in New York, how they can possibly make this work.

Can Loretta herself just do it? She looks fabulous.

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