“9 to 5: The Musical,” the story of three women who team up to take care of business in a workplace stacked against them, opens Friday, July 17, at the Chattanooga Theatre Centre for a three-week run.
The stage production is based on the 1980 feature film starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin and Dolly Parton. Pushed to the boiling point, the women concoct a plan to get even with the sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot they call their boss. With him forcibly confined to his home, they take control of the company and learn there’s nothing they can’t do – even in a man’s world.
“The musical follows the movie plot closely,” says Lindsay Fussell, who is directing the CTC show. “But what was then a scene is now a song.”
Parton wrote the music and lyrics for all the songs in the show. The book is by Patricia Resnick, who co-wrote the movie screenplay.
Fussell describes the musical as fast-paced, with song styles that range from country to rock to Broadway show tunes.