9 to 5: The Musical – Sheffield Lyceum
“Working 9 to 5, what a way to make a living / Barely getting by, it's all taking and no giving”
I’m sure this sounds familiar, if not musically then probably existentially!
One of country music’s most iconic singers, Dolly Parton, wrote these well-known lyrics back in 1980 for the film ‘9 to 5’, which she then transferred to the stage in 2008 with the help of book-writer Patricia Resnick. Parton’s fingerprints are everywhere, from the tone of the music and lyrics throughout, to her on-stage presence as the narrator of the story; that was a cute and unexpected touch, although I’m not sure that the story was complex enough to warrant the level of narration it got!
9 to 5 takes us to a corporate office in middle America where Judy is starting her first ever job having been dumped by...