DOLLY PARTON - DOLLY SETS SIGHTS ON WEST END MUSICAL

DOLLY SETS SIGHTS ON WEST END MUSICAL

Country superstar DOLLY PARTON is desperate to bring her 9 to 5 musical to London's West End, because U.K. audiences are "great". The Dollywood legend is set to launch her first musical, based on her 1980 hit single, in Los Angeles later this year (08), and is hoping a successful run will lead to shows on New York's Broadway and the West End. And the 62-year-old singer can't wait to hit British shores with her musical - because Brits appreciate her artistic talents the most. She tells London radio station Heart, "I'm hoping that does happen because I've written all the musical (sic) and it will hopefully open on Broadway in the spring of 2009. "I think that a lot of times the U.K. audiences are better for me, because people kind of take you for granted in your home town or your home country. "Through the years my U.K. fans have kept telling me how much they appreciate me and what I do. I don't get to come over here to the U.K. often but I've always had wonderful times here. We've had great audiences."