What a way to make a livin’

By Jeff Hudson

This article was published on 07.27.17

“Parton my beauty.”

“Parton my beauty.”

Photo courtesy of the California Musical Theatre

2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 27, 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 28, 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 29, 3 p.m. Sunday, July 30. $45-$89. Wells Fargo Pavilion, 1419 H Street; (916) 557-1999; www.californiamusicaltheatre.com.

Sacramento’s Music Circus revisits 9 to 5—originally a 1980 film comedy with Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin; reincarnated as a Broadway show in 2009, with Parton composing the score. Things may have changed somewhat for women in the workplace but the long-suffering characters here still resonate as they scheme to find a way out of their boring office jobs and into a better way of life.

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