Tony winners Sutton Foster, Sam Gold and Jeanine Tesori are bringing the singer's life and songs to Broadway Sutton Foster will soon be back on Broadway! The two-time Tony Award winner, 49, is set to play Loretta Lynn in Coal Miner's Daughter,

Broadway favorite Sutton Foster will portray the late country music icon Loretta Lynn in the upcoming stage adaptation of “Coal Miner’s Daughter.” Sam Gold, the Tony-winning “Fun Home” director, is developing the musical about the life and times of Lynn,

A musical about country music star Loretta Lynn’s life is under development with Sutton Foster attached as the star. The musical, entitled Coal Miner’s Daughter, is inspired by the 1980 film and the autobiography about Lynn’s journey from rural Kentucky to becoming a country music star.