Dolly's "9 to 5" gets pink slip

The show with a score written by Parton cost about $14 million. Most critics gave it a thumbs down.

Parton received a Tony nomination for her score, but was passed over for best musical.

The Post story said the problem was that the Broadway show stuck too closely to the movie. "But unless they and their writers re-imagine the film as a theatrical experience, they're going to end up with a pale imitation of the original. The best movies-to-stage musicals -- "Nine," "The Producers," "Hairspray," "The Lion King," "She Loves Me" (which is based on "The Shop Around the Corner") -- use the movie almost as inspiration to create something for the theater that's fresh and dynamic," the Post story said.