9 to 5 (Dolly Parton song) song is also featured in a musical theater adaptation of the film, featuring a book by the film's original writer, Patricia Resnick, and 20 additional songs written by Dolly Parton. "9 to 5" began previews in Los Angeles on September 9, 2008, and played on Broadway at the Marquis Theatre from April until September 2009 before touring. In 2012, a UK theatre tour of "9 to 5" got underway. A few months before Parton's song and the film, Scottish singer Sheena Easton released a single called "9 to 5" in the UK. When Easton's song was released in the U.S.
From 9 To 5 in alternating balloons above their heads, flopped. But Fischer scored with "From 9 to 5". "It portrayed workers in office settings. He had a feel for the events that took place in offices. His cartoons were either universal or picked up on common feeling workers had about bosses and other subjects." Fischer retired in the 1970s. A lifelong resident of Highland Park, Fischer died Wednesday, 25 March 1987, in a Deerfield nursing home. From 9 To 5 From 9 To 5 was an American single-panel comic strip series by Chicago comic strip artist Jo Fischer (1900-1987). Distributed by Field Newspaper