Country music legend Loretta Lynn announced May 10 from the stage of the Ryman Auditorium during Opry Country Classics that she has chosen Grammy and Golden Globe-nominated actress Zooey Deschanel, who stars in Fox TV's “New Girl,” to portray Lynn in a Broadway stage adaptation of "Coal Miner’s Daughter."
SOURCE: Playbill at 08:10AM on May 11, 2012