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'Patsy & Loretta' review: On Lifetime, a down-home musical biopic co-starring Chcago stage veteran and Tony winner Jessie Mueller

Sisterhood strong enough to last a Lifetime, the new TV movie "Patsy & Loretta" compresses 18 months of a tragically brief friendship between two country music legends into one pretty good biopic. But the performers lift it up to a higher level. Megan Hilty (who plays and sings Patsy Cline) and Chicago stage alum Jessie Mueller (who plays and sings Loretta Lynn) tell an inspiring parallel story: that of

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