Based on the 1993 movie of the same name, the show will have its Broadway premiere in the 2010-11 season, according to producers Randall L. Wreghitt, Chris Presley and Ellen Rusconi.

Wreghitt stated, "For this dance-heavy, down-home show, we all know that he's the perfect person to have us kicking up our cowboy boots."

Peter Masterson, as previously announced, will direct and co-write the book. He is the co-writer and co-director of the hit Broadway musical The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas.

In addition to Finian's Rainbow, Carlyle most recently choreographed the Encores! production of Girl Crazy at City Center. Additional New York credits include directing and choreographing A Tale of Two Cities (Broadway); and choreographing On the Town, Juno and Stairway to Paradise (all Encores!). In his native England, his work has included Me and My Girl (director and choreographer, U.K. tour; Best Production 2007 Theater Goers Choice Award), The Goodbye Girl (first U.K. national tour), Pageant (Vaudeville Theater), Sondheim's Moving On (Bridewell Theater) and Scrooge (European tour), among others. His many regional credits include Mame (Kennedy Center), The Pirates of Penzance (Paper Mill and Goodspeed - Best Choreography, CT Critics Circle Award) and The Baker's Wife (Goodspeed).

Pure Country's music is by three-time Grammy nominee and six-time Emmy nominee Steve Dorff.

Emmy, Grammy, Golden Globe and Oscar nominee John Bettis is writing the lyrics.

Rex McGee, a protégé of filmmaker Billy Wilder, wrote the original Warner Brothers film "Pure Country" and co-wrote the musical's book with Masterson.

In Pure Country, according to production notes, "Rusty (Joe Nichols) is a Country music superstar at the height of his career with all the high-stakes pressures that come with it. When the pressure takes its toll, he abandons his overblown concert tour, and his search to find himself — and the love he left behind — begins. Pure Country is about the price of fame and one man's journey home.”

As previously announced, Joe Nichols will take on the role of Rusty [Dusty in the movie], which was made famous in the film by George Strait. Lorrie Morgan will play the role of Lula, Rusty's ruthless manager, which was created on film by Lesley Anne Warren.

The creative team includes Tony Award-winning scenic designer Derek McLane (33 Variations), three-time Tony-nominated costume designer Ann Roth, Tony-winning lighting designer Kevin Adams (Spring Awakening, Passing Strange) and the Tony Award-nominated sound designers Acme Sound Partners (Hair).

No theatre or exact dates have been announced for the production. For more information, visit www.PureCountryOnBroadway.com