Dolly Parton Broadway Bio Musical aiming for Spring 2025

In a recent interview she gave she stated that it’s planning to be on Broadway for Spring of 2025. I’m curious if Kristin Chenoweth would still be considered to star in it. I know there’s been year of talk from both how they would love for it to happen.
a Dolly Parton Musical is about the only artist who I feel could have an interesting one and a collection of great songs.

I hate a bio musical but love the catalogue here. I feel like it could go a lot of different ways so I hope the book is smart.

I'll start by saying I am a huge Dolly fan so either way, I'll be buying a ticket. Though my instinct is this will be a bright, flashy camp fest - I would love to see somebody take Dolly's music and construct an original story, something akin to "Girl from The North Country". Her earlier work is some of the most beautiful, tragic, theatrical music ever written. Songs like "Down from Dover", "The Bridge", "Daddy Come and Get Me" already feel like 3 minute musicals.

I'm not the greatest fan of this genre - however, lets hope this is more 'Beautiful,' than Britney Spears....

BETTY22 said: "I'm not the greatest fan of this genre - however, lets hope this is more 'Beautiful,' than Britney Spears....

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Well considering this is a biomusical it's already more Beautiful than it is OUAOMT since that wasn't a biographical show about Britney Spears...

Bettyboy72 said: "This could be really great. I hope it is a little elevated and not just a glitzy camp fest. Parton has a lot of depth. They should look at The Cher Show as a cautionary tale of trying to be too literal and cram everything in.


Also I’d love to find a new talent or an up and comer to play Dolly. Cheno is way too campy out of the gate. I don’t think she’s the best actress or the right woman for the job. Hilty was a little too “on the nose” Dolly for 9 to 5. I don’t think the person needs to be doing an impression."

I recall seeing a post somewhere that Kerry Butler was doing a reading of a Dolly musical - not sure if it's this same one.

On Stern the other day, Dolly said this is happening "next year" and Gregg Perry is doing the arranging.

Hilty is attached to Death Becomes Her which seems likely to transfer in the 24-25 season. I would be surprised if she jumped ship from that.

I’d imagine this has a tryout somewhere before

I would really love Sabrina Carpenter playing Dolly in this production. Listen to her song “Slim Pickens” to hear her more country-side. Her stint in Mean Girls was so short due to COVID so don’t know how that was received. I also really wish this show told the story of a young Dolly making her way to Nashville with her uncle, landing on Porter Wagoner’s show, and ending with her departing. Her first album being named “Hello, I’m Dolly” affirms that.

Nationwide "The Search for Dolly" casting call launched

Feels like a stunt since the videos are to be public uploaded to social media.

They could do far worse than the likes of Carrie St. Louis, Kerry Butler, and (allegedly, please tell me I'm wrong) Kelli O'Hara in workshops.