Dolly Parton Broadway Bio Musical aiming for Spring 2025 — Page 2

Awww, how sweet. Reminds me of ON YOUR FEET! doing the same thing all the while Ana Villafañe was already cast as Gloria and the film biopic SELENA doing that nationwide search in several cities while Jennifer Lopez was already cast.

Melissa25 said: "An email arrived yesterday that states: This Tuesday, 1/28 at 10am CT, we've got a huge announcement to make:Dolly - An Original Musicaldirected by Bartlett Sher is coming. Perhaps Studio 54?"



Studio 54? Not a chance. If ANY show belongs in the Palace, it's this one.

If anything, both the Nederlander and Broadhurst will be available in a few weeks.

Kerry seems all wrong for this

This is an ATG production… Hudson after WAITING FOR GODOT?

The show will have an out of town tryout in Nashville from July 18-August 17.

Has Nashville ever been the host to a tryout before?

It's going to be at Belmont's Fisher center which isn't where tours go in Nashville so that will be interesting.

I wish Chenoweth was doing this show instead of Queen of Versailles. She'd make a great Dolly,and they're also friends irl.

Not sure how I feel about the “3 Dollys” gimmick. Dolly is timeless and so should the character.

Updated On: 1/29/25 at 07:08 PM

Kad said: "Musigamist said: "Call_me_jorge said: "Has Nashville ever been the host to a tryout before?"

Nashville has hosted workshops orpre-broadway runs of The Prom, Waitress, Come from Away and Color Purpleamong others."

None of those musicals had a pre-Broadway tryout run in Nashville. The Prom and Color Purple both premiered at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Waitress at ART, and Come From Away did a series of pre-Broadway runs at La Jolla, Ford's Theatre in DC, Seattle Rep, and Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto."

Sounds like as much as anything else it's a way to show respect to Dolly the artist, like how Purple Rain is premiering in Minneapolis this fall.

CATSNYrevival said: "Has the 3 lead bio musical structure beenused successfully in a hit musical yet? Seems like the ones that turned a profit don't make use ofthat device."

Not that I can remember.

The problem is most of them do old, middle, young for the three, which is awfully boring.

It could be interesting to do something along the lines of Todd Haynes’ Bob Dylan movie I’M NOT THERE where different actors play different facets of that person’s life.

CATSNYrevival said: "Has the 3 lead bio musical structure beenused successfully in a hit musical yet? Seems like the ones that turned a profit don't make use ofthat device."

MJ has three Michaels. Myles Frost and Stephanie J. Block won Tony Awards in shows with this structure.