Dolly Parton Broadway Bio Musical aiming for Spring 2025- Page 3

[HeyMrMusic]

Posted: 1/30/25 at 9:42am

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.

[carolinaguy]

Posted: 1/30/25 at 10:12am

Dolly's early childhood was very successfully dramatized in two NBC TV movies, but it's hard to see that being done on stage. Perhaps her earlier career and relationship with Porter Wagner would musicalize well, but it's hard to see running a theme park as fodder for a Broadway musical.

Tina used one actor (with a brief appearance of a child actor) to cover Turner's entire life, and even that was a poorly told story held up only by Adrienne Warren's stunning performance. Covering an entire life as rich as Dolly's seems a tall order to transform into a compelling story in one show.

Updated On: 1/30/25 at 10:12 AM

[hyangsoo]

Posted: 2/2/25 at 5:25pm

The Cher Show has 3 Chers in it at different stages of her life.

[GottaGetAGimmick420]

Posted: 2/2/25 at 10:00pm

A friend's voice teacher said that callbacks have already started going out for some of the Dolly parts, so it does sound like things are still fluid

[BroadwayNYC2]

Posted: 2/3/25 at 2:54pm

Oh boy, do I miss The Cher Show 

[lastmidnights]

Posted: 2/18/25 at 9:57am

NEWS: "Dolly Parton’s new musical, Dolly: An Original Musical, has revealed that out of the thousands of entrants in the “Search for Dolly” Casting Call, the following 15 people have been invited to attend in-person auditions to be held in New York City.
 
The actors being invited to audition are: Kathryn Adeline – New York City; Peri Barnhill – New York City; Elyse Bell – New York City; Alberta Brown – Halifax, Canada; Haley Brown – Los Angeles; Kylee Hennes -– Richfield, Wisconsin; Annelise Laakko – New York City; Tasha Lefler – Newport, Tennessee; Solo Lowit – Milton, Georgia; Kindred Moore – New York City; Norah Nunes – Houston, Texas; Kelly O’Brien – Aldbury, Tring, United Kingdom; Tricia Paoluccio – California; Cecilia Petrush – New York City; and Madeline Powell – New York City. See footage of the selected performers here!"

 

Not only does Elyse Bell sound terrific here, but she's got one of my favorite covers of "Meadowlark" ever (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiXat01azKM). Very excited, hope she gets to be in this production.

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 2/18/25 at 10:27am

hyangsoo said: "The Cher Show has 3 Chers in it at different stages of her life."

So did SUMMER: The Donna Summer Musical.