HELLO, I'M DOLLY bio-musical headed for the stage!

Curious to see if they go the route of having one actress or three …

According to the release, it will contain some new songs too!

However they do the casting, with one dolly or three, McKenzie Kurtz has got to be in this.

Call_me_jorge said: "However they do the casting, with one dolly or three, McKenzie Kurtz has got to be in this."

Yes. Or Tricia Paoluccio or Megan Hilty.

Also, what a bland title for a musical about a prolific figure

quizking101 said: "Call_me_jorge said: "However they do the casting, with one dolly or three, McKenzie Kurtz has got to be in this."

Yes. Or Tricia Paoluccio or Megan Hilty.

Also, what a bland title for a musical about a prolific figure"

I like it just because it's her first album's name. It feels fitting. But, who knows, maybe the name will test poorly because people will think that it's literally her first album as a musical. Y'know another musical based on a famous artist's catalog with a name that doesn't make much sense? We Will Rock You. I could not tell you why it is called that.

jacobsnchz14 said: "Carrie St. Louis played young Dolly in the workshop last year.

https://www.instagram.com/carriestlouis/p/Cy_Mu3juirB/?img_index=1"

Wasn't Kerry Butler also in this as Dolly? Is this going to be another Cher/Summer thing?

do we know who played the other dollys?

I'm excited for this as well. I'm a huge Dolly fan. With Dolly at the helm, I sense it will be quite tacky and I don't say that as a criticism. She likes crowd-pleasing things and sacrifices taste sometimes. I think this happened with 9 to 5 the Musical. It was WAY TOO MUCH. I hope she has a creative team to help her pull back a little.

As far as Cheno, while I like her, I hope they keep her away from this property. I think she has also veered way too far into camp at this stage of her career. Queen of Versailles is Exhibit A. Why would she attach herself to a musical about that horrible and I mean horrible woman. If it tanks, she will be a liability to the Dolly show. I'd prefer an unknown who can crush the role. Also, Kristin's chirpy voice is nothing close to Dolly. Kristin is always Kristin. I never get lost in her as a character.

Hilty is the right kind of voluptuous for middle age Dolly. She was the best part of 9 to 5.

i bet you any money there will be a great song written for Avie Lee (Dolly's mother) and Judy Ogle (Dolly's best friend and assistant). Both roles will have a shot at being very memorable and Tony contenders.

BeingAlive44Ever said: "SisterGeorge said: "BeingAlive44Ever said: "I bet multiple actresses are gonna play her, like a young, middle, old situation, maybe Dolly herself could narrate (wishful thinking, no way she's gonna be doing eight shows a week at this point in her career)

I hope that Kristin Chenoweth gets to fulfill her dream of playing Dolly, she famously said she'd only do it if Dolly wrote it herself, and lookie here Dolly wrote it herself"

Stormy Daniels as the Middle Dolly, please."

Forgive me, but does Stormy Daniels do Broadway...? I am about 90% certain she does not. ... That would be very funny though."

She certainly has the right looks, and the reviews from her recent live appearances you-know-where were extremely positive, painting a picture of a witty, intelligent, self-assured woman who is endowed with plenty of stage presence.

What a dreadful title, surely they could do better. Maybe it will just be referred to as 'Dolly' . Hello?

Jimmy Stewart played ages 15 to 40 with neither makeup nor acting changes, just different sweaters in “It’s a Wonderful Life.”

I would assume, like the Cher Show, that this won’t go that far into this century if at all. Dolly’s enjoyed “universally beloved icon” status for some time now and that doesn’t really make for a dramatically interesting story. That’s one reason I’m not really for Cheno in the role. She would have been great once, but I think she’s aged past all the juicy parts of Dolly’s story. And it’s not really worth her time to be playing the reflective narrator unless they do something interesting and innovative structurally, but I agree that that’s not really Dolly’s MO.

We know Hilty would be great, but I highly doubt she’d want to repeat herself since she already did a full-on Dolly impression in 9 to 5.

And yes, Kerry Butler did participate in a reading and posted about it on her Instagram. Of course that doesn’t mean she’s necessarily still attached.

Updated On: 6/7/24 at 08:09 PM