Dolly Parton has opened up about her Broadway musical debut.
Speaking with People Magazine, the country superstar talked about the process of putting together Dolly: An Official Musical.
Parton said, “I have a lot of mixed emotions about the whole thing. It was very emotional, you know, just to watch the whole thing.”
“When it started, I’d cry some, and then I’d laugh some, and I think, ‘Oh, my Lord, why did I do that?’ Or just, ‘How did I ever have the time to do all that?’ So you have a lot of mixed emotions and have thoughts about every part of it,” the icon added.
Dolly Parton’s debut musical Dolly: An Official Musical is set to premiere on Broadway in New York City in 2026.
Moreover, Parton also revealed that the show has been in the works for years, revealing that she’s been waiting for the right time to tell the story of her life.
Parton said, “I wrote a lot of the original songs, in addition to the fact that we will be using the hit songs that people know, telling the stories and the timeline and when they’re recorded.”
“But actually, I’ve been working on it for years, and it does feel good to finally have it almost here,” she added.
She went on to explain about the musical, “It’s got a lot of good country music in it, lot of good country stories, but it also has a lot of the big orchestration, all the things that I’ve always dreamed about having my songs and stories on stage and telling my life story.I waited for a while till I was this old so I could tell it so, so I could tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth — So, help me, Lord!”
“That’s why it’s so hard to put a show together, you can’t just tell it like it is and how it happened at that time. You have to kind of weave it around, make sure you get the story right, but that everything works for the sets and all the changes of clothes. I never knew so many things were involved in putting a Broadway show together. But I’m excited about it, and I’m anxious to see it myself,” Dolly Parton said.
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