1 of 3 | A Dolly Parton stage musical is heading to Broadway in December. File Photo by Ian Halperin/UPI | License Photo
A stage musical about country music legend Dolly Parton is set to open in New York City in December.
“The rhinestones were never the whole story,” a post on Parton’s X feed said Tuesday.
The rhinestones were never the whole story.
Told in my own words and through the songs that shaped my life, DOLLY: A True Original Musical arrives in New York City this December. Fan and Capital One pre-sales begin tomorrow. Sign up here: https://t.co/tt6fJvOwVc pic.twitter.com/fiie5rQmhq— Dolly Parton (@DollyParton) July 7, 2026
“Told in my own words and through the songs that shaped my life, DOLLY: A True Original Musical arrives in New York City this December. Fan and Capital One pre-sales begin tomorrow.”
Featuring songs like “9 to 5,” “I Will Always Love You,” “Jolene” and “Coat of Many Colors,” the show is to play at Broadway’s St. James Theatre.
Tony winner Bartlett Sher is directing the production, which features music by Parton and a script by Parton and Maria S. Schlatter.
Parton recently celebrated her 80th birthday.
Dolly Parton at 80: From country star to global icon
Dolly Parton, who founded the “Imagination Library” in her native Sevier County in Tennessee, attends a function at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on March 23, 2000. Parton was in town to pick up an award from the Association of American Publishers for her efforts to promote literacy. Her five-year-old program has already donated 150,000 books to the county’s children. Photo by Joel Rennich/UPI | License Photo
