{"id":5371,"date":"2026-07-08T14:35:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T14:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=5371"},"modified":"2026-07-08T14:35:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T14:35:11","slug":"dolly-partons-dream-come-true-broadway-musical-to-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=5371","title":{"rendered":"Dolly Parton\u2019s \u2018dream come true\u2019 Broadway musical to open"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>(NewsNation) \u2014 Dolly Parton is headed to Broadway!<\/p>\n<p>Based on the life of the music icon, \u201cDolly: A True Original Musical\u201d will open on Broadway this winter, Parton announced Tuesday.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=5366\">President of NC nonprofit convicted of embezzling over $400K for online sports bets<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe rhinestones were never the whole story,\u201d the singer wrote in the caption of her Instagram video announcement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis isn\u2019t about a story about sparkle and shine on the outside,\u201d the singer said in the video, where she is sitting and holding her guitar. \u201cIt\u2019s about where I really come from: where I\u2019ve lived, what I\u2019ve lost, what I\u2019ve loved and how I\u2019ve found my way and told it in my own words and through the music that\u2019s been part of me every step of the journey.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><div><ul><li><figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"FILE - Dolly Parton speaks to a audience gathered o celebrate the expansion of the Imagination Library of Kentucky at the Lyric Theatre in Lexington, Ky., Aug. 27, 2024. (AP Photo\/Timothy D. Easley, File)\" class=\"wp-image-5368\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/d5772b33622e0dbdc54470ace5844070-1024x683.webp\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/d5772b33622e0dbdc54470ace5844070-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/d5772b33622e0dbdc54470ace5844070-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/d5772b33622e0dbdc54470ace5844070-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/d5772b33622e0dbdc54470ace5844070.webp 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<figcaption>FILE \u2013 Dolly Parton speaks to a audience gathered o celebrate the expansion of the Imagination Library of Kentucky at the Lyric Theatre in Lexington, Ky., Aug. 27, 2024. (AP Photo\/Timothy D. Easley, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li><figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5369\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0eb6e8daef296dd902e517a27414bbc5-768x416.webp\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0eb6e8daef296dd902e517a27414bbc5-768x416.webp 768w, https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0eb6e8daef296dd902e517a27414bbc5-300x162.webp 300w, https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0eb6e8daef296dd902e517a27414bbc5.webp 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<figcaption>Dolly Parton, March 2023. (Photo: WATE)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li><figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5370\" height=\"614\" src=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/71439a41e7f8268252163975198f26ad-768x614.webp\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/71439a41e7f8268252163975198f26ad-768x614.webp 768w, https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/71439a41e7f8268252163975198f26ad-300x240.webp 300w, https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/71439a41e7f8268252163975198f26ad.webp 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<figcaption>WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 FEBRUARY 27:  Singer Dolly Parton reads her book, \u201cThe Coat of Many Colors\u201d to schoolchildren at The Library of Congress on February 27, 2018 in Washington, DC.  (Photo by Shannon Finney\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<p>She added that the Broadway production is \u201ca dream come true\u201d and will feature some of her famous hits as well as new music.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=5364\">Ex-NC assistant principal charged with firing gun at school after responding to intruder, police say<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Preview performances of \u201cDolly: A True Original Musical\u201d begin Dec. 7 in New York City. The show will officially open on Broadway on Parton\u2019s 81st birthday \u2014 Jan. 19, 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Tony Award winner Bartlett Sher will direct the show, which will tell how the \u201c9 to 5\u201d singer became a star. \u201cFrom the top of the Smoky Mountains to the top of the world, DOLLY captures how she dreamed, dared, stumbled, and soared,\u201d according to the show\u2019s synopsis. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Presale tickets go on sale July 8, with general on-sale tickets being available July 10.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=5362\">NC Gov. Josh Stein addresses dispute over Charlotte potentially repaying funds for canceled I-77 widening project<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Preview performances of \u201cDolly: A True Original Musical\u201d begin Dec. 7 in New York City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5367,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dolly Parton\u2019s \u2018dream come true\u2019 Broadway musical to open - Raleigh Moving News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=5371\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dolly Parton\u2019s \u2018dream come true\u2019 Broadway musical to open - 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