Dolly Parton News

Broadway is about to get a little bit more country in 2026 when the great Dolly Parton brings the story of her life to the stage. Dolly: An Original Musical will have its world premiere this summer in Nashville before arriving on Broadway next year. We're celebrating the news with a playlist of 85 songs that are the best of Broadway and country music.

Having landed more than a dozen hits – “Midnight Blue,” “Don’t Cry Out Loud,” “You Should Hear How She Talks About You,” and “Through the Eyes of Love” among them – on the Billboard charts in her long recording career, Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Melissa Manchester knows what it’s like to be a part of pop-music history.

Grand Ole Opry members T. Graham Brown and Lorrie Morgan are teaming up for an exciting new tour in 2025. The first show is on January 31 at The Carolina Opry in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, with additional stops in Ocean City, Mashantucket, and Hiawassee.

New details have emerged for the forthcoming bio-musical chronicling the life and career of country music icon, Dolly Parton.

After dropping hints for months, Julien Baker & TORRES have announced the April 18 release of their debut album Send a Prayer My Way. Ahead of the album, Julien Baker & TORRES also share a new single, Sylvia. Listen to it now!

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is January 29, 2025 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

CHELSEA TABLE + STAGE will present the return of Klea Blackhurst in “The Box Set,” the second annual edition of her fantastic season-long retrospective of the celebrated theater and concert artist’s shows. Learn more.

Music legend Dolly Parton took the stage at the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Belmont University to announce that her new musical, Dolly: An Original Musical will have its world premiere there in summer 2025.

A two week extension has been announced of brand-new musical Wild Rose, written by Nicole Taylor and directed by John Tiffany. Wild Rose  will now run until 19 April 2025 at The Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh.

After three highly regarded albums at the helm of a quartet with Chris Speed, Shane Endsley and Nate Wood (Focus, Anatomy and Ultraviolet), Los Angeles bassist Billy Mohler charts a new course on The Eternal, an impressive all-original set with the renowned and utterly distinctive Jeff Parker on guitar, Devin Daniels on alto saxophone and Damion Reid on drums.

Inland Valley Repertory Theatre Company has revealed its 2025 season, celebrating 35 years of providing exceptional live theatre for the community. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Ford's Theatre Director Paul R. Tetreault has announced the cast and creative team of the production of Sister Act. Nia Savoy-Dock returns to Ford's to take on the role of the indelible Deloris Van Cartier.

On Sunday, March 23, 2025, at 2:00 PM, the Hill Performance Hall at the Eisemann Center will come alive with the stories, songs, and spirit of three legendary icons of country music—Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, and Dolly Parton—in Trailblazing Women of Country.

The Winter Park Playhouse, Central Florida's professional musical theatre, announces their 2025-2026 Mainstage Series of Musicals! This new line up of productions includes a variety of Off-Broadway hits and regional premieres for the Central Florida area and marks the 23rd season for the beloved theatre. 

The Cleveland Orchestra will present its 2025 Blossom Music Festival, promising an unforgettable summer of performances at Blossom Music Center. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Acclaimed Connecticut-based singer-songwriter Chris Berardo returns with 'Take A Little Love', his third single from his much-anticipated upcoming album Wilder All The Time. Check out the song now.

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Grammy Award-winning guitarist, Peter Frampton, confirms the “Let’s Do It Again!” tour. Kicking off in late March, the dates include stops at Chicago’s Chicago Theatre, Milwaukee’s Riverside Theater, Port Chester’s Capitol Theatre and more.

The full cast has been announced for the upcoming world première of brand-new musical Wild Rose, written by Nicole Taylor and directed by John Tiffany. Learn more here!

Casting has been set for the world premiere of The Jonathan Larson Project, a new musical that celebrates the dozens of unheard songs, unfinished and unproduced musicals, and pop songs found in files and boxes when the visionary writer of RENT died.

 Broadway at LPAC’s 2025 season will open with 9 to 5 Th Musical. Based on the seminal 1980 hit movie, the show, with music and lyrics by Dolly Parton and book by Patricia Resnick, is a story of friendship and revenge in the Rolodex era.