Parton

Dolly Parton's hand-picked cast for Broadway's "Dolly: A True Original Musical" has been announced. Katie Rose Clark, Carrie St. John and Norah Nunes will play Parton at various stages of her life, with John Behlmann as her husband Carl Thomas Dean and Gabriel Ebert as Porter Wagoner. The show is now moving forward toward its official staging.

A book drive was held during 'The Dolly Show' at the Brown County Music Center in Indiana. The event, a Dolly Parton tribute performance, was used as an occasion to collect book donations from attendees. Further details about the organizers, the amount collected, and the intended beneficiaries have not been reported.

The Sierra Theatre in Jefferson will take part in a fundraiser benefiting Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, the children's book gifting programme that mails free books to young children. The event adds a local venue to the ongoing community-based fundraising efforts supporting the library's early literacy mission in the region.

A musical based on Dolly Parton's life and songs is coming to Broadway. The show will feature the country star's story told through her catalog of hits, adding to a string of jukebox musicals built around famous musicians. Fans and theatre watchers are reacting to news that the beloved singer-songwriter will get the Broadway treatment.