Dolly Parton is easily one of the most beloved and highly revered country artists of our time. The country superstar has had an abundance of hits, including Jolene, Here You Come Again, I Will Always Love You, and 9 to 5.
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But what might surprise you is that she admits to being anxious about seeing Dolly Parton’s musical. That’s right. Dolly Parton is officially coming to Broadway, and the superstar says it’s been a long time coming.
In an interview with PEOPLE tied to the release of her new single-serve frozen meals with Conagra, the singer spoke about what it was like to watch the stories of her life play out on stage during the process of putting together Dolly: An Official Musical.
Parton says, “I have a lot of mixed emotions about the whole thing. It was very emotional, you know, just to watch the whole thing,” she told PEOPLE. “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.”
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The official musical is Parton’s debut musical and starts previews in Nashville at the Fisher Theater of the Performing Arts on July 18. But the official opening will be August 8. But while so many have waited months to get a peek at Dolly’s story, the singer shared that the show has been years in the works and that she’s been waiting for what she felt like the right time to tell a thorough and full story of her life.
But while Parton will not be in the show herself, she did say that she “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 timelines and when they’re recorded.”
Fans can expect not only the classic hit songs by Parton, but also new songs that show the most pivotal moments in her career, but not necessarily in a linear timeline.
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