Dolly Parton, one of country music’s biggest and most beloved stars, recently made an exciting announcement at CMA Fest, an event for country fans in Nashville, Tennessee. She revealed that she is working on a Broadway musical about her life. It will be called Hello, I’m Dolly and debut in 2026. “You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll clap, you’ll stomp,” she said of the show.
Parton, age 78, grew up poor in East Tennessee as one of 12 children in her family. Her father was a sharecropper (a farmer who doesn’t own his land) who didn’t know how to read or write. By age 10, she was writing songs, playing guitar, and performing for audiences. She later became an actress, business executive, and founder of Imagination Library, a nonprofit that provides…