Dolly Parton is moving "Dolly: A True Original Musical" to Broadway and is writing new songs for the revised production, which will preview in New York City this winter and open on her birthday in January; she will not perform in the show.The transfer is directed by Tony Award winner Bartlett Sher, follows a revised Nashville run and follows Parton’s cancellation of a Las Vegas residency after she disclosed health issues; she says she is responding to treatment.The announcement comes after the recent death of her husband,
Carl Dean, and represents a major new chapter in Parton’s career as producers weigh commercial opportunity and artistic risk.