Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Dolly Parton 's new musical is set to premiere in Nashville ahead of its 2026 Broadway run. The 79-year-old country music icon announced Tuesday that her show, Dolly: An Original Musical, will begin previews July 18 at Belmont University's Fisher Center for the Performing Arts.

Dolly Parton announced Tuesday that her autobiographical stage musical “ Dolly: An Original Musical ” will have its world premiere in Nashville this July, the first public stop on the way to a planned Broadway opening in 2026.

Dolly Parton has opened up about the new musical based on her life story. The country-music legend joked she had "lived so many lives", the new biographical musical, titled Dolly: An Original Musical,

Country music veteran Dolly Parton has announced the world premiere of “Dolly: An Original Musical," which will hit the stage for four weeks in Nashville, Tennessee, this summer and then make its way to New York’s Broadway in 2026.