Ageless Country Icon, 79, Glows in Surprise Appearance at Musical Premiere: ‘Our Girl Is Shining’ originally appeared on Parade.
Dolly Parton shows no signs of slowing down at age 79. The country music legend surprised fans Friday night by stopping by the premiere of Dolly: A True Original Musical in Nashville, TN. Katie Rose Clarke, Carrie St. Louis, and Quinn Titcomb star in the musical, portraying the “9 to 5” icon at three different stages of her life.
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Dolly, who recently suffered the loss of her husband Carl Dean on March 3, glowed as she nearly floated on stage — much to the delight of the surprised crowd. Wearing a form-fitting gold bell-bottom pantsuit, Dolly took the stage at the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts to introduce the show. With her signature sly wit in tow, Parton greeted the audience’s thunderous applause by quipping, “Oh my goodness, I did not know we were that popular.”
Parton spoke for a few minutes, offering a charming warning to the preview-performance audience, “We’ve got a lot of work to do. So we may stop and start. But you don’t get your money back — we may even make you pay extra.”
Her devoted fans quickly lit up the comments section online, with one writing, “She came in glowing like the star she IS,” and another adding, “Our girl is SHINING.”
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Dolly: A True Original Musical is scheduled to run through August 31, 2025.
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Ageless Country Icon, 79, Glows in Surprise Appearance at Musical Premiere: ‘Our Girl Is Shining’ first appeared on Parade on Jul 19, 2025
This story was originally reported by Parade on Jul 19, 2025, where it first appeared.
