HERE YOU COME AGAIN Stars Tricia Paoluccio In a Stunning Tribute to Dolly Parton's Down-Home Spirit
Studio Tenn Caps Off Another Successful Season With A Show Every Tennessean Can Love
By Jeffery Ellis May 18, 2023
For years - for decades, really - I have advocated that Music City tourism would benefit from a sit-down production of a country music-themed musical, one that would appeal to a wide range of aficionados and would showcase the musical library of a beloved figure in the pantheon of Nashville music. Finally, Studio Tenn delivers the perfect vehicle for that with the regional premiere of Here You Come Again, featuring songs written by or recorded by Dolly Parton (the Patron Saint of Tennessee aka The Smoky Mountain Songbird).
Written by Bruce Vilanch, Gabriel Barre and Tricia Paoluccio (who stars as Dolly), Here You Come Again isn't necessarily life-changing art - although Paoluccio's pitch-perfect performance should justly establish her as a musical theater star of the first order - it presents a Dolly-centric musical that so effectively evokes her spirit in a sincere and heartfelt way that you simply cannot leave the theater in a much better mood than when you first arrived.
