The Stranger

"It takes a lot of money to look this cheap!" chirps Dolly, forever casting herself as Daisy Duke with a gee-tar. It's a ruse—a genius one—masking this hayride hussie's stature as one of America's great singer-songwriters. Beyond the voice and eternal songbook, Parton is the rare great artist who is also a great celebrity—her sexy-Muppet-with-a-heart-of-gold shtick was inverting sexploitation when Madonna was still in diapers—and even the shortest list of true American originals (Bob Dylan, Muhammad Ali, Buster Keaton) simply must include Dolly Parton. (WaMu Theater, 1000 Occidental Ave S, www.ticketmaster.com. 8 pm, $39.50–$85 by David Schmader

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