Continue a family tradition or begin a new one by attending one of the many live performances on the calendar in Ames this month.

The University of Central Arkansas Public Appearances will present “Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol” at 7 p.m. Dec. 10 at Reynolds Performance Hall. “Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain ...

Ken Orman, a former banker, now stars as Ebenezer Scrooge in Dolly Parton’s “Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol.” The musical reimagines the classic story in a 1930s Tennessee mining town with original ...

Expanded from a 40-minute "park presentation" at Dollywood into a full-fledged musical with a book by David H. Bell first seen in 2019 in Boston, the show is most memorable for its songs. I once tried ...

Dolly Parton is having a dickens of a Christmas this holiday season. Her new musical "Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol" will have its world premiere staged reading at the Ordway Center ...