Sangamon Digest

The touring musical “Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol” plays the University of Illinois Springfield Performing Arts Center at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 21, Capitol City Now reports. Set in the 1930s Smoky Mountains, it reimagines Ebenezer Scrooge as the owner of a mining company town, with music and lyrics by Parton.

Tickets go on sale to the public Friday, Oct. 9, at 10 a.m., with “Friends” members getting early access Wednesday, Oct. 7. Prices range from $39 to $129, online or through the box office.