Downtown Minneapolis skyscrapers were bathed in purple lights. The Timberwolves celebrated Prince with throwback jerseys. And “Purple Rain” cast member Grace Yoo sang the national anthem at a Vikings ...

The Purple Rain musical is set for its pre-Broadway debut in Prince’s hometown of Minneapolis. The cast and crew of the inaugural Purple Rain musical are ready for its Oct. 16 premiere in Prince’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. UPDATED, 3:10 PM: The rest of the cast is set for the Broadway-bound Purple Rain. Also starring are Bilaal Avaz as Doc, Leon ...

Newcomer musician/songwriter Kris Kollins will play the Kid, aka a semi-autobiographical version of Prince, in the upcoming “Purple Rain” musical, producers announced Tuesday. Broadway vet Rachel Webb ...

The creators of the upcoming stage version of Prince’s Purple Rain have finally revealed who will be playing the lead role of The Kid. Newcomer Kris Kollins has been working on the project for some ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Kris Kollins and Rachel Webb — "U Got The Look." Kollins and Webb have been cast in the lead roles for the upcoming stage adaptation of "Purple Rain," set to make its world premiere at ...

On one hand, it felt like an average night at Minneapolis’ venerable rock club from over its past 40 years. The DJ spun a lot of Prince songs. Bartender Pete Rasmussen was working his upstairs post.

After several years in development and a six-month delay from its originally scheduled debut to work out creative details, the musical based on Prince’s iconic 1984 film and album “Purple Rain” opened ...

She made him proud! Jennifer Hudson took the stage at the 2016 BET Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday, June 26, to perform an emotional rendition of Prince’s “Purple Rain” — and she absolutely nailed it.