A stage adaptation of “Purple Rain” will have its world premiere in Minneapolis. The location makes sense because Prince, the musical superstar behind the cult classic film and mega-selling album, was ...

The eagerly anticipated Broadway-bound musical adaptation of “Purple Rain” has found its leading stars. Producers announced on Tuesday that the theater newbie, who was discovered on social media ...

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 ...

*A new stage adaptation of the classic “Purple Rain” film is in the works. Wolf tapped director Lileana Blain-Cruz for the project and playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins to write the new musical’s book ...

Purple Rain, the stage musical adaptation of the classic Prince album and film, will make its pre-Broadway premiere next year in Prince’s hometown of Minneapolis, producers announced today. The ...

It turns out that Prince is pretty popular in Minnesota. Hennepin Arts has announced that it's adding an extra week to the upcoming pre-Broadway run of the "Purple Rain" musical, "due to extraordinary ...

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 ...

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 ...

A frenzied performance of “Let’s Go Crazy”? Check. A set that resembles the Minneapolis club First Avenue? Check. But a scene in which a woman is tossed into a trash bin against her will? Or saucy ...

Like others before it, such as “Legally Blonde,” “Young Frankenstein” and “Back to the Future,” “Purple Rain” is the latest film to inspire a Broadway musical. The 1984 film that starred singer and ...

The cast and crew of the inaugural Purple Rain musical are ready for its Oct. 16 premiere in Prince's hometown of Minneapolis. Kris Kollins, a multi-instrumentalist with a wide vocal range, makes his ...