Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than 2,000 Prince fans, followers and theatergoers waited in lines that stretched around the block Thursday night to catch ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A “Purple Rain” is going to fall another week. Hennepin Arts announced Tuesday that producers have added a week of performances of ...

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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 ...

ST. PAUL — The world premiere of the new musical based on Prince’s breakthrough film and album “Purple Rain” has been pushed back to the fall of 2025 to “allow for more time for creative development.” ...

The world premiere musical adaptation, PURPLE RAIN, brings to life the journey of The Kid, a talented but troubled young musician trying to make it in the Minneapolis club scene. As he contends with a ...

For Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, the playwright who wrote the book for the musical version of “Purple Rain,” theater is a place of solitude. “I like to think of the theater as a gym for the emotions,” he ...

The big day has arrived. On Wednesday evening, “Purple Rain,” the musical adaptation of Prince’s semi-autobiographical movie officially opens at Minneapolis’ State Theatre. It runs through Nov. 23.

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 ...