The show hasn’t opened yet but it has already been extended. The musical adaptation of Prince’s 1984 film “Purple Rain,” which is set to have its pre-Broadway premiere in Minneapolis, has added ...

Due to audience demand, producer Orin Wolf and Hennepin Arts are pleased to announce that the stage adaptation of the iconic film PURPLE RAIN will rock the historic State Theatre for one additional ...

In 1984, Purple Rain wasn’t just an album — it was a cultural earthquake. Prince, already a rising force in music, unleashed a soundtrack that blurred the lines between funk, rock, and R&B. The record ...

Excited fans descended upon downtown Minneapolis Thursday night to see the first preview performance of "Purple Rain" the musical at the State Theatre. The adaptation of the iconic 1984 film is slated ...

The Purple Rain musical is continuing preview performances in Minneapolis. The official opening night is Wednesday, Nov. 5 at 6:30 p.m at the State Theatre with shows running locally through November ...

More than 2,000 Prince fans, followers and theatergoers waited in lines that stretched around the block Thursday night to catch the first-ever public performance of the “Purple Rain” musical at the ...

There's really only one thing to do at this point, and that's to read, watch and listen to everything we can access from the legendary star. (We recommend renting Purple Rain, revisiting Touré's ...

A “Purple Rain” is going to fall another week. Hennepin Arts announced Tuesday that producers have added a week of performances of the Prince jukebox musical, which opens in previews Oct. 16 and now ...

The legendary rock musical drama Purple Rain is being brought back to theaters for a one-night-only presentation in Dolby Cinema on March 5th, 2025. The 1984 film starring Prince in his film acting ...

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 ...

Purple Rain hasn't even made its pre-Broadway debut in Minneapolis, but it's getting an additional week of performances due to "extraordinary audience demand" according to producer Orin Wolf and ...