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 ...

"Purple Rain" begins previews tonight at Minneapolis’s State Theatre, just blocks from First Avenue, where the story was born.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...