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 ...

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 ...

Prince on the custom motorcycle featured in Purple Rain. Wendy Melvoin, guitarist for Prince's genre-bending band The Revolution, remembers one of their most iconic songs started with an idea — and a ...

Prince was mysterious, sexy. This adaptation of his 1984 film, onstage in Minneapolis, explains too much and comes off as disorienting. By Elisabeth Vincentelli Reporting from Minneapolis Adaptations ...

To state the obvious, Prince is one of those rare artists who are always in the zeitgeist. That felt a little more pronounced in 2025, with the launch of the “Purple Rain” musical. (That no doubt ...