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The minds behind Prince's "Purple Rain" musical are sharing new details about the show as previews begin this week "I think there's going to be surprise about how those songs kind of get recontextualized"

October 14, 2025
Purple Rain adds extra week of pre-Broadway performances in Minneapolis

October 8, 2025
Costar of "Purple Rain" suing Prince estate over who owns the name "Appolonia" Patricia Kotera has used it for decades and has a trademark. The estate says she signed away rights in early 80's.

August 20, 2025
First Look: Meet the two lead actors in the Minneapolis and world premiere of "Purple Rain" Kris Kollins will star as "The Kid" and Rachel Webb as "Appolonia" in the stage adaptation of Prince's iconic movie

August 12, 2025
Celebrate what would have been Prince's 67th birthday this weekend with a dance party hosted by his former wife Prince would have been 67-years old on June 7 had he not died of an accidental overdose in 2016

June 6, 2025
Spin It! Record Store Day arrives Saturday with local stores celebrating vinyl, special releases, live music and more The special day celebrates "physical media" like vinyl and CDs in the age of digital music

April 10, 2025
Should Minnesota get new official "state songs"? A group of bipartisan senators wants to add Prince and Bob Dylan Bill would not replace "Hail Minnesota" but would two more recent songs to the list

February 25, 2025
Chappell Roan, Prince, Hippocampus and Taylor Swift among Electric Fetus top-20 selling albums of 2024 in Minneapolis Electric Fetus music buyer Jim Novak says he thinks 2025 will be the "year of Bob Dylan"

December 30, 2024
"Purple Rain" returning to the big screen …. at Target Center! Movie will be shown July 27, exactly 40 years after the film debuted with tickets starting at $19.99

July 9, 2024
First Ave celebrates 40 years of "Purple Rain" with Saturday sing-along

May 31, 2024