Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to remember Purple Rain, one of the hottest movies to come out in 1984. The movie Purple Rain is a semi-autobiographical musical drama film, starring the ...

A frenzied performance of “Let’s Go Crazy”? Check. A set that resembles the Minneapolis club First Avenue? Check. But a scene in which a woman is tossed into a trash bin against her will? Or saucy ...

After years of behind-the-scenes prep, three weeks of previews and the last-minute painting of downtown Minneapolis purple, the decisive moment has arrived. “Purple Rain” officially opened Wednesday ...

“Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today, to get through this thing called life.” Those famous words spoken by Prince on his 1984 hit “Let’s Go Crazy” now serve as the opening line for the musical ...

"Purple Rain" has finally arrived for its pre-Broadway run at the State Theatre. Prince’s Oscar- and Grammy-winning movie and album is now a musical, launching on a stage just blocks from the movie’s ...

Morris Hayes and Bobby Z discuss bringing “Purple Rain” to the stage. Winter storm warning: Up to 30 inches of snow and 40 mph winds coming today Trump’s approval rating quietly shifts with youngest ...

Wendy Melvoin, guitarist for Prince's genre-bending band The Revolution, remembers one of their most iconic songs started with an idea — and a challenge — from the boss himself. Prince broached the ...

Purple Rain, Prince‘s smash 1984 music-packed film, is being developed for the stage by a Broadway producer, with a book by two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and direction by ...

Lordy, Lordy, “Purple Rain” is 40, and Prince’s hometown is not going to let you forget it. With all that and lots more happening around the anniversary, we bring you 40 fun facts about “Purple Rain.” ...

(CNN) — For 40 years, fans of Prince have been “laughing” and “bathing” in his movie “Purple Rain.” In the semi-autobiographical musical, released on July 27, 1984, Prince played “the Kid,” a musician ...