The first-ever musical theater production of Prince’s Purple Rain has discovered its lead actors. In his stage debut, Kris Kollins, a singer-songwriter primarily based in Washington, D.C., will star because the Child, alongside & Juliet star Rachel Webb as Apollonia. The pre-Broadway run is booked on the State Theatre in Minneapolis from October 16 to November 16; plans past that haven’t been disclosed. Watch Kollins and Webb carry out “Take Me With U” in a first-look rehearsal video beneath.
The workforce that’s bringing Prince’s story, music, and lyrics to the stage contains Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, who tailored the guide from the unique screenplay; choreographer Ebony Williams; and director Lileana Blain-Cruz. Jason Michael Webb is the manufacturing’s music supervisor, and Prince collaborators Bobby Z and Morris Hayes have been given roles as Prince music advisers.
Learn in regards to the 1984 Purple Rain movie in “The 30 Best Queer Music Movies” and the album, at No. 1, in “The 200 Best Albums of the 1980s.”
