UPDATED June 20, 2024

Before the Purple Rain musical hits Broadway, it’ll have a run in Minnesota. On Tuesday, Feb. 6, the musical’s producer Orin Wolf revealed that the stage adaptation of the classic film starring Prince will make its world premiere in Minneapolis. On June 20, it was announced the production will run April 10 to May 11, 2025 at the State Theatre in Minneapolis, with the official opening night on Wednesday, April 30.

Tony Award-winner Jason Michael Webb will be the production’s music supervisor and will also provide musical arrangements and orchestrations for the production. Meanwhile, Morris Hayes and Bobby Z, both of whom worked with Prince for years as bandmates and musical collaborators, have joined the production as music advisers. Morris Hayes was the keyboardist of Prince’s band The New Power Generation for nearly two decades and was also Prince’s musical director for several years. Bobby Z was the drummer in Prince’s band The Revolution for nearly a decade and appeared in the film Purple Rain.

Attendees of June’s Minneapolis Prince Celebration will be treated to the first preview of the stage adaptation of Purple Rain. 

Scheduled to launch in the spring of 2025, the musical will open at the State Theatre in Minneapolis as part of Hennepin Theatre Trust’s 2024-2025 Bank of America Broadway on Hennepin season. According to a press release, further details will be announced in the coming weeks.

Folks can sign up for details at purplerainbroadway.com.

From the press release: “Prince talked about adapting Purple Rain for the stage for years. It’s only fitting that we launch this world premiere musical version in the city where it all began, Prince’s hometown, Minneapolis,” said L Londell McMillan, former Prince manager, attorney and Chairman of The NorthStar Group, and Larry Mestel, Founder & CEO of Primary Wave Music. “We’re very excited for the creative team to be inspired by the Minneapolis sound and the unparalleled and unique spirit of the city that Prince inspired.”

The Purple Rain musical will feature a book by two-time Pulitzer Prize-finalist Branden Jacobs-Jenkins.

The stage adaptation is based on Purple Rain’s original screenplay by Albert Magnoli and William Blinn; the music and lyrics are by Prince; and it will be directed by Tony Award-nominee Lileana Blain-Cruz.

This post was updated to include specific show run dates and some of the production team members.