Purple Rain Broadway

STATE THEATRE, MINNEAPOLIS
OCTOBER 16 – NOVEMBER 16, 2025

The world premiere stage adaptation of PRINCE’S legendary film and album PURPLE RAIN^™ comes to Hennepin Arts’ historic State Theatre October 16-November 16, 2025.

Based on the original screenplay by Albert Mangoli and William Blinn, this pre-Broadway debut is directed by Tony Award® nominee Lileana Blain-Cruz. It features a book by Tony Award winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist Branden Jacobs-Jenkins with music supervision, arrangements, and orchestrations by Tony Award winner Jason Michael Webb. Longtime Prince collaborators Bobby Z and Morris Hayes join the award-winning creative team as Prince Music Advisors.