A “Purple Rain” is going to fall another week.
Hennepin Arts announced Tuesday that producers have added a week of performances of the Prince jukebox musical, which opens in previews Oct. 16 and now runs through Nov. 23 at Minneapolis’ State Theatre. This will be the only extension for the musical, which makes its world premiere before heading to Broadway.
Tickets for the new dates are on sale now through Ticketmaster.
Newcomer musician/songwriter Kris Kollins will play the Kid, aka a semi-autobiographical version of Prince, while Rachel Webb was cast as his love interest, Apollonia.
Based on Prince’s landmark 1984 film, the musical features a story, music and lyrics by Prince; a book by two-time Tony Award winner and Pulitzer Prize recipient Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, based on the original screenplay by Albert Magnoli and William Blinn; choreography by Ebony Williams; and direction by Tony Award-nominee Lileana Blain-Cruz.
Tony Award winner Jason Michael Webb is the production’s music supervisor and will also provide musical arrangements and orchestrations for the production. Longtime Prince music collaborators Bobby Z and Morris Hayes will serve as music advisers.
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