Everything to Know About PURPLE RAIN on Broadway
by Sidney Paterra - Aug 9, 2026
What does it feel like when doves cry? Broadway is about to find out! As BroadwayWorld previously reported, 42 years to the day since Prince’s legendary film premiered, and three weeks since the album re-entered the Billboard 200, the stage adaptation of Purple Rain will arrive on Broadway later this season. While we await its arrival, catch up on everything there is to know so far!
PURPLE RAIN Will Open on Broadway in Spring 2027
by Nicole Rosky - Jul 27, 2026
Let's go crazy! BroadwayWorld has just learned that 42 years to the day since Prince’s legendary film premiered, and three weeks since the album re-entered the Billboard 200, the stage adaptation of PURPLE RAIN will arrive on Broadway. PURPLE RAIN will premiere next spring at the Majestic Theatre, beginning previews on Friday, March 12, 2027, and officially opening on Monday, April 12, 2027. We have all of the details here!
Meet Canadian-Born Three-Time NBA Dancer Kyanna Palmer
by Miranda Stück - May 22, 2026
Originally from Canada, Kyanna is a New York City-based dancer with a BFA in Commercial Dance from Pace University. She has been living and professionally working in New York for the past 10 years and most recently completed a three-year run with the New York Knicks as a Knicks City Dancer.
Review Roundup: PURPLE RAIN Musical World Premiere in Minneapolis
by Stephi Wild - Nov 6, 2025
Performances are now underway for the world premiere stage adaptation of the iconic film, PURPLE RAIN. The Broadway-aimed production is playing at Hennepin Arts’ historic State Theatre in Minneapolis. Read the reviews for Purple Rain here!
Review: PURPLE RAIN at State Theatre Minneapolis
by Jared Fessler - Nov 6, 2025
When the lights went down inside the State Theatre and the opening chords of “Let’s Go Crazy” rang out, it was clear that Purple Rain had come home. The new stage musical, based on Prince’s 1984 film, is making its world premiere in Minneapolis before heading to Broadway—and it feels like the city has wrapped its arms around it.
PURPLE RAIN World Premiere Unveils Complete Cast
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 21, 2025
The complete cast has been revealed for the world premiere stage adaptation of the iconic film, PURPLE RAIN. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets here!
Review: FANGIRLS, Lyric Hammersmith
by Katie Kirkpatrick - Jul 24, 2024
Australian smash hit Fangirls encapsulates everything it is to be a mega fan of something. A sequin-embellished crusade of obsession and desperation, Yve Blake’s musical stretches from euphoric highs to gutting lows, without ever losing its sense of fun.
Review: Take Yourself Out to to the Huntington to See a Crackerjack TONI STONE
by R. Scott Reedy - May 28, 2024
It’s baseball season in a baseball town, Red Sox caps are sprouting like spring flowers, and the Huntington is getting in on the act, too, with a crackerjack production of “Toni Stone,” a play about the first woman to play professional baseball on a men’s team, which will run through June 16 at the Huntington Theatre in its New England premiere.
Video: The Huntington Releases Mini-Documentary on TONI STONE
by Joshua Wright - May 2, 2024
The Huntington has released a mini-documentary about Toni Stone and their upcoming production of the tenacious and inspiring original play written and directed by Lydia R. Diamond and inspired by the book Curveball: The Remarkable Story of Toni Stone by western Massachusetts journalist and author Martha Ackmann.