What we saw at Wednesday’s premiere in Minneapolis differed from preview performances of the Broadway-aimed Prince production ...

“Purple Rain” is not a faithful adaptation or a straight jukebox musical, but it does successfully bring in Prince songs from other points in his career, allowing Kollins and the rest of the cast to ...

Jon Bream has been a music critic at the Star Tribune since 1975, making him the longest tenured pop critic at a U.S. daily ...

The best thing that happened during previews is Kris Kollins’ rapid development from timid amateur to captivating headliner.

Prince was mysterious, sexy. This adaptation of his 1984 film, onstage in Minneapolis, explains too much and comes off as disorienting.

Be careful if Prince bestowed a stage name on you because his estate might claim that it own the rights — even some 40 years later. That is the crux of a lawsuit filed Tuesday by Patty A. Kotero, ...

Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to remember Purple Rain, one of the hottest movies to come out in 1984. The movie Purple Rain is a semi-autobiographical musical drama film, starring the ...

A frenzied performance of “Let’s Go Crazy”? Check. A set that resembles the Minneapolis club First Avenue? Check. But a scene in which a woman is tossed into a trash bin against her will? Or saucy ...