2024 marks the 40th anniversary of Purple Rain, Prince’s endlessly iconic sixth album and quasi-autobiographical music film. To celebrate this landmark for a project that is often hailed as one of the ...

The cover of "Prince's Purple Rain" by Andrea Swensson. (Courtesy Motorbooks/Quarto) Minneapolis music writer Andrea Swensson speaks with Here & Now's Scott Tong about her book commemorating the 40th ...

Author Boyce Upholt's new book "The Great River" tells the story of the river, the Indigenous people who lived alongside the Mississippi and the white settlers who came along to claim it. Then, Here & ...

Prince’s iconic Purple Rain is being adapted for Broadway. The 1984 film, which marked the musician’s acting debut, grossed close to $100 million worldwide and won the Academy Award for best original ...

Decades after its release, Prince’s 1984 album and film soundtrack, “Purple Rain,” is seeing renewed momentum.

The jukebox musical based on Prince’s iconic 1984 film and album “Purple Rain” opens Thursday night for previews at the State ...

Producers adapting ‘Purple Rain’ for the stage are asking tough questions about what scenes may be considered inappropriate today. - Credit: Icon and Image/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty A frenzied ...

There was a flourish of purple at the State Theater for the debut of a new musical adaptation of the performer’s 1984 movie ...