Few know Prince’s Purple Rain was nearly a country duet with Stevie Nicks, but her surprising refusal made this song a solo.

Up-and-coming singer-songwriter Kris Kollins will make his professional stage debut in the same role that made Prince a ...

Watch Kollins and co-star Rachel Webb in a first-look rehearsal video, before the production begins its pre-Broadway run in ...

Creators of the stage version of Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’ named newcomer Kris Kollins as the star in August 2025.

But in 1984, Prince made movies work for him with Purple Rain, the story of The Kid, an extremely Prince-like musician trying to make it in Minneapolis fronting a band called The Revolution.

This fall's world premiere in Minneapolis of the stage musical Purple Rain will star an up-and-coming musician-songwriter ...

Casting director Taylor Williams discovered Kollins on social media as part of a nationwide search. The Washington D.C.-based ...

Prince Movie Classic 'Purple Rain' Becoming a Stage Musical Granted, musical careers, like nearly everything else, moved more gradually back then. But that’s also how Prince revealed himself.

Kris Kollins and Rachel Webb will star as the Kid and Apollonia, respectively, in the Minneapolis premiere of "Purple Rain" ...

Released to record stores on June 25, 1984, and arriving in theaters a little over a month later, 'Purple Rain' cemented Prince's status as one of the more talented artists in the business ...

One of the highlights of the auction is a white ruffled shirt worn by Prince during his 1985 American Music Awards performance of the song "Purple Rain." The auction house estimated its value at ...

When Prince and the Revolution finally took the stage to launch the “Purple Rain” tour in Detroit on Nov. 4, beginning a sold-out seven-night stand at the Joe Louis Arena, they were almost ...