MINNEAPOLIS — "Purple Rain," Prince's famous movie, is headed for Broadway.
The 1984 film is being adapted for the stage as a musical, according to broadway.com.
"Based on the original screenplay by William Blinn and Albert Magnoli, who also directed the movie, the stage project will be directed by Tony nominee Lileana Blain-Cruz (The Skin of Our Teeth) with a book by two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, whose play Appropriate is currently running on Broadway," according to broadway.com.
No word yet on when it will debut but more details are expected to be announced in the coming months.
The film and album gained the Minneapolis music icon an Oscar for Best Original Song and multiple Grammys.
Besides the chart-topping title track, the soundtrack included several other hits including "When Doves Cry" and "Let's Go Crazy."
"We are thrilled with our Broadway partners and creative team, who are bringing a theatricality to the film's original fictional story," said L Londell McMillan, Chairman of The NorthStar Group, and Larry Mestel, Founder & CEO of Primary Wave Music, in a statement. "We can't wait for a new generation to discover Purple Rain and for lovers of the original film and album to experience its power once again, this time live."
In the film, Prince played "The Kid," the lead singer of his Minneapolis band, The Revolution. The Kid lives in a troubled home with an abusive father and spends his days dealing with a rival band, The Time, all the while performing at night at First Avenue nightclub.
