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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For 40 years, fans of Prince have been “laughing” and “bathing” in his movie “Purple Rain.” In the semi-autobiographical musical, ...

It’s one of the most iconic moments in Purple Rain: Apollonia strips down and steps into the waters of Lake Minnetonka, told by Prince’s character that she must “purify herself” before joining his ...

Prince on the custom motorcycle featured in Purple Rain. Wendy Melvoin, guitarist for Prince's genre-bending band The Revolution, remembers one of their most iconic songs started with an idea — and a ...

Movie set buffs and diehard Prince fans, get ready to step inside the cinematic world of Purple Rain. As part of Airbnb’s new Icons series, the two-story home featured in Prince’s 1984 film is opening ...

After your masterplan succeeds and so many of your dreams come true… then what? That is a question a 26-year-old Prince may well have been asking himself after “Purple Rain” transformed him into a ...

From “Kiss” to “When Doves Cry,” Prince is a legend in the music scene. “Purple Rain” is a certified classic and arguably his best song. However, it was never meant to be the song as we all know it ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Don’t be like Apollonia. Fans making the pilgrimage to Prince’s hometown for the premiere of the “Purple Rain” musical can take heed from his co-star in the original 1984 film. In the ...

For 40 years, fans of Prince have been “laughing” and “bathing” in his movie “Purple Rain.” In the semi-autobiographical musical, released on July 27, 1984, Prince played “the Kid,” a musician who ...