About Purple Rain

NOTE:

This show contains haze, fog and strobe lights.

The stage adaptation of PRINCE’S legendary film and album PURPLE RAIN™ comes to Hennepin Arts’ historic State Theatre October 16-November 23, 2025.

The stage adaptation of Prince’s legendary film and album, Purple Rain™ is based on the original screenplay by Albert Mangoli and William Blinn. This pre-Broadway engagement is directed by Tony Award® nominee Lileana Blain-Cruz. It features a book by Tony Award winner and Pulitzer Prize winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins and music and lyrics by Prince, with music supervision, arrangements, and orchestrations by Tony Award winner Jason Michael Webb and choreography by Emmy Award-winner Ebony Williams. Longtime Prince collaborators, Bobby Z and Morris Hayes, join the creative team as Prince Music Advisors.

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Important venue and seating information

There is no elevator access inside the State Theatre

All wheelchair accessible seats are on the Main Floor. A single accessible restroom is available on the Main Floor. Accessible seating locations at the State Theatre are very limited, and only available on the Main Floor. Patrons with mobility restrictions, including walking up or down stairs, should purchase tickets on the main floor. Please contact the box office for assistance.

Ticket limit: 4

There is a strict four (4) ticket limit per account, billing address or credit card. Orders that exceed this limit will be cancelled without notice, including multiple orders with the same account, billing address or credit card.

OFFICIAL TICKET SOURCES While it’s tempting to get tickets any way you can, there are many sites and people who are selling overpriced, and in some cases, fraudulent tickets. If you buy from a ticket reseller, Hennepin Arts cannot guarantee the legitimacy of your ticket, and you risk being denied admission, refunds and/or exchanges, and updates in real time should there be any changes to the status of the show. We urge you to buy only from our authorized ticketing agents.

Ticketmaster is the only authorized ticketing agent for online purchases. For the best seats, the best prices and to eliminate the risk of counterfeit tickets, all purchases should be made directly through Ticketmaster, HennepinArts.org or in person at the State Theatre Box Office at the appropriate time. For up-to-date information on ticket sales, please visit HennepinArts.org.

This production contains adult content.

Accessibility ticketing information

Before the show makes it to Broadway, they typically rehearse and open in another city. Like Disney’s The Lion King that premiered at the Orpheum in Minneapolis before it made its way to Broadway. Purple Rain will premiere in here and then plans to run on Broadway.

Because there is no better place than Prince’s hometown for this premiere!

The capacity of the State Theatre is 2,150 and is closer in size to a Broadway theatre in New York.

Preview performances happen before the official opening night. It’s still a full-scale production, but it’s an exciting time when the creative team is fine tuning the show based on the response and energy of a live audience. Basically, you get to be part of the shaping the show.

Sometimes the creative team may stop the show if they are having a technical issue or want to see something again. This is rare but was rumored to happen during the stampede scene in The Lion King. (True story and such an impressive scene!)

The show will be “frozen” by opening night which means every performance will be the same going forward. For example, something seen in one of the preview performances may not exist in the frozen performance, which means people seeing that performance are seeing something no one else has seen. Rest assured, both preview and frozen performances are full-scale productions but may have slight differences.

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