Casting is complete for the world premiere of Purple Rain, the Broadway-bound musical adaptation of Prince’s 1984 musical film. With a book by Pulitzer Prize-winning ...

The play was written by Tracy Letts, who is married to Coon. It’s about a down-and-out duo for whom motel room insects prompt paranoia.

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

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 newcomer Kris Kollins on social media as part of a nationwide search.

Kollins was discovered in a nationwide social media search by casting director Taylor Williams and the Purple Rain creative ...

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.

Kara Young is the first Black actor in Broadway history to take home back-to-back Tonys. Here's her tips on finding your ...

Purple Rain” has found its Prince. Singer-songwriter Kris Kollins, a Washington, D.C., native who now lives in Miami, has ...

The Broadway-aimed musical, featuring music and lyrics by Prince and a book by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, will bow in ...