Overview
- After previews that began October 16, the production officially opened November 5 at Hennepin Arts’ State Theatre, with performances scheduled through November 23.
- Producers describe the Minneapolis engagement as an out-of-town test to refine the show using audience feedback before a possible move to Broadway.
- Pulitzer winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins wrote the book and Lileana Blain-Cruz directs, with Jason Michael Webb overseeing music and longtime Prince collaborators Bobby Z. and Morris Hayes advising.
- Kris Kollins makes his professional stage debut as the Kid opposite Rachel Webb as Apollonia, leading a largely young cast.
- The musical draws from across Prince’s catalog to expand the score to about two dozen songs and follows a fictional protagonist rather than serving as a literal biography.