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Almost 40 years after it was first featured, Purple Rain the film starring Prince is being adapted into a stage play.

The 1984 film saw Prince – The Kid, as a growing rock musician with anger issues, trying to escape his troublesome homelife, navigate a relationship and the club scene of Minneapolis.

The soundtrack of the same name was a huge hit for Prince, with tracks, ‘When Doves Cry’, ‘I Would Die 4 U’, ‘Let’s Go Crazy’, ‘Take Me With U’ and ‘Purple Rain’ becoming huge successes across the pond and winning Grammy’s for Best Rock Performance and Best Score Soundtrack.

There’s no news yet on when the play will hit the stage or who will be cast as the lead, but L. Londell McMillan, chairman of The NorthStar Group, and Larry Mestel, founder and CEO of Primary Wave Music said “We are thrilled with our Broadway partners and creative team, who are bringing a theatricality to the film’s original fictional story. 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.”