This fall's world premiere in Minneapolis of the stage musical Purple Rain will star an up-and-coming musician-songwriter ...

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

Creators of the stage version of Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’ named newcomer Kris Kollins as the star in August 2025.

Watch Kollins and co-star Rachel Webb in a first-look rehearsal video, before the production begins its pre-Broadway run in ...

The film “Purple Rain” is having a Broadway-style adaptation, and the leads for the show have been announced before its ...

Casting director Taylor Williams discovered Kollins on social media as part of a nationwide search. The Washington D.C.-based ...

We soon expect to hear who will play the Kid, the lead role in the stage adaptation of Prince’s movie “Purple Rain” that will ...

Kris Kollins and Rachel Webb will star as the Kid and Apollonia, respectively, in the Minneapolis premiere of "Purple Rain" ...

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

Kollins was discovered in a nationwide social media search by casting director Taylor Williams and the Purple Rain creative team. His debut EP, Pistachio, was released last year, and his single "GSAW" ...

"People who have no creativity, talent or courage are the ones who follow the rules," Prince reportedly said in a post from June 20 . "Be brave, be bold, step up and make your own! The passion that ...