“Purple Rain” has finally arrived for its pre-Broadway run at the State Theatre.
Prince’s Oscar- and Grammy-winning movie and album is now a musical, launching on a stage just blocks from the movie’s most important location, First Avenue.
The many connections weren’t lost on the production or the audience, the latter of which was purple-clad and vocally enthusiastic from the lobby through the first chords of “Let’s Go Crazy,” which rang out from behind a massive “Purple Rain” neon light dangling over the stage…