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Jordan Fisher Will Step Into Prince’s Shoes (And Strap On A Guitar) For ‘Purple Rain’ On Broadway
The actor says his love for the rock icon's music is "in the marrow of my bones" as he prepares to play The Kid.
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The actor says his love for the rock icon's music is "in the marrow of my bones" as he prepares to play The Kid. Since the July announcement that a Purple Rain musical would come to Broadway (following an out of town production in Prince’s native Minneapolis), plenty of questions have loomed about the production, but none bigger than the obvious: who would take on the role of The Kid, immortalized by Prince himself in the film of the same name?
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