Wendy Melvoin, guitarist for Prince’s genre-bending band The Revolution, remembers one of their most iconic songs ... Purple Rain's Oscar for best original score in 1985. Powered by hits like ...

Early this year, plans for a stage musical based on Prince’s landmark Purple Rain movie ... 6 songs and Dez Dickerson’s song,” he says. “I thought, ‘Oh, this is like musical theater.’ ...