If you’re anything like me, you’ve been moved to tears on more than one occasion by the “Purple Rain” guitar solo. But according to the trailer for Purple Rain the movie, before Prince created the greatest film soundtrack ever made, he lived every bit of it. Witness the semiautobiographical story of The Kid (played by The Artist), a rising Minneapolis musician fighting inner demons and rivals through music, at the State Theatre – required reading for Prince acolytes. Pull up in a little red Corvette early for Prince karaoke an hour before the show. – Adam Elayan
