A purple rain will fall on the fall theater calendar.

The highly anticipated “Purple Rain” musical will make its world premiere at the State Theatre in Minneapolis for a monthlong run before it heads to Broadway.

Of course, there are plenty of other offerings, from classics (“Treasure Island,” “A Doll’s House”) to new works (“The Ruins: A Play Through Music,” “A Lesson in Love”) to a musical about the St. Paul Winter Carnival.

Here’s a look at what’s on tap.

Opens Sept. 9: Stuart Paterson adapted Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic swashbuckling novel for the stage. It’ll be the first time in more than two decades that Children’s Theatre Company opens with a new production of the show, which artistic director Rick Dildine called “a quirky adventure with real-world consequences (and a) tim

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