OnWriting Online: From Broadway to the Back Lot

The writers offer their perspectives on the obligations and intricacies of adapting material they didn’t initially create; making it work for film while staying true to the concept, and dealing with producers, the studios and the original author.

Three award-winning playwrights discuss the journey from the Great White Way to the Silver Screen. Moderated by Pippin Parker, director of The New School for Drama.

In this webisode, the writers explore the opportunities that were presented and the challenges they faced in transferring their work from stage to screen. Pippin Parker, director of The New School for Drama, moderates the discussion.