By In 2017, Spike Lee approached Antoinette Nwandu about filming her play Pass Over and producing a version of it for the screen.
She said no. It's the same answer she would give four years later, when negotiations to transfer the piece to Broadway began—a step that would make Pass Over the first play to return after a 16-month industry-wide due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Evidently, the “no's” didn’t last: Lee’s capture of Pass Over is currently available to stream on . And on August 4, Antoinette Nwandu did, indeed, make theater history and bring the show to Broadway.A play or musical’s journey to Broadway is largely a real estate game.
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