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Article: Spike Lee To Direct Film Of Passing Strange On Broadway At Belasco Theatre
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- The Culvert Chronicles
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- July 10, 2008
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Spike Lee - the director of such memorable films as "Inside Man," the upcoming "Miracle at St. Anna," (release 9/26/08), "Do The Right Thing," "Malcolm X," and "She's Gotta Have It," - will direct a film of the award-winning Broadway musical PASSING STRANGE, it has been announced by Steve Klein, who is a coproducer of PASSING STRANGE on Broadway and will produce the film with Mr. Lee.
The film of PASSING STRANGE will be shot during two performances in front of a live audience on Saturday, July 19 at the Belasco Theatre (111 W. 44 St.) (Thereafter, the musical will be filmed two additional times without an audience.)
Mr. Lee has been a fan of PASSING STRANGE since he first saw the musical ...