JTA — Tom Stoppard’s Holocaust drama “Leopoldstadt” may be getting a TV series adaptation with the help of Steven Spielberg.
Deadline reported Monday that Spielberg and his Amblin production company are shopping the idea for a limited series. Patrick Marber, who directed the stage version, will adapt the script for television, and Stephen Daldry, best known for his work on the revered show “The Crown,” will direct.
According to Deadline, no deal has been reached because of the Writers Guild of America strike, which began earlier this month.
“Leopoldstadt,” which made its North American debut on Broadway last year to rave reviews and is expected to make a strong showing at next month’s Tony Awards, follows a Viennese Jewish family through several generations before and after the horrors of the Holocaust. follows. Stoppard, the acclaimed 85-year-old playwright and screenwriter who had never before written about his Jewish ancestry in his creative work, based the play on the story of his own family.
The play was originally slated to play in London’s West End in 2020 and 2021, and its Broadway run, previously scheduled to end in March, has been extended until July.
