1970s Indie Film 'Hester Street' to be Adapted for Stage
Producers Michael Rabinowitz and Ira Deutchman have optioned the stage rights to the 1975 indie-film success “Hester Street,” planning to produce a New York theatrical adaptation of the title in consultation with the movie’s writer-director, Joan Micklin Silver (“Crossing Delancey”). An early victory in the industry for a female filmmaker, “Hester Street” rang in more... Rea…