Once On This Island is being adapted into a movie for Disney+. Playwright Jocelyn Bioh, perhaps best known for School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, is set to pen the script for the film adaptation of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty's acclaimed 1990 musical, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Wanuri Kahiu is on board to direct the project. Unlike Hamilton's Disney+ premiere, Once On This Island will be…
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:06PM on July 30, 2020