On, the stage production moved from the Ethel Barrymore Theatre to another Broadway venue, the Belasco Theatre, where it continued through. Filming was expected to begin in Jun 1960, with a release date to be determined based on the duration of the Broadway run. The studio paid $300,000 for film rights, and an additional $50,000 to Hansberry to adapt the screenplay, according to an article in the NYT.
The show opened to critical acclaim, and less than a month later, it was optioned by Columbia Pictures, as announced in the NYT. The title of Lorraine Hansberry’s play, and subsequent screenplay, was derived from the following lines of the Langston Hughes poem Harlem: “What happens to a dream deferred?/ Does it dry up/ like a raisin in the sun?” Its debut marked the first time a play written by an African-American woman was produced on Broadway.
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