Complex sentence: Although "for colored girls" went from a play production to television one, this production was dubbed a "telefilm" instead of a teleplay as the performance on WNET-TV was seems as a serious departure from the Broadway production.
Split into simpler sentences: Although "for colored girls" went from a play production to television one, it is considered a telefilm and not a teleplay. The adaptation is considered a telefilm because the performance on WNET-TV was seems as a serious departure from the Broadway production.