A Romare Bearden print served as a starting point for the American playwright's 1987 drama, which follows a Black family's ...

“The Piano Lesson” is a Washington family affair: Denzel producing, son John David starring, other son Malcolm directing, older daughter Katia on board as executive producer, and Malcolm’s ...

At heart, August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson” is a ghost story. Set in 1930s Pittsburgh (other than a brief prologue in 1911 Mississippi), it’s the story of the Charles family, literally ...

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Jackson as Doaker Charles in "The Piano Lesson," 2024. Netflix That's a laudable commitment with some built-in traps. No Wilson film adaptation to date has been able to totally break free of its ...

"The Piano Lesson" is Malcolm Washington's feature film debut, a demanding adaptation of prolific playwright August Wilson's evocative play of the same name. Uniting with a star-studded trio – his ...

In the case of co-writer/director Malcolm Washington (adapting the Pulitzer Prize-winning play from August Wilson alongside Virgil Williams) The Piano Lesson and the 1930s, Pittsburgh-based ...

But it is Washington’s kids — John David Washington, Malcolm Washington and executive producer Katia Washington — who have taken the baton for “The Piano Lesson,” one of Wilson’s two ...

Samuel L. Jackson as Doaker Charles in "The Piano Lesson," 2024. Netflix That's a laudable commitment with some built-in traps. No Wilson film adaptation to date has been able to totally break free of ...

“The Piano Lesson” is one of the 10 plays that make up playwright August Wilson’s “Pittsburgh Cycle.” Each play represents a decade from the 1900s to the 1990s; this one takes place in ...

The piano in “The Piano Lesson” is a thing of pride and sorrow. It’s a family heirloom, a work of art, and a symbol of black achievement, but it’s also a document of families enslaved and ...