From left: “ranney," Omar Robison, Ariel Phillips and Jade Guerra in Actors’ Shakespeare Project’s production of August Wilson’s "The Piano Lesson." (Courtesy Nile Scott Studios) Boy Willie is the ...

In Milwaukee Repertory Theater's new production of 'The Piano Lesson,' siblings fight over a keyboard connected to enslaved past.

Malcolm Washington makes his directorial debut. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Is it better to honor the past even if it's ...

The Piano Lesson was directed by Tony Award nominee LaTanya Richardson Jackson – who made her Broadway directorial debut and was the first woman to ever direct an August Wilson play on Broadway. The ...

Omaha Community Playhouse has opened their 2026 season with a heavy hitting winner. August Wilson’s THE PIANO LESSON won a 1990 Pulitzer and was nominated in five categories for a Tony Award. The ...

The latest adaptation from the late playwright August Wilson’s “Century Cycle,” the film is set in 1936 Pittsburgh. It follows the Charles family as they grapple with familial trauma and the (literal) ...

Denzel Washington's son Malcolm Washington directed the film, while his other son, John David, costars with Jackson Samuel L. Jackson and John David Washington are taking one of their recent onstage ...

LENOX — Set in Pittsburgh's Hill District in 1936, August Wilson’s "The Piano Lesson” is the fourth play in his 10-play American Century Cycle — one play for each decade — tracking the migration of ...

Samuel L. Jackson (left) and John David Washington star in "The Piano Lesson" on Broadway. Photo: Julieta Cervantes The revival of “The Piano Lesson,” which opened Thursday night on Broadway, is ...

The musical instrument sitting over in the corner, idle but not gathering dust, at the center of August Wilson’s Pulitzer-winning play The Piano Lesson is more than just a piano. It’s a family ...