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The Piano Lesson marks Malcolm Washington’s feature directorial debut, adapting the Pulitzer Prize–winning August Wilson play of the same name. Some of the cast are reprising their roles from a 2022 ...

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 ...

Samuel L. Jackson and John David Washington's The Piano Lesson tells an intense story about hope and heritage, and its narrative seems realistic enough to be based on a true story. The Denzel ...

Warning: This article contains major spoilers for "The Piano Lesson." The stars of “The Piano Lesson” had quite the spiritual experience by the time the Netflix movie came to its dramatic end. Based ...

In August Wilson’s play “The Piano Lesson” — revived on Broadway in 2022, adapted with care and much the same cast for the screen by Malcolm Washington — Berniece hasn’t played the piano since her ...

The vibes were electric from a full theater at the Telluride Film Festival in anticipation of Malcolm Washington’s directorial debut, “The Piano Lesson.” After Washington humbly thanked everyone for ...

Full of standout sequences, Washington’s uneven August Wilson adaptation introduces a new directorial talent and Oscar contender. “The Piano Lesson” opens in 1911 Mississippi, as Fourth of July ...

Ross Bonaime is the Senior Film Editor at Collider. He is a Virginia-based critic, writer, and editor who has written about all forms of entertainment for Paste Magazine, Brightest Young Things, ...

The piano on the set of “The Piano Lesson” was not a mere prop. It could be played and the cast members often did. It was adorned with pictures of the Washington family and their ancestors. It was, ...

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 ...