Based on the August Wilson play about the complex weight of Black lineage, Malcolm Washington's feature-length directorial ...
August Wilson’s "The Piano Lesson" offers a haunting reflection of America's dark history of racism, the weight of generational trauma, and the struggle for healing. Set in 1936, it centers on a ...
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,” in theaters Friday and soon streaming on Netflix, isn’t just a meditation on family history. It’s also a literal ghost story. An heirloom piano takes on immense ...
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 ...
An heirloom piano takes on immense significance for one family in 1936 Pittsburgh in August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson.” ...
“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 ...