Based on the August Wilson play about the complex weight of Black lineage, Malcolm Washington's feature-length directorial ...

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

The father produces, son Malcolm Washington directs, and son John David Washington stars in a worthy film version of the ...

Despite not getting the acclaim she deserved for Till, her role in The Piano Lesson should more than guarantee her several acting nominations, if not some wins. She doesn’t hold back as she ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...