Milwaukee Rep is the largest performing arts organization in Wisconsin in terms of audiences served and one of the largest professional theaters in the country. Under the leadership of Artistic ...

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, ...

John David Washington and Danielle Deadwyler lead a stellar cast in a new interpretation of Wilson's masterwork, directed by Malcolm Washington. Set in 1930s Pittsburgh, the story follows Boy Willie ...

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the scripts behind the awards season’s buzziest movies continues with Netflix’s The Piano Lesson, the adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning August ...

“The Piano Lesson” may be the third August Wilson play to be filmed, but it’s the first as a Washington family affair. Malcolm Washington, 33, makes his writing-directing feature film debut while his ...

Set in 1930s Pittsburgh, August Wilson's The Piano Lesson is a luminous drama that weaves history and spirituality together. It centers on a family and their antique piano; a cherished heirloom ...

After her heartbreaking performance as Mamie Till in the critically acclaimed Till, Danielle Deadwyler is soon to be a household name. John David Washington wowed audiences in Christopher Nolan’s ...

The latest adaptation of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson’s work, “The Piano Lesson,” will hit theaters on Nov. 8. Wilson’s niece and executive director of The Historic Hill Institute, ...

Playwright August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson” comes down to this: A sister and brother, haunted by the violent disruption of their Mississippi childhoods, reunite in 1936 Pittsburgh. It’s a tense ...

Samuel L. Jackson has a long history with the acclaimed August Wilson play “The Piano Lesson.” He first performed lead character Boy Willie at the Yale Repertory Theatre in 198 7. Three years later, ...

THE STORY. THIS PIANO IS AT THE CENTER OF THE STORY. IN AUGUST WILSON’S THE PIANO LESSON. IT’S A FAMILY HEIRLOOM, AND IT IS THE CENTER OF CONFLICT BETWEEN BOY WILLIE AND BERNIE’S BROTHER AND SISTER. I ...