Based on the August Wilson play about the complex weight of Black lineage, Malcolm Washington's feature-length directorial debut, The Piano Lesson, fittingly breaks a family curse. It's the third ...

It's the third movie to be adapted from August Wilson's 10-play series. If good intentions were all, this screen version of "The Piano Lesson" would earn high marks. But wishing doesn't make it so.

LENOX — A haunting, unresolved past comes home to roost, almost with a vengeance, in August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson,” the fourth play in his American Century Cycle — 10 plays, one in each decade of ...

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 ...

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 ...

A piano is more than a musical instrument. It’s a gathering place within a home. It’s where kids learn their scales and gain an early appreciation for music. It’s a centerpiece proudly displaying ...

“Everybody’s got to travel,” says Doaker, played by actor Jefferson A. Russell in August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson” at Everyman Theatre. “If you stay in one place, you get stuck with the same thing.” ...

The filmmaker, the son of Pauletta and Denzel Washington, makes his feature directorial debut on the August Wilson adaptation for Netflix. By Mia Galuppo Senior Entertainment Reporter In 2020, ...