Winner of the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, The Piano.
Jackson, Danielle Brooks and John David Washington. Rounding out the company as understudies are Shirine Babb, Charles Browning, Peter Jay Fernandez, Sharina Martin, Warner Miller, Doron JePaul Mitchell, and Kim Sullivan. Directed by LaTanya Richardson Jackson, The Piano Lesson stars Samuel L. The cast stars Jackson as Doaker Charles, Washington as Boy Willie, Brooks as Berniece, Trai Byers as Avery, Ray Fisher as Lymon, April Matthis as Grace, Michael Potts as Wining Boy, and Nadia Daniel and Jurnee Swan alternating in the role of Maretha. It is the fourth play in Wilson's Century Cycle, which explores the Black experience in every decade of the 20th century other works in the cycle include Fences, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, and Jitney, among others. Set in Pittsburgh's Hill District in 1936, The Piano Lesson follows a brother and sister who are embroiled in a battle over a family heirloom piano carved with the faces of their ancestors.
Tony nominee LaTanya Richardson Jackson directs the 17-week engagement. Set in 1936 Pittsburgh during the aftermath of the Great Depression, The Piano Lesson follows the lives of the Charles family in the Doaker Charles household and an heirloom, the family piano, which is decorated with designs carved by an enslaved ancestor. Jackson, Danielle Brooks, and John David Washington, officially opened October 13 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre after beginning previews September 19. August Wilsons classic play The Piano Lesson will be getting another feature film adaptation, this time courtesy of Netflix. Jackson, John David Washington, Corey Hawkins, Danielle Deadwyler.
The first Broadway revival of August Wilson's The Piano Lesson, starring Samuel L. The Piano Lesson: Directed by Malcolm Washington.
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