Malcolm Washington first picked up the script in 2020, in the heat of the Covid-19 pandemic. Set in 1930s Pittsburgh, The Piano Lesson follows the Charles family — particularly, two siblings ...

In 1990, “The Piano Lesson” won the eminent playwright August Wilson his second of two Pulitzers for drama. It’s part of his Pittsburgh Cycle (sometimes called his Century Cycle), a set of ...

Based on the play by August Wilson, “The Piano Lesson” casts Deadwyler as Berniece, a widowed mother at odds with her brother, Boy Willie (John David Washington), in post-Depression-era ...

The characters in The Piano Lesson continue to use "Boy" in their names as a way to reclaim and honor the power of their family's legacy, history, and ancestry. Rather than restricting themselves ...

Small fry have been balking at piano lessons for a long time; the new distraction of TV often makes things even tougher. But Music Teacher Bernard Gabriel, 37, thinks he knows how to win: make sure ...

“The Piano Lesson” is a Washington family affair: Denzel producing, son John David starring, other son Malcolm directing, older daughter Katia on board as executive producer, and Malcolm’s ...

Omar Robinson is nothing short of sensational in Actors’ Shakespeare Project’s staging of August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson” at Hibernian Hall — an outstanding production that reminds ...

Making “The Piano Lesson” was a family affair. Malcolm and John David’s parents are, of course, two-time Oscar winner Denzel Washington and Pauletta Washington.

Erykah Badu is set to hit the screen soon. Today (May 31), Netflix announced that the “On & On” singer will be joining the cast of the feature film adaptation of The Piano Lesson. Badu joins ...

Painted as war raged, ‘The Piano Lesson’ is both sensuous and severe Henri Matisse painted this inexpressibly moving painting in the summer of 1916, in the early days of the Somme offensive ...

Erykah Badu is returning to a screen near you.. The singer has deeply immersed herself in the upcoming film The Piano Lesson, taking part in producing the score as well as joining the cast as ...

“The Piano Lesson” would go on to be nominated for five Tony Awards and win for Best Play, also taking the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play.