Regardless of your familiarity with Wilson’s Pittsburgh Cycle, “The Piano Lesson” is a worthwhile, captivating and moving ...
With stories spanning the 1900s to the 1990s, legendary Black American playwright August Wilson’s Pittsburgh Cycle remains an ...
The playwright August Wilson (1945-2005) made it his life’s work to create a cycle of plays in which black Americans weigh ...
“The Piano Lesson” is one of the 10 plays that make up playwright August Wilson’s “Pittsburgh Cycle.” Each play represents a ...
Storied actor Denzel Washington has taken on the project of adapting August Wilson’s cycle of 10 plays that portray slices of ...
Then there’s the element of choice, the force that drives many of our most powerful dramas. In terms of plot, stakes, and ...
An heirloom piano takes on immense significance for one family in 1936 Pittsburgh in August Wilson’s ... entirety of The Pittsburgh Cycle — a series of 10 plays — to the screen.
Film critic Peter Travers reviews "The Piano Lesson," now in theaters in advance of its Netflix debut on Nov. 22.
Washington adapted the play for his feature film directorial debut starring his brother, John David Washington, and family friend Samuel L. Jackson.
An electrifying Danielle Deadwyler is the reason to see this Washington family production.