A Romare Bearden print served as a starting point for the American playwright's 1987 drama, which follows a Black family's ...

An ambitious new book sees hidden currents linking writers as disparate as Colette, Thomas Mann, D. H. Lawrence, Virginia ...

(At the August Wilson Theater ... growing into an artist. Shoshana Bean and Brandon Victor Dixon play her parents, and Kecia Lewis plays her piano teacher in a Tony-winning performance.

The piano in “The Piano Lesson” is a thing of pride and sorrow. It’s a family heirloom, a work of art, and a symbol of black ...

An heirloom piano takes on immense significance for one family in 1936 Pittsburgh in August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson.” Generational ties also permeate the film adaptation, in which Malcolm ...

An heirloom piano takes on immense significance for one family in 1936 Pittsburgh in August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson.” An heirloom piano takes on immense significance for one family in ...

Next up: “The Piano Lesson,” which opens in select theaters Friday before moving to Netflix later this month. By now, the names Washington and Wilson have become as closely associated as ...

It’s also a literal ghost story. An heirloom piano takes on immense significance for one family in 1936 Pittsburgh in August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson.” Generational ties also permeate ...

The piano in “The Piano Lesson” is a thing of pride and sorrow. It’s a family heirloom, a work of art, and a symbol of ... The playwright August Wilson (1945-2005) made it his life’s ...

August Wilson’s "The Piano Lesson" offers a haunting reflection of America's dark history of racism, the weight of generational trauma, and the struggle for healing. Set in 1936, it centers on a ...