The Piano Lesson, set in 1936 Pittsburgh, looks into the lives of the Charles family, centering on a family heirloom — a piano intricately carved by an enslaved ancestor, symbolizing the family’s ...

Malcolm Washington directs Netflix’s film adaptation of August Wilson’s stage play that centers on a prized piano heirloom representing an embattled family’s past or future. By Etan Vlessing Canada ...

John David Washington spent four months playing Boy Willie in the recent Broadway production of August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson.” Acting opposite Samuel L. Jackson, who originated the role in 1987, ...