The Piano Lesson, based on August Wilson’s renowned play of the same name, is one of the most highly anticipated movies of the fall season. With a great cast and poignant story, the movie is already ...

Samuel L. Jackson as Doaker Charles in “The Piano Lesson.” (David Lee/Netflix) ATLANTA — Samuel L. Jackson has a long history with the acclaimed August Wilson play “The Piano Lesson.” He first ...

Following a decorated Broadway revival in 2022, August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning “The Piano Lesson” is getting the feature film treatment this fall at Netflix — and the streamer debuted its ...

Carolyn Jenkins is a voracious consumer of film and television. She graduated from Long Island University with an MFA in Screenwriting and Producing where she learned the art of character, plot, and ...

While it’s an incalculable advantage for an actor to have a hugely successful movie-star father, there’s still the difficulty of establishing one’s own identity, especially when, like John David ...

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 ...

Danielle Deadwyler was not expecting to cry. The actor, who won accolades in 2022 for her heartbreaking performance as civil rights advocate Mamie Till-Mobley in “Till,” was describing the emotional ...

“The Piano Lesson” is one of the 10 plays that make up playwright August Wilson’s “Pittsburgh Cycle.” Each play represents a decade from the 1900s to the 1990s; this one takes place in 1936, during ...

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 ...

This honor — and a number of others still to be announced — will be presented during a gala dinner at Cipriani Wall Street in New York on Monday, Dec. 2. By Scott Feinberg Executive Editor of Awards ...

Ahead of the screening, Washington discussed the film with Deadline's Baz Bamigboye, revealing some of the inspirations for the project and the familiar connections he observed along the way. The ...

Samuel L. Jackson has a long history with the acclaimed August Wilson play “The Piano Lesson.” He first performed lead character Boy Willie at the Yale Repertory Theatre in 198 7. Three years later, ...