The Piano Lesson finds deft balance between overt melodrama and dazzling aesthetic flourishes. Through light and sound that guide and shift alongside the story, Berniece's home — and the film as ...

Wilson imagined them as mother and daughter and The Piano Lesson creates the conditions that might have led to and stemmed from this moment. In Washington's adaptation, Berniece, when she finally ...

Atlanta actress Danielle Deadwyler stars in the film adaption of Pulitzer-winning play "The Piano Lesson" by August Wilson.

Jade Guerra with Daniel Rios Jr. in rehearsal for August Wilson's The Piano Lesson. Photo: Courtesy of Actors' Shakespeare Project. Through his iconic American Century Cycle, a collection of 10 plays ...

The Piano Lesson is set in Pittsburgh's Hill District in 1936. A brother and sister are locked in a war over the fate of a family heirloom: a piano carved with the faces of their ancestors.

The Piano Lesson was first filmed for TV in 1995 with Alfre Woodard as Berniece and Charles S. Dutton as Boy Willie, a role he played on stage. Dutton received a Golden Globe Award nod for his work.

But whether he is able to sell the piano so that he can get enough money to buy some property and "no longer have to work for someone else" involves the story (or lesson) that the piano has to ...

Tyler Perry’s Netflix film “Six Triple Eight” about the only Black female battalion during World War, II has gotten minimal notice from critics. The movie, which was partially shot in metro Atlanta, ...