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

Based on the August Wilson play about the complex weight of Black lineage, Malcolm Washington's feature-length directorial ...

An electrifying Danielle Deadwyler is the reason to see this Washington family production.

How Malcolm Washington paid homage to his family legacy with directorial debut 'The Piano Lesson': 'A big part of this was ...

At times, the mannered feeling of certain scenes and the play-to-the-balcony techniques ... an equal stake in that 137-year-old piano, which is equal parts family heirloom and family curse ...

An heirloom piano takes on ... simplest thing to make a play feel cinematic, but Malcolm Washington was up to the task. His film opens up the world of the Charles family beyond the living room.

For the mother of one, the piano, with the faces of their ancestors carved into it, is their family legacy. And though she will not play it, she cannot let Boy Willie sell it. John David told NBC ...

Jackson). All of these actors except Ms. Deadwyler reprise their roles from the 2022 Broadway revival of Wilson’s play. Boy ...

as a brother and sister battle over what to do with an an heirloom piano engraved by an enslaved family member. CHANG: The play takes place in Pittsburgh during the Great Depression. But ...

Two piano-playing nurses are hitting the right notes ... The piano was donated by the family of Cecil Billing, the father of Dr Stephen Billing, 59, Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon at The ...