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 achievement, but it’s also a document of families enslaved and ...

In 1990, “The Piano Lesson” won the eminent playwright August Wilson his second of two Pulitzers for drama. It’s part of his Pittsburgh Cycle (sometimes called his Century Cycle), a set of ...

‘The Piano Lesson’ Review: The Washington Family Comes Together Around August Wilson’s Legacy-Themed Masterwork Reviewed at Telluride Film Festival, Aug. 31, 2024.

Movie review . At heart, August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson” is a ghost story. Set in 1930s Pittsburgh (other than a brief prologue in 1911 Mississippi), it’s the story of the Charles ...

‘The Lesson’ Review: A Fine Cast Classes Up a Barbed, Brittle Literary Melodrama Reviewed at Soho Screening Rooms, London, June 8, 2023. (In Tribeca Film Festival — Spotlight Narrative.) ...