If your parents forced you to practice your scales by saying it would "build character," they were onto something. The Washington Post reports that one of the largest scientific studies into music's ...

The piano on the set of “The Piano Lesson” was not a mere prop. It could be played and the cast members often did. It was adorned with pictures of the Washington family and their ancestors. It was, ...

Why ‘The Piano Lesson’ Revival Is a Distinctive Chapter in August Wilson’s American Century Cycle A multifaceted examination of grief, the pursuit of self-determination and generational wealth, ...

After breaking through with “Till,” the actress delivers another formidable performance. Still, when it comes to Hollywood, she’d rather keep some distance. The Projectionist After breaking through ...

It's the third movie to be adapted from August Wilson's 10-play series. If good intentions were all, this screen version of "The Piano Lesson" would earn high marks. But wishing doesn't make it so.

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 ...

“The Piano Lesson” has long been one of my favorite August Wilson plays, in part because of the lively spirit of the characters and their impassioned arguments about what’s best for a family to ...

The vibes were electric from a full theater at the Telluride Film Festival in anticipation of Malcolm Washington’s directorial debut, “The Piano Lesson.” After Washington humbly thanked everyone for ...

He’s not in The Piano Lesson (now on Netflix), but we’ll lead with Denzel Washington anyway. This is the third August Wilson play Washington has helped adapt to film – he produced Ma Rainey’s Black ...

Set in 1936, The Piano Lesson—the fourth chronological entry in playwright August Wilson’s ten-play Century Cycle—is both a family drama and a ghost story. The titular musical instrument sits in the ...

Under Ruben Santiago-Hudson's flawless helming, a brilliant cast makes this 1987 play live and breathe and sing for a new generation. At the time of the play, the Pittsburgh Hill District, where most ...