

Jackson, John David Washington and Danielle Brooks will now close on Jan.

The cast also includes Michael Potts, Ray Fisher, April Matthis and Trai Byers. ‘The Piano Lesson’ Extends Broadway Run Through January The revival starring Samuel L. But even he can’t hold back the ghosts of the past. On the other, a sister will go to any length to keep it and preserve the family history. On one side, a brother plans to build the family fortune by selling it. At the center lies the family’s prized heirloom piano. A battle is brewing in the Charles household. Winner of the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, The Piano Lesson is set in Pittsburgh’s Hill District in 1936. Jackson, Danielle Brooks and John David Washington.
Mid-day management/mid-day.The Broadway revival of August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play The Piano Lessonhas arrived. The production begins performances at the Barrymore Theatre on September 19 and opens on October 13. Directed by LaTanya Richardson Jackson, The Piano Lesson stars Samuel L. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. The official release date of the film is still awaited. (for Leroy) Jackson could have had a quite different career had his dream of. Denzel Washington will produce the film along with Todd Black. Jackson at a press conference for The Piano Lesson on Sept. The Piano Lesson film adaptation will be helmed by Malcolm Washington based on a screenplay he penned with Virgil Williams. Denzel Washington and Davis also starred in the 2020 Netflix documentary 'Giving Voice', which explored the legacy of Wilson as a playwright, reported The Hollywood Reporter.Īlso Read: Jennifer Garner heaps praises on Reese Witherspoon The film will also follow Netflix's adaptation of another August Wilson play, 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom,' which starred Viola Davis, who also appeared alongside John David Washington's father, Denzel Washington, in a movie adaptation of another Wilson play, 'Fences'. The film also stars Ray Fisher, Till actress Danielle Deadwyler, Michael Potts and Corey Hawkins in pivotal roles. Hollywood actors Samuel Jackson and John David Washington are all set to star in the film adaptation of August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning stage play 'The Piano Lesson'.Īccording to The Hollywood Reporter, a US-based media house, set in 1936 Pittsburgh during the aftermath of the Great Depression, 'The Piano Lesson' follows the lives of the Charles family in the Doaker Charles household and an heirloom, the family piano, which is decorated with designs carved by an enslaved ancestor and polished with the tears and blood of their late mother.
