In “The Piano Lesson” (on Netflix Nov. 22), he hands the reins to his son, Malcolm Washington, who makes his directorial debut in a production starring John David Washington, Danielle ...

ATLANTA — Samuel L. Jackson has a long history with the acclaimed August Wilson play “The Piano Lesson.” He first performed lead character Boy Willie at the Yale Repertory Theatre in 1987.

David Lee / Netflix The Piano Lesson was the play that confirmed August ... For Boy Willie, the piano is its cold cash value—the stake for a free man’s future.” Wilson’s play has seen ...

Yes, “The Piano Lesson,” in theaters Friday and streaming on Netflix on Nov. 22, isn’t just a meditation on family history. It’s also a literal ghost story, with creaks, spooks and shadows ...

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But the team shooting the third such adaptation — “The Piano Lesson” — knew what they were doing. Of course they did. Most of them had learned by watching him. The actor’s son Malcolm ...

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 family, literally ...

Jackson as Doaker Charles in "The Piano Lesson," 2024. Netflix That's a laudable commitment with some built-in traps. No Wilson film adaptation to date has been able to totally break free of its ...

Samuel L. Jackson as Doaker Charles in "The Piano Lesson," 2024. Netflix That's a laudable commitment with some built-in traps. No Wilson film adaptation to date has been able to totally break free of ...

But in “The Piano Lesson” — directed by his brother, Malcolm Washington — he goes full-on Denzel, and it’s something to delight in and marvel at. Just by virtue of biology, nobody can do ...

John David Washington, who appeared as Boy Willie in the 2023 Broadway revival of August Wilson's The Piano Lesson, is reprising the role in the new film adaptation. On a recent visit to Jimmy ...