With ‘The Piano Lesson,’ Danielle Deadwyler Goes Even Deeper
After breaking through with “Till,” the actress delivers another formidable performance. Still, when it comes to Hollywood, she’d rather keep some distance.
'The Piano Lesson' Review - Danielle Deadwyler Brings New Life to August Wilsons Play
Starring Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington, and Danielle Deadwyler, The Piano Lesson finds ways to expand this play beyond the stage.
Wrestling with the ghosts of 'The Piano Lesson'
The August Wilson adaptation “The Piano Lesson" is an impassioned family drama but it is also a profound ghost story
Stream It Or Skip It: ‘The Piano Lesson’ on Netflix, a Rousing Adaptation of the Classic August Wilson Play
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Netflix's 'The Piano Lesson' Is A Haunting Adaptation — And Not In A Good Way
The latest adaptation of August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson” premiered Friday on Netflix. “The Piano Lesson” is set in 1939 and centers Boy Willie (John David Washington), who travels from Mississippi to Pittsburgh with his friend Lymon (Ray Fisher) to sell watermelons and convince his sister Berniece (Danielle Deadwyler) to sell their family heirloom,
I Just Saw ‘The Piano Lesson’ & I Did *Not* Expect It to Hit This Close to Home
When I started to watch The Piano Lesson, I wasn't quite sure what to expect. I had only read a vague synopsis of the plot—a tale about a Black family's relationship with a special heirloom during the aftermath of the Great Depression.
Netflix debuts ‘The Piano Lesson’ with star-studded family cast and legacy
The latest adaptation of August Wilson's acclaimed play, "The Piano Lesson," premiered on Netflix , brings the powerful narrative to a new audience.
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Malcolm Washington re-imagines August Wilson’s ‘The Piano Lesson’
“The Piano Lesson” may be the third August Wilson play to be filmed, but it’s the first as a Washington family affair.
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‘The Piano Lesson’ Review: Stained By Blood, Haunted By History
August Wilson’s 1987 play is opened up in ways that that work—and some that don’t—in this beautifully acted film adaptation.
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Teaching these August Wilson plays transformed my classroom
You see, the kid had been apologizing to me because of what he was about to do.It’s been 20 years now since that awful classroom fight. It’s been 20 years since those ninth graders were assigned (and ...
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Movie review: The Piano Lesson
When playwright August Wilson died in 2005, theater critic Charles Isherwood — writing for the New York Times — called him ...
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Denzel Washington Stays ‘Far Away From the Turkey’ on Thanksgiving, Daughter Katia Says (Exclusive)
Denzel Washington's daughter Katia Washington joked that the actor stays out of his wife Pauletta Washington's way on ...
Man on bail for attacking, kidnapping mom now a suspect in murder of an opera singer: cops
Colorado cops are on the hunt for a man who allegedly murdered a professional Opera singer and performing arts professor in ...
Danielle Deadwyler on What Hollywood and Cicadas Have in Common
The star of The Piano Lesson is carving her own path, exploring history and Black American art in her latest project.
Playwright Katori Hall on August Wilson, Her Grandmother’s Quilts, and Her Rousing New Lincoln Center Theater Play
The set, designed by Adam Rigg, is adorned with dozens of eye-popping quilts, many of which were loaned by members of the ...