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, ...

Playwright August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson” comes down to this: A sister and brother, haunted by the violent disruption of their Mississippi childhoods, reunite in 1936 Pittsburgh. It’s a tense ...

For anyone who knows how hard August Wilson once struggled to get his plays financed and produced on Broadway with mostly unknown actors in his informal repertory company from the hinterlands, the ...

This film adaptation of August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play falters in some specifics, but is still vital viewing. By Alissa Wilkinson When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed ...

Warning: This article contains major spoilers for "The Piano Lesson." The stars of “The Piano Lesson” had quite the spiritual experience by the time the Netflix movie came to its dramatic end. Based ...

Director Malcolm Washington, producer Denzel Washington, and the cast discuss bringing August Wilson’s classic play ‘The Piano Lesson’ to the screen. Boy Willie intends to use the money to buy the ...

Ross Bonaime is the Senior Film Editor at Collider. He is a Virginia-based critic, writer, and editor who has written about all forms of entertainment for Paste Magazine, Brightest Young Things, ...

Carolyn Jenkins is a voracious consumer of film and television. She graduated from Long Island University with an MFA in Screenwriting and Producing where she learned the art of character, plot, and ...