WHAT IT'S ABOUT The August Wilson play "The Piano Lesson" gets adapted to the screen for Netflix by Malcolm Washington (son of Denzel), who makes his directorial debut. The play, which was also ...

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 ...

The Shakespeare & Company production of August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson” proves why the play, first produced on Broadway in 1990, deserved winning the Pulitzer Prize for drama as well as the Tony ...

The director Malcolm Washington narrates a sequence from the film featuring Danielle Deadwyler. By Mekado Murphy In “Anatomy of a Scene,” we ask directors to reveal the secrets that go into making key ...

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the scripts behind the awards season’s buzziest movies continues with Netflix‘s The Piano Lesson, the adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning August ...

From left: “ranney," Omar Robison, Ariel Phillips and Jade Guerra in Actors’ Shakespeare Project’s production of August Wilson’s "The Piano Lesson." (Courtesy Nile Scott Studios) Boy Willie is the ...

Danielle Deadwyler aims to teach the Oscars about “The Piano Lesson” this awards season. The critically acclaimed actor, who stars in Malcolm Washington’s directorial debut, “The Piano Lesson,” as the ...