![]() ![]() ![]() The Piano Lesson will feature set design by Beowolf Boritt, costume design by Toni-Leslie James, lighting design by Japhy Weideman, sound design by Scott Lehrer and wig design by Cookie Jordan. “ The Piano Lesson is one of his most enduring, profound and consequential masterpieces, and I am reveling in this opportunity to present it to Broadway audiences for the first time since its premiere.” In doing so, he forever changed what it means to be Black in America,” director Richardson Jackson said in a statement. “August Wilson dedicated his life and devoted his talent to dramatizing our stories and our experience. Just a few of his upcoming projects include The Marvels. Only by revisiting history can the siblings endeavor to move forward. However, he originally portrayed Boy Willie and Lymon in The Piano Lesson’s initial 1990 run. The upright piano in the Broadway revival of August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson is being donated to the Smithsonian. A brother and sister are locked in a war over the fate of a family heirloom: a piano carved with the faces of their ancestors. 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. The production, directed by LaTanya Richardson Jackson, will star Samuel L. The 2023 Tony Award nominations are here, including Jessica Chastain, Josh Groban, Samuel L. The previously announced Broadway revival of August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson will begin performances on September 19 at the St. ![]()
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