Romare Bearden and The Piano Lesson - Smithsonian Magazine
2 days ago · The Piano Lesson was the play that confirmed August Wilson’s genius. First staged in 1987, the production earned the renowned Black playwright his second Pulitzer Prize, cementing his status ...
Movie Review: The Washington family tells a ghost story in August ...
4 days ago · News / Life / Entertainment Movie Review: The Washington family tells a ghost story in August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson’ An heirloom piano takes on immense significance for one family in ...
Malcolm Washington and Family Bring August Wilson's ‘The …
Audiences, and critics, have been interested - not least because the two most recent film adaptations of August Wilson's plays, "Fences" and "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," have been major awards ...
TV Talk: Netflix’s ‘Piano Lesson’ director seeks to honor Hill District ...
Nov 4, 2024 · The second Pittsburgh-set film-with-an-exorcism of 2024 arrives this month with Netflix’s adaptation of Pittsburgh native August Wilson’s play “The Piano Lesson,” playing at Waterworks ...
August Wilson’s niece highlights his life, film adaptation of 'The ...
Oct 3, 2024 · The latest adaptation of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson’s work, “The Piano Lesson,” will hit theaters on Nov. 8. Wilson’s niece and executive director of The Historic Hill ...
The Piano Lesson Team On Challenges Of Adapting August Wilson…
Oct 12, 2024 · The Piano Lesson director Malcolm Washington & cast discuss the challenges of adapting August Wilson’s play: “It was so fearless” – Contenders London.
Column: August Wilson's "The Piano Lesson" jumps from stage to …
Oct 23, 2024 · 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...
An American theatrical giant takes the stage in "August Wilson: A …
Aug 17, 2023 · The rocky backstage dramas en route to Broadway are chronicled, along with other chapters in Wilson’s life, in biographer Patti Hartigan’s new book “August Wilson: A Life.”
August Wilson's life and plays explored in immersive new exhibit - NPR
Apr 17, 2022 · Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson, who died in 2005, is one of the prides of Pittsburgh - yet until this week, there has been no site in his hometown where fans...
The Playwright Who Changed the Face of American Theater
Aug 3, 2023 · AUGUST WILSON WAS SETTLING IN to the life of an itinerant playwright. He had been invited back to the O’Neill for the 1983 National Playwrights Conference for a workshop of “Fences,” and ...