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 ...
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 ...
A look at the piano designs for some of the various versions of August Wilson’s play, including the latest film adaptation. By Robert Ito Few props have played as pivotal a role in a theatrical ...
Omar Robinson’s Boy Willie wants to stake his legacy by selling the family piano so he can buy Mississippi farmland from the Sutters, the family who enslaved Boy Willie’s ancestors, in “The Piano ...