It's the third movie to be adapted from August Wilson's 10-play series. If good intentions were all, this screen version of "The Piano Lesson" would earn high marks. But wishing doesn't make it so.

Full of standout sequences, Washington’s uneven August Wilson adaptation introduces a new directorial talent and Oscar contender. “The Piano Lesson” opens in 1911 Mississippi, as Fourth of July ...

Shakespeare & Company (S&Co.), under the Artistic Direction of Allyn Burrows, is now presenting August Wilson’s THE PIANO LESSON in collaboration with Actors’ Shakespeare Project in the Boston area of ...

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When Sutter dies and his land goes on the market, Boy Willie comes up with a plan to raise the money to buy that land. Part of his plan is to sell the piano that was handed down from his family, which ...

The Piano Lesson is an appropriate, yet unorthodox selection for the Halloween season. The story deals with both the literal and figurative ghosts of the past and their impact on the present. While ...