This will be the first Broadway revival of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play, which originally opened on Broadway in 1990. The play is produced by Brian Anthony Moreland, Sonia Friedman and Tom Kirdahy. “The Piano Lesson” will begin performances on Sept. She will become the first woman to direct an August Wilson play on Broadway. This is the Broadway directorial debut for Richardson Jackson, who is married to Samuel L. The starry cast will include Danielle Brooks and John David Washington, son of Denzel Washington. Jackson will return to Broadway this fall in a revival of August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson,” directed by LaTanya Richardson Jackson. 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.Samuel L. " 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. Only by revisiting history can the siblings endeavor to move forward. 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. Tickets are now on sale! The production, directed by LaTanya Richardson Jackson, will star 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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