Dutton’s understudy in the 1990 original Broadway run. Dutton and Alfre Woodard, and relies on most of its cast from the original Broadway production. Directed by Lloyd Richards, the film stars Charles S. In 1987, Jackson starred as Boy Willie in the theatre’s first production. The Piano Lesson is a 1995 American television film based on the play The Piano Lesson by August Wilson.Produced by Hallmark Hall of Fame, the film originally aired on CBS on February 5, 1995. The Marvel actor told GMA that he had a long history with Wilson’s iconic piece, dating back to his days at Yale Repertory Theatre.

So, it was an attempt to actually acknowledge them there in a metaphysical world.”įor Samuel Jackson, starring in the play is a full-circle moment. We just never amplified it… When I read it and when I saw it, I always felt the presence. So for me, I wanted to see what would happen if we actually indulged ourselves and leaned into that,” she explained. “A lot of families believe in the spiritual world. LaTanya Richardson Jackson talks about breathing new life into Wilson’s iconic playĭuring an interview with Sirius XM, Jackson spoke about the play’s legacy and how she tried to highlight aspects of the ancestral world present in the original Pulitzer Prize award-winning piece. Jackson takes on the role of the siblings’ uncle, Doaker Charles. Two worlds collide in The Piano Lesson: the American south, entangled in the memory and heartbreak of slavery and sharecropping, and the promise of the industrial north, alive with potential opportunities. David Washington plays the role of Boy Willie, while Tony-nominated actress Danielle Brooks stars as Berniece. In a Pittsburgh living room in 1936, a brother and sister battle over the future of an antique piano. The new and improved Broadway play features a star-studded cast.

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