While it’s an incalculable advantage for an actor to have a hugely successful movie-star father, there’s still the difficulty of establishing one’s own identity, especially when, like John David ...

At heart, August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson” is a ghost story. Set in 1930s Pittsburgh (other than a brief prologue in 1911 Mississippi), it’s the story of the Charles family, literally haunted by ...

How to both honor history and move beyond it is the overriding theme of “The Piano Lesson,” one of August Wilson’s finest plays. The new Broadway revival, featuring Samuel L. Jackson and directed by ...

What sustains a family? Generational wealth? Trinkets ancestors have left behind? Stories told over a fire on a snowy evening? These questions get a cathartic rumination in The Piano Lesson, the ...

John David Washington and Samuel L Jackson star in a tonally misjudged drama oddly played for awkward laughs August Wilson’s The Piano Lesson is not a comedy. It has comedic moments, pockets of ...

You can also read the star's essay about the film -- hitting Netflix on Friday -- for an accompanying Assouline book. By Rania Aniftos Erykah Badu is returning to a screen near you. The singer has ...