“Everybody’s got to travel,” says Doaker, played by actor Jefferson A. Russell in August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson” at Everyman Theatre. “If you stay in one place, you get stuck with the same thing.” ...

PAS deputy president Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man said the party supports the continued existence of Chinese and Tamil schools as language is an important part of cultural identity. PAS deputy president Tuan ...

LENOX — A haunting, unresolved past comes home to roost, almost with a vengeance, in August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson,” the fourth play in his American Century Cycle — 10 plays, one in each decade of ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Set against the backdrop of 1936 Pittsburgh during the Great Depression, Wilson’s ...

LENOX — Set in Pittsburgh's Hill District in 1936, August Wilson’s "The Piano Lesson” is the fourth play in his 10-play American Century Cycle — one play for each decade — tracking the migration of ...

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 ...

The Piano Lesson, based on August Wilson’s play, explores a family’s emotional conflict over a historic piano, which holds deep ties to their painful past as former slaves. Boy Willie wants to sell ...

The Tina Packer Playhouse at Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Mass., will see summer 2025 productions including “Shake It Up: A Shakespeare Cabaret” and “The Taming of the Shrew.” Alan Paul is entering ...

A piano is more than a musical instrument. It’s a gathering place within a home. It’s where kids learn their scales and gain an early appreciation for music. It’s a centerpiece proudly displaying ...

Cats are inquisitive creatures, so it may not surprise you to see this feline wanting to hear what all the fuss was about while his owner played the piano. Cricket, a black-and-white cat, wasn't ...

For Malcolm Washington, an appreciation for August Wilson plays runs in the family. Several years ago, his father Denzel committed to producing film adaptations of Wilson’s Century Cycle plays — a ...

When I watched it again this weekend in my house, streaming via the film’s permanent home on Netflix, the scene remained an impressive display of the intense power of playwright August Wilson’s vision ...