It is the fourth play in Wilson's Century Cycle, which explores the Black experience in every decade of the 20th century other works in the cycle include Fences, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, and Jitney, among others. Set in Pittsburgh's Hill District in 1936, The Piano Lesson follows a brother and sister who are embroiled in a battle over a family heirloom piano carved with the faces of their ancestors. Tony nominee LaTanya Richardson Jackson directs the 17-week engagement. Jackson, Danielle Brooks, and John David Washington, officially opened October 13 at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre after beginning previews September 19. The first Broadway revival of August Wilson's The Piano Lesson, starring Samuel L.
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