Netflix’s “The Piano Lesson,” starring John David Washington and Danielle Deadwyler, is based on August Wilson’s 1987 Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name.

All that being said, I don't think that The Piano Lesson is a perfect film. The movie's pacing and runtime bogged it down at points, which is no doubt because it's an adaptation of a full stage play.

Malcolm Washington puts a horror-movie spin on August Wilson with Netflix's "The Piano Lesson," a family drama that doubles as ghost story. Watch Party Newsletter What to watch Win $100 📚 Celeb ...

Stream It Or Skip It: ‘The Piano Lesson’ on Netflix, a Rousing Adaptation of the Classic August Wilson Play By John Serba Published Nov. 23, 2024, 1:00 p.m. ET ...

The Piano Lesson’s supporting players don’t strike a discordant note, be it the weary and forlorn Jackson, the naïve and romantic Fisher, the bombastic and depressed Potts, or the earnest and ...

“The Piano Lesson” is a Washington family affair: Denzel producing, son John David starring, other son Malcolm directing, older daughter Katia on board as executive producer, and Malcolm’s ...

The fact that there are so many Washingtons involved befits “Piano Lesson” (streaming now on Netflix), a drama based on the August Wilson play that’s very much about family legacy. In 1936 ...

The Piano Lesson didn’t mark the first time that Wilson was directly inspired by Bearden’s work. His 1984 play Joe Turner’s Come and Gone was originally named Mill Hand’s Lunch Bucket ...

One Pulitzer went to “The Piano Lesson.” This story of a family heirloom and the family members who squabble over its worth first hit Broadway in 1990, then was revived in 2013.

All that being said, I don't think that The Piano Lesson is a perfect film. The movie's pacing and runtime bogged it down at points, which is no doubt because it's an adaptation of a full stage play.

A TV movie of “The Piano Lesson” was made in 1995 starring Charles S. Dutton as Boy Willie; both actors have played the part on Broadway, but only Dutton figured out how to downsize his ...