

The film received five Academy Award nominations (Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Production Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling, and Best Costume Design) and two Academy Award wins (Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Best Costume Design). Ma Rainey's Black Bottom was released globally on Netflix in 2021. The Piano Lesson is part of Wilson's 10 play "American Century Cycle" and includes Fences and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. The production is the highest grossing revival of a play on Broadway and the highest grossing Wilson production on Broadway ever. The Broadway revival of August Wilson's The Piano Lesson starring Samuel L Jackson and John David Washington recently concluded its run at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, having played 27 previews and 124 regular performances. Logline: Set in 1936 Pittsburgh during the aftermath of the Great Depression, The Piano Lesson follows the lives of the Charles family in the Doaker Charles household and an heirloom, the family piano, which is decorated with designs carved by an enslaved ancestor.

Jackson (Honorary Award - 2021) ( Pulp Fiction, Avengers ), John David Washington ( BlacKKKlansman, Tenet ), Ray Fisher ( Zack Snyder's Justice League, Rebel Moon ), Danielle Deadwyler ( Till, The Harder They Fall ), Michael Potts ( Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Rustin ), Corey Hawkins ( Straight Outta Compton, The Tragedy of Macbeth ) Producers: Academy Award Winner Denzel Washington, Academy Award Nominee Todd BlackĮxecutive Producers: Constanza Romero, Jennifer Roth, Katia WashingtonĬast: Oscar Winner Samuel L. Screenplay By: Virgil Williams, Malcolm Washingtonīased on the play 'The Piano Lesson' by August Wilson
