‘The Piano Lesson’ Review: The Washington Family Comes Together Around August Wilson’s Legacy-Themed Masterwork
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variety.comPeter Debruge Chief Film Critic In August Wilson’s play “The Piano Lesson” — revived on Broadway in 2022, adapted with care and much the same cast for the screen by Malcolm Washington — Berniece hasn’t played the piano since her mother died.
It just sits in her living room, reminding her of everything her parents, and their parents before them, endured so that subsequent generations could be free.
In literary terms, the piano is a powerful and none-too-subtle symbol, the thing that represents her family’s achievement and sacrifice.
Carved into the precious heirloom’s polished wood surface are the faces of her ancestors. Berniece has a brother called Boy Willie, who comes bursting into her house at the top of the play with a plan.
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