"I think that the men have shied away or they wanted to make this such a metaphor. And I'm like, oh, no, I'm telling a ghost story," she said. LaTanya Richardson Jackson, in her Broadway directing debut, has a more literal take on the story than her predecessors. The Pulitzer Prize-winning work, set in 1936, tells the story of a brother and sister battling over what to do with an heirloom piano that has images of their family carved by an enslaved ancestor. The experience saved his life.New York: American playwright August Wilson's "The Piano Lesson" is returning to Broadway, with Samuel L. Dutton’s understudy in the 1990 original Broadway run. In 1987, Jackson starred as Boy Willie in the theatre’s first production. The Marvel actor told GMA that he had a long history with Wilson’s iconic piece, dating back to his days at Yale Repertory Theatre. So, it was an attempt to actually acknowledge them there in a metaphysical world.”įor Samuel Jackson, starring in the play is a full-circle moment. We just never amplified it… When I read it and when I saw it, I always felt the presence. So for me, I wanted to see what would happen if we actually indulged ourselves and leaned into that,” she explained. “A lot of families believe in the spiritual world. LaTanya Richardson Jackson talks about breathing new life into Wilson’s iconic playĭuring an interview with Sirius XM, Jackson spoke about the play’s legacy and how she tried to highlight aspects of the ancestral world present in the original Pulitzer Prize award-winning piece.
Jackson takes on the role of the siblings’ uncle, Doaker Charles. David Washington plays the role of Boy Willie, while Tony-nominated actress Danielle Brooks stars as Berniece.
The new and improved Broadway play features a star-studded cast.
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