There are moments in her thrilling production (which again stars Jackson, this time as Boy Willie’s uncle) when she seems to have known it in some deeper, stranger way even before then. Jackson, created the character of Boy Willie. After all, she has known Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play since its première, in 1987 at Yale Repertory Theatre, when her husband, Samuel L. As an actor, Richardson Jackson has long been part of the countrywide, unofficial Wilson theatre company-she was part of the momentous 2008 Kennedy Center series of staged readings honouring his work and, in 2009, she played Bertha Holly in a Tony-nominated revival of the playwright’s “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone.” The production, now at the Ethel Barrymore, may be Richardson Jackson’s first time directing on Broadway-her 2013 directorial début, “Two Trains Running,” also by Wilson, at Atlanta’s True Colors Theatre Company, is her only other professional directing credit-but her touch here is deft, sure, confident. “The Piano Lesson” is produced on Broadway by Brian Anthony Moreland, Sonia Friedman, Tom Kirdahy, Kandi Burruss and Todd Tucker.LaTanya Richardson Jackson’s star-studded Broadway revival of August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson,” is, in a word, magnificent.
General Management is by Foresight Theatrical. The production remains the highest-grossing revival of a play this season.ĭirected by LaTanya Richardson Jackson, the creative team includes set designer Beowolf Boritt, costume designer Toni-Leslie James, lighting designer Japhy Weideman, sound designer Scott Lehrer, wig designer Cookie Jordan, projection designer Jeff Sugg, music director Alvin Hough Jr. Once Upon a One More Time Britney Spears Broadway Musical Tickets. “The Piano Lesson” began previews at the Barrymore Theatre on Sept. Heres the complete list of Broadway and Off-Broadway shows. Miller, Doron JePaul Mitchell, Michael Potts, Kim Sullivan, and Jurnee Elizabeth Swan. The cast also includes Shirine Babb, Charles Browning, Trai Byers, Nadia Daniel, Peter Jay Fernandez, Ray Fisher, Sharina Martin, April Matthis, Warner J. Jackson, Danielle Brooks and John David Washington. The production had been announced to run for 16 weeks only. 29, 2023, instead of the previously announced Jan. The revival of the August Wilson-penned play will now close on Jan. The limited engagement of “The Piano Lesson” will run on Broadway for an additional two weeks. Tickets from: 49 Cast Photos Videos The general rush and digital lottery policies have been announced for the Broadway revival of August Wilson s The Piano Lesson.
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