An African-American family struggles to retain their heritage, in the form of a history told in the carvings on the family piano. Boy Willie wants to sell the piano and use the money to buy farmland, but sister Berniece won't part with it.
Directed By
Lloyd RichardsWritten By
August WilsonCast of The Piano Lesson
Charles S. DuttonBoy Willie
Alfre WoodardBerniece Charles
Carl GordonDoaker
Tommy HollisAvery
Lou MyersWining Boy
Courtney B. VanceLymon
Zelda HarrisMaretha
Rosalyn ColemanGrace
Lynne InnerstMiss Ophelia
Harold SurrattPapa Willie Boy
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