On Stage: Theatre
The Piano Lesson
91 University Place, Princeton, NJ
There’s nobody like August Wilson. His ten-play cycle, chronicling the lives of African Americans in each decade of the 20th
century, is among the greatest
masterpieces of our time. One
of Wilson’s most powerful and
transcendent works, The Piano
Lesson is a profound, melodic
tale set in 1930s Pittsburgh. To
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reclaim his family’s legacy, Boy
Willie must sell their priceless
heirloom, but will his sister and
the ghosts of their past stand in
his way? Full of soaring poetry
and shattering intensity, The Piano Lesson is a universal story of
memory and perseverance.
McCarter Theatre presents this
now through February 7.
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