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Producing director La Tanya Richardson Jackson, and the show's three main stars.
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Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington and Daniel Brooks — sat down with "Good Morning America" co-anchor Robin Roberts for an interview about the play's legacy.
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And Wilson's take on the iconic and Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Breathing new life.
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"August brought the words on paper to life," LaTanya Richardson told Jackson Roberts. "And so it's up to me how I can reimagine it and improve on everything that it did."
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"The Piano Lesson," written by Wilson in 1987, tells the story of two siblings, Boy Willie (Washington) and Bernice (Brooks).
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Who struggle over what to do with a family heirloom—a piano with a face carved from their slave ancestors. Samuel L. Jackson plays Docker Charles, the sibling's uncle.
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The Marvel Cinematic Universe actor has a long history with the play, starring as Boy Willy in the first production at the Yale Repertory Theater in 1987.
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And Charles S. Dutton was cast as the understudy. Samuel L. Jackson told he looks back on that time as being "life-altering" for him "in a lot of different ways."
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For LaTanya Richardson Jackson, this Broadway revival of "The Piano Lesson" is a dream come true.
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