![]() Berniece is living with the ghosts of her parents and family, holding onto the past through a hand carved piano she inherited from them. Jackson (about whom you have heard), is Uncle Doaker, in whose Pittsburgh house Berniece (the dazzling Danielle Brooks ) lives and holds forth with her young daughter Maretha after the death of her husband. Epatha Merkerson as Bernice, Rocky Carroll as Lymon, and Charles Dutton as Boy Willie. And that’s a lot to say considering when it opened in 1990, “The Piano Lesson” starred S. ![]() That’s how mesmerizing and satisfying this first Broadway revival in 30 years is - when it ends, you want it start all over. I’m sorry it took so long for me to get to LaTanya Richardson Jackson‘s “The Piano Lesson.” Now that I’ve seen her take on August Wilson and Lloyd Richards’ groundbreaking work, I have only three weeks to see it again. ![]()
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