Preview: The Piano LessonRaleigh Little Theatre Preview In August Wilson's 1990 Pulitzer Prize Winner, "The Piano Lesson," Boy Willie Raleigh Little Theatre will present The Piano Lesson, a prize-winning 1987 play by celebrated African-American playwright August Wilson (nee Frederick August Kittel, Jr., 1945-2005), on Oct. 8-10, 14-17, and 21-24 on its Cantey V. Sutton Main Stage. Long-time RLT artistic director Haskell Fitz-Simons will direct The Piano Lesson. August Wilson twice won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, in 1987 for Fences and in 1990 for The Piano Lesson. Fences also won the 1987 Tony Award® for Best Play. The Piano Lesson, which was nominated for the 1990 Best Play Tony, won the 1990 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play and the 1990 New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play. The 1995 CBS "Hallmark Hall of Fame" TV movie of The Piano Lesson won a Peabody Award for August Wilson. "I guess I first heard of The Piano Lesson, and got a copy of it, when it won the Pulitzer Prize back in 1990," recalls director Haskell Fitz-Simons. He adds, "It's a wonderful story. It's a domestic comedy, tragedy, and ghost story; all rolled into one; and we have a terrific ensemble to perform it at RLT." Read the rest of the preview at Triangle Arts & Entertainment.
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