August Wilson's The Piano Lesson
*The event has already taken place on this date: Sun, 11/13/2016
In August Wilson's powerful Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, a fractured family comes together to consider the legacy of their father, as his grown son and daughter argue over the heirloom he left behind. A ghost story with traditional African-American songs, The Piano Lesson exposes the family's struggles as they attempt to exorcise the demons of the past and bring forth a new hope for the future.
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The Piano Lesson represents the 1930s decade in Wilson’s “The American Century Cycle” of 10 plays, each one representing African-American life over a decade in the twentieth century. Other titles include Fences, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Two Trains Running, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone and Seven Guitars. Wilson died in 2005.
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Hartford StageLocation:
50 Church Street
Hartford, CT, 06103United States
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11/13/2016
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$25 | $42 | $58 | $74 | $90
All Regular Season Student Seats $20.
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