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    Review: Samuel L. Jackson stars in a not-always-in-tune Broadway revival of 'The Piano Lesson'

    NEW YORK — Spoiled as we've been with superb revivals of August Wilson plays, it's almost confusing to encounter a high-profile Broadway production that doesn't quite live up to expectations. "The Piano Lesson," which opened Thursday at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, seemed on paper to be one of the can't-miss offerings of the fall season. Samuel L. Jackson leads a top-notch cast in the first ...
    by Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times Oct 14, 2022 4 minutes
    Samuel L. Jackson and John David Washington in "The Piano Lesson" on Broadway.

    NEW YORK — Spoiled as we've been with superb revivals of August Wilson plays, it's almost confusing to encounter a high-profile Broadway production that doesn't quite live up to expectations.

    "The Piano Lesson," which opened Thursday at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, seemed on paper to be one of the can't-miss offerings of the fall season.

    Samuel L. Jackson leads a top-notch cast in the first Broadway revival of one of the Pulitzer Prize-winning works in Wilson's decade-by-decade 10-play cycle chronicling Black life in 20th-century America. What could possibly go wrong?

    Nothing, really. But something hasn't gone quite right. Ensemble chemistry

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