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August Wilson's The piano lesson

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August Wilson's The piano lesson [videorecording] / Brian Anthony Moreland, Sonia Friedman, Tom Kirdahy, Kandi Burruss & Todd Tucker, Hunter Arnold, Playing Field, The Factor Gavin Partnership, FBK Productions/42nd.club, Jay Alix & Una Jackman, Creative Partners Productions, Harris Rubin Productions, Marguerite Steed Hoffman, Alia Jones-Harvey, Mark Gordon Pictures, Stephanie McClelland, Moore Delman, James L. Nederlander, Seriff Productions, The Shubert Organization, Salman Al-Rashid/Jamie deRoy, Brad Blume/Cliff Hopkins, Jean Doumanian/Fakston Productions, Edgewood/DMQR Productions, Jay & Cindy Gutterman/Caiola Productions, Van Kaplan/Lu-Shawn Thompson, Erik A. King/Finewomen Productions, Marc David Levine/William Frisbie, Syrinda Paige/Kevin Ryan & Diane Scott Carter, Silva Theatrical Group/Tilted, Thomas Swayne/Cynthia J. Tong, and Constanza Romero-Wilson, associate producer, present ; [written by] August Wilson ; directed by LaTanya Richardson Jackson ; [video director] Jon Pretnar ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Patrick Hoffman, director.

Publication

New York : Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, [2023]
©2023

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Videodiscs 1 and 2	Moving image	Restricted use	NCOV 4356 Videodiscs 1 and 2	Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT

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Description

2 videodiscs (DVD) (161 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.

Alternative Title

Piano Lesson
Piano lesson

Subject

Black people > Race identity > Drama
Families, Black > United States > Drama
Families > Drama
Race relations > Drama
Racism > United States > Drama
Slavery > United States > Drama
African American theater > New York (State) > New York
Theater > New York (State) > New York
Theatrical productions > New York (State) > New York > 2021-2030

Genre/Form

Drama.

Note

Title from opening credits.
The role of Maretha was played at alternate performances by Jurnee Swan and Nadia Daniel. At the performance seen on this video, the role was played by Nadia Daniel.
A videorecording of the original Broadway production of this play, taped at the Walter Kerr Theatre on December 26, 1990, is available on NCOV 961.

Access (note)

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits (note)

Scenic design, Beowulf Boritt ; costume design, Toni-Leslie James ; lighting design, Japhy Weideman ; sound design, Scott Lehrer ; projection design, Jeff Sugg ; fight director, Thomas Schall ; company manager, Eduardo M. Castro ; production stage manager, Beverly Jenkins.

Performer (note)

Samuel L. Jackson, Danielle Brooks, John David Washington, Charles Browning, April Mathis, Nadia Daniel, Jurnee Swan, Ray Fisher, Michael Potts, Rosalyn Coleman, Peter Jay Fernandez, Sharina Martin, Warner J. Miller, Doron JéPaul Mitchell, Kim Sullivan.

Event (note)

Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York, N.Y., January 26, 2023.

Funding (note)

Recorded with the financial assistance of the National Endowment for the Arts and The Ford Foundation Fund for the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Call Number

NCOV 4356

OCLC

1381872704

Title

Production

New York : Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, [2023]

Copyright Date

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

video

Type of Carrier

videodisc

Access

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits

Scenic design, Beowulf Boritt ; costume design, Toni-Leslie James ; lighting design, Japhy Weideman ; sound design, Scott Lehrer ; projection design, Jeff Sugg ; fight director, Thomas Schall ; company manager, Eduardo M. Castro ; production stage manager, Beverly Jenkins.

Cast

Samuel L. Jackson, Danielle Brooks, John David Washington, Charles Browning, April Mathis, Nadia Daniel, Jurnee Swan, Ray Fisher, Michael Potts, Rosalyn Coleman, Peter Jay Fernandez, Sharina Martin, Warner J. Miller, Doron JéPaul Mitchell, Kim Sullivan.

Event

Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York, N.Y., January 26, 2023.

Funding

Recorded with the financial assistance of the National Endowment for the Arts and The Ford Foundation Fund for the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Added Author

Moreland, Brian Anthony, producer.

Friedman, Sonia, producer.

Kirdahy, Tom, producer.

Kandi, producer.

Tucker, Todd, producer.

Arnold, Hunter, producer.

Gavin, Rupert, producer.

Factor, Mallory, producer.

Federman, Wendy, producer.

Batchelder, Richard, producer.

Koenigsberg, Heni, producer.

Alix, Jay, producer.

Jackman, Una, producer.

Harris, Dede, producer.

Rubin, Linda Bernstein, producer.

Hoffman, Marguerite Steed, producer.

Jones-Harvey, Alia, producer.

McClelland, Stephanie, producer.

Delman, Moore, producer.

Nederlander, James L., producer.

Al-Rashid, Salman, producer.

deRoy, Jamie, producer.

Blume, Brad, producer.

Hopkins, Cliff, producer.

Doumanian, Jean, producer.

Gutterman, Jay, producer.

Gutterman, Cindy, producer.

Kaplan, Van, producer.

Thompson, Lu-Shawn, producer.

King, Erik, producer.

Levine, Marc David, producer.

Frisbie, William, producer.

Paige, Syrinda, producer.

Ryan, Kevin, producer.

Carter, Diane Scott, producer.

Swayne, Thomas, producer.

Tong, Cynthia J., producer.

Romero, Constanza, producer.

Contains (work): Wilson, August. Piano lesson.

Richardson, LaTanya, 1949- director.

Boritt, Beowulf, set designer.

James, Toni Leslie, costume designer.

Weideman, Japhy, lighting designer.

Lehrer, Scott, sound designer.

Sugg, Jeff, projection designer.

Schall, Thomas, fight director.

Castro, Eduardo, company manager.

Jenkins, Beverly (Stage manager), production stage manager.

Jackson, Samuel L., actor.

Brooks, Danielle, actor.

Washington, John David, 1984- actor.

Browning, Charles, actor.

Matthis, April, actor.

Daniel, Nadia, actor.

Swan, Jurnee, actor.

Fisher, Ray, 1987- actor.

Potts, Michael (Performer), actor.

Coleman, Rosalyn, actor.

Fernandez, Peter Jay, actor.

Martin, Sharina, actor.

Miller, Warner, actor.

Mitchell, Doron JéPaul, actor.

Sullivan, Kim, actor.

Pretnar, Jon, videographer.

Hoffman, Patrick.

Caiola Productions, producer.

Finewomen Productions, producer.

Silva Theatrical Group, producer.

Tilted (Firm), producer.

Mark Gordon Company, producer.

Seriff Productions, producer.

Shubert Organization, producer.

Fakston Productions, producer.

Edgewood (Firm), producer.

DMQR Productions, producer.

Creative Partners Productions, producer.

Harris Rubin Productions, producer.

FBK Productions, producer.

42nd.club, producer.

Playing Field (Firm), producer.

Factor Gavin Partnership, producer.

Sonia Friedman Productions, producer.

Ford Foundation.

National Endowment for the Arts.

New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.

Research Call Number

NCOV 4356

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