![]() ![]() ![]() But he had some niggers,” explains Doaker. Robert Sutter wanted to buy his wife, Miss Ophelia, a wedding gift. Technically it belonged to the Sutter family-because years and years ago, so did the Charleses. Jackson), who lives with his niece, Berniece ( The Color Purple’s Danielle Brooks, magnificent), and her 11-year-old daughter, Maretha (Jurnee Swan or Nadia Daniel). The piano now sits in the Pittsburgh home of de facto family patriarch Doaker Charles (Samuel L. ![]() Even if you’ve seen August Wilson’s play, or know the tale of the intricately carved instrument on which essentially the entire piece rests, hearing it inevitably leaves you emotionally bruised and battered. The heart and soul and hurt of the Pulitzer Prize–winning The Piano Lesson-which just opened on Broadway in an ambitious but discordant new revival-can be found in one long and winding story toward the end of Act 1. ![]()
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