Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel L. Jackson is returning to Broadway. After an extended absence from the stage, the Star Wars and Marvel star will appear in a revival of The Piano ...

"We are humbled and honored to return Mr. Wilson's work to the Broadway stage under the inspirational LaTanya Richardson Jackson," producers Brian Anthony Moreland, Sonia Friedman, and Tom Kirdahy said in a joint statement. The Piano Lesson is one of his most enduring, profound and consequential masterpieces, and I am reveling in this opportunity to present it to Broadway audiences for the first time since its premiere." Her most recent Broadway work was in Aaron Sorkin's To Kill a Mockingbird.

Samuel L. Jackson and John David Washington are set to co-star in the Broadway revival of "The Piano Lesson." the producers announced.

This production is coming back to Broadway at such an exciting time for our industry as we work to rebuild – and who better than Mr. Wilson to help us.” The Piano Lesson is one of his most enduring, profound and consequential masterpieces, and I am reveling in this opportunity to present it to Broadway audiences for the first time since its premiere.” Only by revisiting history can the siblings endeavor to move forward.

The revival of August Wilson's play, directed by LaTanya Richardson Jackson, will also star Danielle Brooks and John David Washington.

“The Piano Lesson” takes place in the 1930s, and, like most of the plays, is set in Pittsburgh. The producer Scott Rudin previously planned to stage a revival of “The Piano Lesson,” with many of the same artists, but relinquished the rights when he stopped producing after being accused of bullying employees and collaborators. “And it’s about the bigger ghosts that haunt us, that are part of our lives, that we are carrying around like an anvil.”