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All The Drama is hosted by Jan Simpson. It is a series of deep dives into the plays that have won The Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
1990 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, “The Piano Lesson” by August Wilson
August Wilson Wikipedia page
https://wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Wilson
The Piano Lesson Wikipedia page
https://wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Piano_Lesson
The Piano Lesson script
https://www.concordtheatricals.com/p/7625/august-wilsons-the-piano-lesson
August Wilson: A Life” by Patti Hartigan
https://a.co/d/0b2lXHyl
Stage: Wilson’s ‘Piano Lesson’” original review by Frank Rich, The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/10/theater/stage-wilson-s-piano-lesson.html
“Been Here and Gone” by John Lahr, The New Yorker
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2001/04/16/been-here-and-gone
“The Ground Constanza Romero Stands On by Rob Weinert-Kendt, American Theatre
https://www.americantheatre.org/2016/06/20/the-ground-constanza-romero-stands-on/
August Wilson Century Cycle
https://a.co/d/0gAdB66O
The Cambridge Companion to August Wilson
https://a.co/d/01d5RbM8
“The Piece of Art That Inspired One of Theater’s Greatest Works” by Maya Phillips, The New York Times Magazine
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/theater/romare-bearden-august-wilson-joe-turners-come-gone.html
“The Ground On Which I Stand” documentary
https://www.pbs.org/video/american-masters-august-wilson-ground-which-i-stand/
The Theatre History Podcast Episode 86: Introducing the University of Pittsburgh’s August Wilson Archive With Dr. Sandra Shannon and Bill Daw
https://theatrehistorypodcast.libsyn.com/episode-86-introducing-the-university-of-pittsburghs-august-wilson-archive-with-dr-sandra-shannon-and-bill-daw
Conversations with August Wilson, edited by Jackson R. Bryer and Mary C. Hartig
https://bookshop.org/books/conversations-with-august-wilson/9781578068319
The Theatre of August Wilson by Alan Nadel
https://bookshop.org/books/the-theatre-of-august-wilson/9781472534439
1995 Hallmark movie version
https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0C6XDD4QP?ref_=atv_dp_share_cu_r
Stage: Wilson’s ‘Piano Lesson’” original review by Frank Rich, The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/10/theater/stage-wilson-s-piano-lesson.html
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Jan Simpson is a theater journalist who writes the blog Broadway& Me and hosts the BroadwayRadio podcasts Stagecraft and All The Drama. She has twice served as a Pulitzer Prize juror.
