Singer Erykah Badu can be seen starring in Netflix’s function adaptation of August Wilson’s ‘The Piano Lesson’. According to Variety, Erykah will make a cameo, delivering “her soulful sound and eclectic style” with musical performances within the movie,” starring Oscar winner Samuel L. Jackson and John David Washington.

Jackson and Washington reprise their roles from the highly successful Broadway revival of Wilson’s play, which recently received two Tony Award nominations (best revival of a play and best performance by an actor in a featured role in a play for Jackson). Set in 1936 Pittsburgh during the aftermath of the Great Depression, “The Piano Lesson” follows the lives of the Charles household, a family led by Doaker Charles (Jackson), and an heirloom, the household piano, which is embellished with designs carved by an enslaved ancestor. Washington performs Boy Willie, Doaker’s nephew, a task Jackson originated within the 1987 manufacturing.

Malcolm Washington has come on board to direct the challenge. The movie additionally stars Ray Fisher, Danielle Deadwyler, Michael Potts and Corey Hawkins. (ANI)

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