John David Washington, Malcolm Washington and executive producer Katia Washington — who have taken the baton for “The Piano Lesson,” one of Wilson’s two Pulitzer Prize-winning works.John David, a Golden Globe-nominated actor in his own right,

Samuel L. Jackson's return to "The Piano Lesson" helps transform August Wilson's play into a contemporary cinematic experience.

By now, John David Washington has established himself as an actor to the extent that he can afford to do something he has not done before: give a Denzel Washington performance. While it’s an incalculable advantage for an actor to have a hugely successful movie-star father,