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# Watch Samuel L. Jackson discuss ‘The Piano Lesson’
- URL: https://www.broadwaynews.com/watch-samuel-l-jackson-discuss-the-piano-lesson/
- Published: 2024-10-25T00:00:38.000Z
- Updated: 2024-10-25T00:00:37.000Z
- Description: Click below to see the Tony Award nominee’s recent appearance on the Tonight Show.
- Author: Michael Abourizk
- Tags: Video, The Piano Lesson, News, Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel L. Jackson was honored by the [Museum of Modern Art’s Film Benefit](https://www.moma.org/calendar/events/9914?ref=broadwaynews.com) on Oct. 23\. Jackson discussed the acknowledgment on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, which included mention of reprising his Tony Award-nominated turn in the new film adaptation of August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson.”

Featuring direction by Malcolm Washington, the “Piano Lesson” movie will debut in select U.S. cinemas on Nov. 8 ahead of a Nov. 22 drop date on Netflix. Jackson received a Best Featured Actor in a Play Tony nomination for his turn as Doaker Charles in the [2022 Main Stem revival](https://www.broadwaynews.com/how-samuel-l-jackson-shed-his-star-power-for-broadways-piano-lesson/). He made his Broadway debut as an understudy in the 1990 original Broadway staging.