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She will become the first woman to direct an August Wilson play on Broadway.

This is the Broadway directorial debut for Richardson Jackson, who is married to Samuel L. The starry cast will include Danielle Brooks and John David Washington, son of Denzel Washington. Jackson will return to Broadway this fall in a revival of August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson,” directed by LaTanya Richardson Jackson. James in the spring: Don’t start spreading the news just yet.Samuel L. My advice to the upcoming musical “New York, New York” - featuring songs by John Kander and Fred Ebb - that is also produced by Sonia Friedman and is supposed to go into the St. The critics’ reviews of the fairy-tale show were stellar, and the revival is doing business that the late composer rarely saw during his life. James landlord Jujamcyn would prefer to extend its hugely successful - and twig-cheap - production of Stephen Sondheim’s “Into the Woods” currently starring Sara Bareilles and Patina Miller as long as it possibly can. Sara Bareilles plays the Baker’s Wife in “Into the Woods.” Evan Zimmerman

Rick Miramontez, press rep for “The Piano Lesson,” had no comment. (If the stars are irked, imagine how the investors feel!) Washington and Jackson, soon to be playing to about 400 fewer people per night, are said to be renegotiating their salaries. Making matters worse - and more expensive - is that much of the show’s set has already been built for the St. James Theatre and relegated to the much smaller Barrymore, where Canadian crook Garth Drabinsky’s flopzilla “Paradise Square” finally closes on Sunday. Jackson and Denzel Washington’s talented son John David Washington, is being kicked out of the St. Sources say that the fall revival of August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson,” starring Samuel L.

Beanie Feldstein isn’t the only star being slighted on Broadway during this cruel summer.