August Wilson's 'Piano Lesson' at the McCarter: A long, rich train of thrills
'Sutter fell in the well," a character says early in August Wilson's The Piano Lesson. Wilson, who died soon after completing his Century Cycle (10 plays about African American life in each decade of the 20th century), wrote that line, and then wondered, "Who's Sutter?" Such are the mysterious workings of the creative process.