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Bruce Springsteen’s Artifacts Coming to Grammy Museum

Bruce Springsteen performs at Stand Up For Heroes in New York on Nov. 1, 2016. (AP)
Bruce Springsteen performs at Stand Up For Heroes in New York on Nov. 1, 2016. (AP)
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Bruce Springsteen’s Artifacts Coming to Grammy Museum

Bruce Springsteen performs at Stand Up For Heroes in New York on Nov. 1, 2016. (AP)
Bruce Springsteen performs at Stand Up For Heroes in New York on Nov. 1, 2016. (AP)

Bruce Springsteen's handwritten set lists and a favorite guitar are among the marquee items that will make a cross-country trip for a museum exhibit this fall.

The Grammy Museum announced Wednesday that Bruce Springsteen Live! will open at the Grammy Museum L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles on Oct. 15. The interactive exhibit — which runs until April 2 — will feature Springsteen and the E Street Band’s live performance footage, instruments, stage costumes and exclusive interviews.

Springsteen’s exhibit ended its stint in New Jersey earlier this year.

“We’re also thrilled to offer a special, expanded exhibit with the help of Springsteen fans for a one-of-a-kind immersive experience,” said Jasen Emmons, chief curator and a vice president at the Grammy Museum. It will invite fans to submit videos of their concert experiences from Springsteen’s previous shows on Sept. 23 – the legendary singer’s 73rd birthday.

Springsteen’s modified Fender guitar that was featured on several album covers such as “Human Torch” and “Born to Run” will be displayed. Other items will include stage clothing from Springsteen and members of E Street along with a signed itinerary from his Human Rights Tour, a six-week benefit tour in 1988. A ticket booth stage prop from the Tunnel of Love tour will also be highlighted at the exhibit.

A saxophone played by the late Clarence Clemons — who performed alongside Springsteen for 40 years — will be on display. The saxophone was passed on to Clemons’ nephew, Jake Clemons, who continues to use the instrument as the newest member of the E Street Band since 2012.

Through an interactive kiosk, visitors will be able to view Springsteen’s handwritten set lists and create their own encores to compare against the legendary performer’s original.

The Grammy Museum partnered with the Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music at Monmouth University.

“Since his first west coast show as a touring musician at the Troubadour in 1973 to the present day, Bruce has performed over 100 shows in the Los Angeles area and has thrilled millions of fans with his electrifying performances,” said co-curator Eileen Chapman, director of The Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music. “This extensive exhibit provides a peek behind the curtain and a stirring trip down memory lane.”

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‘Piano Lesson’ Premiere in Toronto a Family Affair for Denzel 

(L-R) Producer Denzel Washington, Pauletta Washington, executive producer Kate Washington, actress Danielle Deadwyler, director Malcolm Washington and actor John David Washington attend the international premiere of "The Piano Lesson" at the Princess of Wales theatre during the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on September 10, 2024. (AFP)
(L-R) Producer Denzel Washington, Pauletta Washington, executive producer Kate Washington, actress Danielle Deadwyler, director Malcolm Washington and actor John David Washington attend the international premiere of "The Piano Lesson" at the Princess of Wales theatre during the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on September 10, 2024. (AFP)
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‘Piano Lesson’ Premiere in Toronto a Family Affair for Denzel 

(L-R) Producer Denzel Washington, Pauletta Washington, executive producer Kate Washington, actress Danielle Deadwyler, director Malcolm Washington and actor John David Washington attend the international premiere of "The Piano Lesson" at the Princess of Wales theatre during the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on September 10, 2024. (AFP)
(L-R) Producer Denzel Washington, Pauletta Washington, executive producer Kate Washington, actress Danielle Deadwyler, director Malcolm Washington and actor John David Washington attend the international premiere of "The Piano Lesson" at the Princess of Wales theatre during the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on September 10, 2024. (AFP)

Denzel Washington and his family celebrated the screening in Toronto of Oscar hopeful "The Piano Lesson," the latest Hollywood adaptation of an August Wilson play in which the entire clan was involved.

Washington's son Malcolm makes his feature directorial debut and elder son John David stars in the movie, which tells the story of a family struggling to make peace with its past and confront the legacy of slavery.

Washington himself is a producer of the film, wife Pauletta and daughter Olivia have small roles, and daughter Katia is an executive producer.

"I'm happy, a proud father," Washington said in a Q&A session after the screening.

For 33-year-old Malcolm, who received a warm ovation at the film's conclusion, "this was such a beautiful time for us all to come together, but it became something much bigger than our own family."

"This is a story of ancestry, of lineage, and dealing with the August Wilson canon at all, you're tying yourself into a much larger lineage there."

"The Piano Lesson," written in 1987 and set in the 1930s, is part of Wilson's so-called "Pittsburgh Cycle," a series of 10 plays that aimed to explore the African American experience in the 20th century.

It debuted at the Telluride festival in Colorado before making its way over the border for a splashy international premiere in Canada's largest city. The film will stream on Netflix on November 22.

At the center of the story is an heirloom piano, hand-carved with images of their ancestors and imbued with the family's difficult history.

John David Washington, 40, plays Boy Willie, who wants to sell the instrument to buy land and get ahead, while sister Berniece (Danielle Deadwyler) insists that they keep it.

The two actors turn in electrifying performances as they duel over the fate of the piano, while confronting issues of race, spirituality and acceptance of the past.

Deadwyler, who many believe was snubbed for an Oscar nomination for her performance in "Till" (2022), is on nearly every expert's shortlist for a best supporting actress nod this time around, according to awards prediction site Gold Derby.

The film is adapted specifically from a recent Broadway revival of Wilson's play, and retains much of the same cast, including Samuel L. Jackson as the de facto patriarch.

Denzel Washington is no stranger to Wilson's work; this is the third of his plays that he has helped bring to the big screen.

The Oscar winner directed and starred in "Fences" (2016), for which Viola Davis won an Academy Award, and then produced "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," which took home two golden statuettes.

The Toronto International Film Festival runs through Sunday.