A SPECIAL THANK YOU
I was driving home on the New Jersey Turnpike not long ago, listening to WBGO Jazz 88, allowing my mind to wander a bit, when the news...
BOOK-SIGNING!! Richard Wesley's New Book! "IT'S ALWAYS LOUD IN THE BALCONY" - FEBRUARY 19, 2020
Hi Everybody, I will be appearing at the New York University Bookstore on Wednesday, February 19, 2020, for a discussion of my latest...
A THOUGHT FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH
In 1900, during a period in American history when Italian and Irish immigrants were regularly excoriated in the press as "invaders" and...
WHO CAN TELL THE STORY?
There is a minimum of fifty-three Afro-American newspapers and online news sites in the United States today. The newspapers are spread...
2 Playwrights Talking!!
Hi Everybody: On Thursday, November 21st, I will join playwright, William "Electric" Black after the performance of his newest play, THE...
IT"S ALWAYS LOUD IN THE BALCONY
I am happy to announce the publication of my newest book, "IT'S ALWAYS LOUD IN THE BALCONY: A Life in Black Theater, From Harlem to...
LA TIMES REVIEW - CENTRAL PARK FIVE at the LONG BEACH OPERA
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-central-park-five-opera-review-20190617-story.html
SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE ARTICLE ON CENTRAL PARK FIVE OPERA OPENING AT LONG BEACH (CA.) OPERA
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/music/story/2019-06-09/donald-trump-opera-star-maybe-so-in-anthony-davis-new-central-p...
CENTRAL PARK FIVE - A New Opera by Anthony Davis, libretto by Richard Wesley
The Long Beach Opera Company is presenting the World Premier of CENTRAL PARK FIVE, a new opera composed by Anthony Davis with a libretto...
Whose Story? Whose History?
THE GREEN BOOK tells the story of two New Yorkers in 1962, Don Shirley, a world renown African-American pianist who lives in a...
