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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Wesley, Richard, 1945- author.     Subjects     Wesley, Richard, 1945-     African American theater -- History -- 20th century.     African Americans in the performing arts -- History -- 20th century.     American drama -- African American authors.     African American dramatists -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Wesley, Richard, 1945- author.       by title:      It's always loud in ...         MARC Display

It's always loud in the balcony : a life in black theater, from Harlem to Hollywood and back / Richard Wesley. by Wesley, Richard, 1945- author. Guilford, Connecticut : Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, [2019] Subjects Wesley, Richard, 1945-   African American theater -- History -- 20th century.   African Americans in the performing arts -- History -- 20th century.   American drama -- African American authors.   African American dramatists -- Biography. ISBN:  9781495072413 (paperback) : 149507241X (paperback) Description:  xxvi, 228 pages ; 23 cm Requests:  0 Summary:  "Richard Wesley was witness to a revolution. As both a celebrated participant and eager student of the Black Theater Movement in the late 1960s, he became part of a seismic force in American culture, breaking down barriers and helping to disrupt the cultural landscape. It's always loud in the balcony: a life in black theater, from Harlem to Hollywood and back is both history and memoir, tracing Wesley's roots from riot-torn Newark, New Jersey, across the rocky terrain of Harlem, and finally to Hollywood, where he became partners with Sidney Poitier, writing several successful films before returning to New York and the theater world -- a trip that Wesley has wryly characterized as 'black power to black establishment.' Wesley unfolds the history of black theater with love and precision, from the emergence of Amiri Baraka, and his own debut, the fiercely militant Black terror -- which landed him a deal with a legendary producer Joseph Papp -- through his moviemaking experience in Los Angeles, working with Bill Cosby and Richard Pryor, among others. Wesley lands on solid ground in the twenty-first century as an elder statesman, a happy witness to the great success of a new breed of black theater that includes the widespread success of Tyler Perry and Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamilton, which brought hip-hop to Broadway. It's always loud in the balcony if the passionate, firsthand account of a crucial American art movement whose effects will be felt for generations to come." --   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Art, Music & Recreation 792.08996 We Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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