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August Wilson

  • Arts

    December 28, 2011

    Twin Cities' best plays of 2011

    Hairspray, Doubt, On the Spectrum, and more

  • Calendar

    September 28, 2011

    Two Trains Running

    Hairspray, Doubt, On the Spectrum, and more

  • Arts

    February 16, 2011

    Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

    Penumbra Theatre at the Guthrie Theater

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2010

    Guthrie Theater announces 2010-11 season mixing the new with the old

    Joe Dowling: this man would like to sell you a theater ticket​The Guthrie Theater's Joe Dowling on Tuesday announced the upcoming 2010-11 season, which is going to include talent both local and international, balancing Shaw and Shakespeare with a world premiere. While there are no fiery surprises, ... More >>

  • Arts

    October 7, 2009

    Theater Spotlight: Radio Golf

    Joe Dowling: this man would like to sell you a theater ticket​The Guthrie Theater's Joe Dowling on Tuesday announced the upcoming 2010-11 season, which is going to include talent both local and international, balancing Shaw and Shakespeare with a world premiere. While there are no fiery surprises, ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 30, 2009

    Radio Golf

    Joe Dowling: this man would like to sell you a theater ticket​The Guthrie Theater's Joe Dowling on Tuesday announced the upcoming 2010-11 season, which is going to include talent both local and international, balancing Shaw and Shakespeare with a world premiere. While there are no fiery surprises, ... More >>

  • Articles

    September 16, 2009

    Rise!

    Joe Dowling: this man would like to sell you a theater ticket​The Guthrie Theater's Joe Dowling on Tuesday announced the upcoming 2010-11 season, which is going to include talent both local and international, balancing Shaw and Shakespeare with a world premiere. While there are no fiery surprises, ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 16, 2009

    Rise!

    Joe Dowling: this man would like to sell you a theater ticket​The Guthrie Theater's Joe Dowling on Tuesday announced the upcoming 2010-11 season, which is going to include talent both local and international, balancing Shaw and Shakespeare with a world premiere. While there are no fiery surprises, ... More >>

  • Arts

    February 25, 2009

    Penumbra's The Whipping Man takes on life after Civil War

    Former masters and slaves confront new realities

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2009

    Penumbra Theater cuts budget by 24%

    The city's preeminent African-American theater company is drawing and quartering its annual budget. But what exactly is being amputated?

  • Arts

    December 31, 2008

    Best in shows: Top plays from Minneapolis theater in '08 (Act II)

    Fences, Blackbird round out best plays of the year

  • Arts

    December 24, 2008

    The Year's Best Set Designs

    Fences, Blackbird round out best plays of the year

  • Arts

    August 27, 2008

    Home Run

    August Wilson's story of an aging athlete thwarted by prejudice gets a masterful staging at Penumbra

  • Arts

    April 30, 2008

    Three superb productions showcase the range of Minnesota theater

    Guthrie, Open Eye and Penumbra all score with latest efforts

  • Arts

    February 27, 2008

    'The Piano Lesson' strikes a chord

    Penumbra's take on August Wilson's play is powerful

  • Arts

    September 12, 2007

    Driving Force

    For 30 years, Lou Bellamy has run the nation’s preeminent African American theater. But what a theater critic really wants to know is: How’s his golf game?

  • News

    December 13, 2006

    Mn SAT Answers and Winners

    For 30 years, Lou Bellamy has run the nation’s preeminent African American theater. But what a theater critic really wants to know is: How’s his golf game?

  • News

    December 6, 2006

    MN SAT

    The great Minnesota brain freeze: 82 chances to cheat with Google and win valuable prizes!

  • Arts

    December 7, 2005

    The Year in Theater

    The Greeks, the geeks, the freaks, the dualistic representations of the Argentine distaff underclass--all the best of Twin Cities drama circa 2005

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2005

    August Wilson saluted at Penumbra

    The Greeks, the geeks, the freaks, the dualistic representations of the Argentine distaff underclass--all the best of Twin Cities drama circa 2005

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2005

    10/3: Morning Communique

    The Greeks, the geeks, the freaks, the dualistic representations of the Argentine distaff underclass--all the best of Twin Cities drama circa 2005

  • Arts

    July 13, 2005

    Backstage Drama

    Is the Playwrights' Center alienating its local core--or are its critics just acting out?

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2005

    Playwrights' Center creates National Advisory Board

    Is the Playwrights' Center alienating its local core--or are its critics just acting out?

  • Movies

    October 20, 2004

    Center Stage

    Local playwright Jeffrey Hatcher makes his Hollywood debut

  • Arts

    December 10, 2003

    The Year in Theater

    Last year my boss sent me to sit in a dark room for 150 nights. Here's what I took away from the ordeal.

  • Arts

    August 13, 2003

    Class Act

    Unscrubbed theater for the well-groomed Guthrie-goer

  • Arts

    June 25, 2003

    Hedley and the '80s Pinch

    An August Wilson tragedy turns a cri de coeur into a hollering session

  • Arts

    February 26, 2003

    Doing What Comes Naturally

    August Wilson's Pittsburgh Realism; Sondheim's Pretty Pictures

  • Arts

    May 31, 2000

    That Seventies Show

    August Wilson's Jitney dresses for excess; Stephen King's Shawshank Redemption tries the stage

  • Arts

    September 8, 1999

    Shadow and Act

    Penumbra Theatre's campaign to build an ambitious new stage has the makings of an epic drama--or a nonprofit tragedy

  • News

    August 4, 1999

    Reflections

    Penumbra Theatre's campaign to build an ambitious new stage has the makings of an epic drama--or a nonprofit tragedy

  • News

    August 4, 1999

    The Woodchopper's Bawl

    Penumbra Theatre's campaign to build an ambitious new stage has the makings of an epic drama--or a nonprofit tragedy

  • Feature

    September 9, 1998

     State Writes

    The Great Minnesota Authors Issue

  • Music

    August 26, 1998

    Set It Off

    A St. Paul hip-hop crew looks to the next stage

  • Arts

    May 20, 1998

    Mysteries of Pittsburgh

    Good times: Canewell (Russel Andrews) and Floyd Barton (David Alan Anderson) dream of bringing the blues to Chicago in August Wilson's Seven Guitars

  • Feature

    January 7, 1998

    Talking Book

    Word Up: KTCA's Daniel Bergin documents African American letters in Literature & Life.

  • Arts

    December 24, 1997

    The Year in Theater

    To cure the patient, you must know the disease.

  • News

    June 11, 1997

    Paranoid Delusions

    Minneapolis City Council members go to great lengths to keep meeting private so they can discuss... nothing?

  • Arts

    May 21, 1997

    Mending Fences

    The Twin Cities' most celebrated playwright and their most prominent theater finally meet--under questionable circumstances.

  • Arts

    February 5, 1997

    On The Porch

    The Twin Cities' most celebrated playwright and their most prominent theater finally meet--under questionable circumstances.

  • Arts

    October 23, 1996

    It Takes A Nation Of Millions

    The Twin Cities' most celebrated playwright and their most prominent theater finally meet--under questionable circumstances.

  • Arts

    October 16, 1996

    Culture Quake

    The Twin Cities' most celebrated playwright and their most prominent theater finally meet--under questionable circumstances.

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