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Lou Bellamy

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2012

    Oscar parties, vegan chili, Rock the Cradle: Freeloader Friday

    ​ Even if you have no money, there's always something fun and free to do around town on the weekends. This installment of Freeloader Friday features a slew of CD-release concerts, a rockin' party for toddlers, a chili cook-off for vegans, and an awesome Oscar party at Brit's. Come take a look at o ... More >>

  • Arts

    December 28, 2011

    Twin Cities' best plays of 2011

    Hairspray, Doubt, On the Spectrum, and more

  • Blogs

    December 26, 2011

    Penumbra's Bellamy to be featured on 'Rock Center'

    ​One of the Twin Cities most eminent theaters will get some national TV exposure next week when Penumbra Theatre will be featured on Rock Center with Brian Williams. During the program, Penumbra founder and artistic director Lou Bellamy will be profiled.Penumbra caught the attention of NBC in June ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 28, 2011

    Two Trains Running

    ​One of the Twin Cities most eminent theaters will get some national TV exposure next week when Penumbra Theatre will be featured on Rock Center with Brian Williams. During the program, Penumbra founder and artistic director Lou Bellamy will be profiled.Penumbra caught the attention of NBC in June ... More >>

  • Arts

    February 16, 2011

    Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

    Penumbra Theatre at the Guthrie Theater

  • Arts

    December 1, 2010

    Black Nativity: Now's the Time

    Penumbra Theatre Company

  • Calendar

    May 19, 2010

    Two Old Black Guys Just Sitting Around Talking

    Penumbra Theatre Company

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2010

    Penumbra Theatre's 'Two Old Black Guys...' previews tonight

    by Ann MarsdenPictured: Abdul Salaam El Razzac, James Craven​At some time or another, we've all known one: that person who, for reasons rational or otherwise, we simply can't stand (and to make things tidy, the feeling is frequently mutual). In Gus Edwards's Two Old Black Guys Just Sitting Around ... More >>

  • Arts

    March 10, 2010

    Black Pearl Sings!: Theater spotlight

    by Ann MarsdenPictured: Abdul Salaam El Razzac, James Craven​At some time or another, we've all known one: that person who, for reasons rational or otherwise, we simply can't stand (and to make things tidy, the feeling is frequently mutual). In Gus Edwards's Two Old Black Guys Just Sitting Around ... More >>

  • Arts

    October 7, 2009

    Theater Spotlight: Radio Golf

    by Ann MarsdenPictured: Abdul Salaam El Razzac, James Craven​At some time or another, we've all known one: that person who, for reasons rational or otherwise, we simply can't stand (and to make things tidy, the feeling is frequently mutual). In Gus Edwards's Two Old Black Guys Just Sitting Around ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 30, 2009

    Radio Golf

    by Ann MarsdenPictured: Abdul Salaam El Razzac, James Craven​At some time or another, we've all known one: that person who, for reasons rational or otherwise, we simply can't stand (and to make things tidy, the feeling is frequently mutual). In Gus Edwards's Two Old Black Guys Just Sitting Around ... More >>

  • Arts

    February 25, 2009

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

    Former masters and slaves confront new realities

  • 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

    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

  • Calendar

    November 28, 2007

    Black Nativity: Twenty Years of Holiday Cheer!

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

  • Arts

    February 21, 2007

    The Mother Pucker

    When sweet soul music leaves a sour aftertaste

  • Arts

    April 19, 2006

    Spotlight: Zooman and the Sign

    It takes a village to kill a child

  • Blogs

    January 9, 2006

    A tribute for Lou

    It takes a village to kill a child

  • 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

  • Arts

    September 28, 2005

    Home Away From Home

    A troubled family reunion at Penumbra

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2005

    Ivey Awards take place, no casualties reported

    A troubled family reunion at Penumbra

  • Arts

    April 6, 2005

    'Scuse Me While I Kiss This Guy

    Penumbra takes on homophobia in 'Stage Directions'

  • Arts

    June 9, 2004

    Boxers or Aesthetes?

    Art lovers, prize fighters, commies, and Jesus!

  • Arts

    February 18, 2004

    Divas Unlugged

    Penumbra's three-sister, three-hour drama runs on vapors

  • 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

    June 25, 2003

    Hedley and the '80s Pinch

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

  • News

    March 19, 2003

    A Woman's Work is Never Done

    Women make up well more than half of the Guthrie's audience, but less than 10 percent of its produced playwrights. Is this a tragedy or a farce?

  • Arts

    February 26, 2003

    Doing What Comes Naturally

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

  • Arts

    May 30, 2001

    In for the Kill

    Penumbra's WWII drama Black Eagles equates killing with heroism and black progress

  • Arts

    February 14, 2001

    Jesus' Wife

    Bald Alice stages the gospels as a kung fu-filled epic; Penumbra looks at an unlikely love

  • Arts

    May 31, 2000

    That Seventies Show

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

  • Arts

    May 17, 2000

    Capital Drama

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

  • Arts

    March 15, 2000

    The Damned

    Oedipus is born again on a plantation; Rashomon looks for truth onstage

  • Arts

    December 15, 1999

    The Year in Theater

    Good plays, bad plays, and the drama of real estate--plus the thespians talk back

  • Arts

    October 13, 1999

    Beggars and Losers

    The Threepenny Opera counts the cost of human capital; Blues for an Alabama Sky clocks a red-hot minute

  • 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

    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

  • Arts

    April 14, 1999

    Creative Dementia

    Penumbra Theatre and Fully Reciprocal Theatre discover that an artist's inspiration is a rambling mother

  • Arts

    July 1, 1998

    Back in Black

    Thirty-four years ago, LeRoi Jones's Dutchman sent American race relations careening on a New York subway. Where's the end of the line?

  • 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

    November 5, 1997

    Final Curtains

    It's All Right, Ma (We're Only Kissing): Michael Schurter and Matthew G. Anderson in Angels in America, Part One.

  • 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

    January 22, 1997

    Dreams Endured

    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.

  • Arts

    April 24, 1996

    Lost in the Sauce

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

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