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Two Old Black Guys Just Sitting Around Talking In The News The latest show at St. Paul's Penumbra Theatre is grabbing attention right now... partly because of the name of it. It's called Two Old Black Guys Just Sitting Around Talking. Elderly men talk on bench in new St. Paul show WCCO, May 10, 2010 I encourage everyone to check out this wonderful tale, if not for a good laugh, than to witness the unmistakable magic and chemistry shared between the characters. Two Old Black Guys: Raw, gritty, humorous and real Insight News, May 10, 2010 To say that Abe and Henry have a complicated relationship is to put it mildly...They can't stand each other; and yet their need for each other is total. This mismatched dependency makes the play in equal measure frightening and reassuring – and great fun. Two Old Black Guys Just Sitting Around Talking at Penumbra Theatre How Was The Show, April 29, 2010 These are two seasoned, intuitive and intelligent actors who both contribute performances that are almost entirely free of vanity or artifice. Theater review: Fine script and performances keep Penumbra tale from getting old Pioneer Press, May 3, 2010 Edwards' searching, often insightful play, which runs just over two hours, is Samuel Beckett meets "Beavis and Butt-Head." The work is a meditation on loneliness, mortality and mutual need. Resentment under the elms Star Tribune, April 30, 2010 Gus Edwards' play features two seniors who have not mellowed much with age. Penumbra premieres "Two Old Black Guys" Star Tribune, April 30, 2010 And for all its horsing around, the play eloquently describes aging and the human condition, the frightening yet marvelous reality that we're unlikely to get life before it gets us in the end. Review: Penumbra Examines Age vs. Wisdom Minnesota Monthly, April 30, 2010 What if the only person you had left in your life was someone you really couldn't stand? Such is the premise of "Two Old Black Guys Just Sitting Around Talking" making its world premiere at Penumbra Theatre this weekend. Grumpy Old (Black) Men State of the Arts, MPR, April 28, 2010 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' Two Old Black Guys Just Sitting Around Talking at Penumbra, two long-time haters find themselves stuck together. Penumbra Theatre's 'Two Old Black Guys...' previews tonight The Dressing Room, City Pages, April 27, 2010 |
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