The Gospel at Colonus (1985)
November 8, 1985Release Date
Plot.
An African-American musical version of Sophocles's tragedy, Oedipus at Colonus. In 1985 PBS televised the original Brooklyn Academy of Music production, as presented by the American Music Theater Festival at the Annenberg Center in Philadelphia, as part of the Great Performances series.
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Cast & Crew.
Clarence Fountain
Oedipus
Isabell O'Connor
Antigone
Carl Lumbly
Theseus
Jevetta Steele
Ismene
Morgan Freeman
Messenger
The Soul Stirrers
Themselves
Robert DeWeese
Location Manager
Lee Breuer
Director / Adaptation
David Horn
Producer
Yvonne Smith
Executive Producer
Robert Earl Jones
Creon
Alison Yerxa
Production Design
Ghretta Hynd
Costume Design
Kirk Browning
Director
Bob Telson
Music
Toy Van Lierop
Makeup Department Head
Kirk Browning
Director
Yvonne Smith
Producer
Details.
Release DateNovember 8, 1985
StatusReleased
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Wiki.
The Gospel at Colonus is an African-American musical version of Sophocles's tragedy, Oedipus at Colonus. The show was created in 1983 by the experimental-theatre director Lee Breuer, one of the founders of the seminal American avant-garde theatre company Mabou Mines, and composer Bob Telson. The musical was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The show had a brief run on Broadway in 1988.