“Oedipus at Colonus,” which picks up the story long after Oedipus has gouged out his eyes and has been exiled from Thebes, a wanderer bearing the shame of incest and parricide, doesn’t abide ...

In this revival at Little Island, the singer and pastor Kim Burrell shares the stage with a team of queer artists.

As the warmth of spring hits Hyde Park, Chicago’s Court Theatre has responded with a gorgeously produced, deeply inclusive and richly sung staging of a work that draws rich connections between ...

When “Gospel at Colonus” first appeared, the reaction tended to be that the music was enveloping but the integration with the Sophoclean drama “Oedipus at Colonus” was tenuous at best. Not ...

Lee Breuer and Bob Telson's 'The Gospel at Colonus,' a reworking of Sophocles' 'Oedipus at Colonus' with gospel music, opens at the Getty Villa's Outdoor Theater in a co-production with Chicago's ...

Greek tragedy played in an African-American Pentecostal church? That`s the ticket with Goodman Theatre`s much-anticipated Chicago premiere of ”The Gospel at Colonus.” Opening Monday, th… ...

Glorious church music carries Court’s ‘Gospel at Colonus’ While the ‘Oedipus’ adaptation sometimes struggles to clarify what is sermon and what is Sophocles, the songs stir up plenty of joy.

It is in the second play, Oedipus at Colonus, that Sophocles deals with the final days of Oedipus's life.After years of wandering in exile, Oedipus arrives in the sacred grove of the Eumenides at ...

Court's 'Gospel' Court Theatre concludes its 2022-23 season with "The Gospel at Colonus," a musical adaptation of the Oedipus myth conceived and adapted by Lee Beuer with music by Bob Telson.

“Oedipus at Colonus: #aftersophocles” will be staged at the Baxter Flipside from February 3 - 18. Tickets are available at Webtickets from R120. DuPreez Strauss.

Set in the context of a black Pentecostal service, Lee Breuer's adaptation of Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus celebrates the 2,400-year-old myth of Oedipus’ redemption with a gospel and blues score.