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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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.

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.

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 ...

SYNOPSIS: Soulful and stirring, The Gospel at Colonus reimagines the story of Oedipus as the centerpiece of an African American Pentecostal church service. A redemptive celebration, this one-of-a ...

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.

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