The Gospel at Colonus backdrop

The Gospel at Colonus

Directed by Kirk Browning, Lee Breuer

Starring Clarence Fountain, Isabell O'Connor

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.