The Gospel at Colonus (1988)

Music by Bob Telson
Lyrics by Bob Telson and Lee Breuer
Directed by Lee Breuer
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Sam Butler, Jr., Clarence Fountain and the Five Blind Boys of Alabama, Kevin Davis, The Institutional Radio Choir, The J. D. Steele Singers, J. J. Farley and the Soul Stirrers, Martin Jacox

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.

Theater: Lunt-Fontanne Theatre · Broadway
Closed: May 15, 1988

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When does The Gospel at Colonus close?

The Gospel at Colonus closed on May 15, 1988.