The Gospel at Colonus
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.
Cast
Clarence Fountain
as Oedipus
Isabell O'Connor
as Antigone
Carl Lumbly
as Theseus
Jevetta Steele
as Ismene
Morgan Freeman
as Messenger
The Soul Stirrers
as Themselves