The Gospel at Colonus (Televised Musical) starring Morgan Freeman, Carl Lumbly, Jevetta Steele, and Robert Earl Jones (1983)
Title
The Gospel at Colonus (Televised Musical) starring Morgan Freeman, Carl Lumbly, Jevetta Steele, and Robert Earl Jones (1983)
Subject
Gospel music
Musicals
URL
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Description
Content descriprion from Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gospel_at_Colonus):
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. The show had a brief run on Broadway in 1988.
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. The performers included Morgan Freeman as The Messenger, Carl Lumbly as Theseus, Jevetta Steele as Ismene, and Robert Earl Jones as Creon. In the 1985 incarnation, The Soul Stirrers (credited collectively) and the Institutional Radio Choir assume roles as citizens of Colonus.
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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. The show had a brief run on Broadway in 1988.
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. The performers included Morgan Freeman as The Messenger, Carl Lumbly as Theseus, Jevetta Steele as Ismene, and Robert Earl Jones as Creon. In the 1985 incarnation, The Soul Stirrers (credited collectively) and the Institutional Radio Choir assume roles as citizens of Colonus.
Ephemera: none available.
Limitations: This page displays video content associated with a videotape in the CCDR Collections audiovisual library recorded by Joann W. Kealiinohomoku. Please be advised that, because this videotape has not yet been digitized for direct access, we cannot guarantee that the video content on this page is an exact match with the content originally recorded by Dr. Kealiinohomoku. We also cannot guarantee function or access for re-hosted video content.
Original Format
TV broadcast recorded off air by JWK: Betamax tape
Creator
Morgan Freeman (actor)
Carl Lumbly (actor)
Jevetta Steele (actor)
Robert Earl Jones (actor)
Carl Lumbly (actor)
Jevetta Steele (actor)
Robert Earl Jones (actor)
Lee Breuer (creator)
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
Date
1985
Citation
“The Gospel at Colonus (Televised Musical) starring Morgan Freeman, Carl Lumbly, Jevetta Steele, and Robert Earl Jones (1983),” Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Collections, accessed April 24, 2024, https://ccdrcollections.omeka.net/items/show/517.