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The box office will begin accepting vouchers 2 hours before show time, as follows:
Fri. March 25: 6-8pm
Sat. March 26: 6-8pm
Sun. March 27: 12:30-2:30pm
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Pittsburgh Premiere
The Gospel at Colonus
Conceived and adapted by Lee Breuer
Music Composed by Bob Telson
Adaptation and original lyrics by Lee Breuer after Sophocles
Adapted lyrics by Bob Telson
Musical Direction by Dwayne Fulton
Presented in association with the
August Wilson Center for African American Culture
Featuring the Mt. Ararat Music Ministry
under the direction of Dwayne Fulton
Fri March 25- 8:00pm
Sat March 26- 8:00 pm
Sun March 27- 2:30 pm
August Wilson Center
980 Liberty St., downtown Pittsburgh, PA 15222
parking in downtown garages
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“This is one of the most marvelous shows of the decade, based on one of the most inspired ideas of any time…” - Newsweek
“Europe meets Africa, classic meets contemporary, pagan meets Christian…” – Village Voice
Obie Award for Most Outstanding Musical
Televised on “Great Performances”
Love is strong as Fate. This stunningly moving hybrid gospel opera retells the story of Oedipus, using a gospel choir and soloists as the storytellers. Is it a Classical drama? A Christian parable? A series of R&B love songs? Oedipus fights Fate – and the gospel fights back.
The story so far: man-as-potentate unwittingly kills his own father, marries his mother, they beget children, his daughters are his sisters, and when they find this out, his wife-and-mother kills herself and Oedipus puts out his eyes with the pin of her brooch. And now the drama begins...
It’s a matter of light and death – the gospel sheds light on Oedipus and redeems him in one of the greatest stories ever told.
Production sponsored by Nancy and Milton Washington |
