| The Gospel at Colonus | |
|---|---|
 Original Broadway Playbill | |
| Music | Bob Telson |
| Lyrics | Lee Breuer |
| Book | Lee Breuer |
| Basis | Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles |
| Productions | 1983 Brooklyn Academy of Music 1985 American Music Theater Festival, Philadelphia 1987 Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis 1988 Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, Broadway 1990 American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco 1995 in Malvern, Pa. at the People's Light and Theatre Co. Freefest 2004 Apollo Theater 2010 Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, St. Paul 2015 Nate Holden Performing Arts Center, Los Angeles 2015 Playhouse on the Square, Memphis 2018 Coatesville Cultural Society at the First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia |
| Awards | Pulitzer Prize finalist, 1985 |
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.