THE GOSPEL AT COLONUS, Musical

By Lee Breuer
Featuring a cast of the Valley’s leading gospel singers and actors.
Presented by the Black Theatre Troupe of Phoenix

Show: This landmark work of the American musical theatre blends the agony of Greek tragedy and the ecstasy of Black gospel music. This retelling of Sophocles’ classic Oedipus at Colonus is performed as a song play that is set in a Pentecostal church.

Inspired by the joyous faith at the heart of African-American gospel music, it replaces Bible stories with Greek myth. It is a sermon on the ways of fate and is sung, acted, and preached. The members of the congregation and choir under the leadership of the minister all assume the characters of “the play” with the ground-shaking thunder of a gospel revival meeting.

Tickets: $53 includes service fee:
https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/98566067/black-theatre-troupe-presentsthe-gospel-at-colonus-tempe-tempe-center-for-the-arts-

I will request front row seats together.

Guests: Probably if you use your vehicle. I have room for 1 member (or my own guest) in my car.