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Various Steele siblings have toured in "Colonus" -- from Broadway to Athens.
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Led by Antigone, Oedipus enters the village of Colonus and sits down on a stone.
Archive 2009-03-01 Jonathan Aquino 2009
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Oedipus at Colonus, Complete Plays of Sophocles, trans.
Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011
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Oedipus at Colonus, Complete Plays of Sophocles, trans.
Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011
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Led by Antigone, Oedipus enters the village of Colonus and sits down on a stone.
Capsule Summaries of the Great Books of the Western World Jonathan Aquino 2009
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Actually, I'd attended a previous session in October where the discussion centered on Sophocles' "Oedipus at Colonus."
A Study in Happiness Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011
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-- Not until you've read about The Gospel At Colonus ($26.95; New Video), one of the landmark musicals of the past three decades.
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"Oceans Apart" gives us a way to find common threads among performances so culturally diverse as to be radically different, such as a Samoan choreographer's take on "The Tempest," or a Chilean group's fusing of cinema and theater, or an American rock/gospel riff on Sophocles's "Oedipus at Colonus."
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Still to come: a terrific program of dance; Lee Breuer's soul music version of a Greek tragedy, "The Gospel at Colonus," (Aug. 21-23); the world premiere of Alistair Beaton's "Caledonia," (which deals with a late 17th-century financial crash caused by speculation; Aug. 21-26); and the European premiere of Brett Dean's Opera Australia "Bliss" (Sept. 2 and 4).
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The idea was simple: present Oedipus at Colonus as a tale of woe presented in a church, complete with gospel numbers.
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