"I've been in a lot of shows in my life, and I've thought a lot of 'em were pretty good, but this is a masterpiece." -Morgan Freeman

"An ancient drama explodes into a hand-clapping, soul-stirring gospel musical." -Chicago Tribune

"One of the most marvelous shows the decade... Colonus is a triumph of reconciliation, bringing together black and white, pagan and Christian, ancient and modern in a sunburst of joy that seems to touch the secret heart of civilization itself." -Jack Kroll, Newsweek

Writing at the end of his own long life, in Oedipus at Colonus...