Articles about The Mountaintop
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NY1's Frank DiLella checked in with the companies of "The Mountaintop" and "Man and Boy" on their respective opening nights.
Civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. was known for his incredible ability to engage audiences through his powerful words. Now Samuel L. Jackson is playing the iconic historical figur…
It was an emotional night on Broadway as Katori Hall's inspiring Martin Luther King Jr. drama The Mountaintop, directed by Kenny Leon, officially opened at the Jacobs Theatre. A sle…
It's hard to remember the last time Frank Langella appeared on a New York stage without the critical corps not appreciating him being there. Ever since his reemergence in the late '9…
Meet the first-nighters at the opening of The Mountaintop at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre.
Samuel L. Jackson and Angela Bassett bring the divine touch of Hollywood to Broadway in "The Mountaintop." Directed by Kenny Leon, the two-hander opened October 13 at the Bernard B. Jacobs T…
The Mountaintop starring Samuel L. Jackson Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Angela Bassett, directed by the Tony-nominated Kenny Leon Fences, A Raisin in the Sun, officially opened tonight a…
Well. This is mighty unfortunate. Mighty unfortunate. With the dearth of black actors, directors and playwrights on Broadway, this show came in with a lot of high hopes piled on top of th…
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Katori Hall's Olivier Award-winning drama The Mountaintop, directed by Tony Award nominee Kenny Leon (Fences, A Raisin in the Sun), officially opened at the Bernard B. Jacobs Oct. 13.
The Mountaintop starring Samuel L. Jackson DR. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Angela Bassett, directed by the Tony-nominated Kenny Leon Fences, A Raisin in the Sun, opened last night, October …
Wildly imaginative, extremely funny and poignant these two stars shine over Broadway. Director Kenny Leon has supplied a spectacular and inspirational finish to this fantasy of Dr. King's l…
The Mountaintop starring Samuel L. Jackson DR. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Angela Bassett, directed by the Tony-nominated Kenny Leon Fences, A Raisin in the Sun, opened last night, October …
Debbie Allen, Harry Belafonte, Alicia Keys, Justin Long, Phylicia Rashad, and Gabourey Sibide join Samuel L. Jackson, Angela Bassett and the company of Broadway's The Mountaintop on their op…
Playwright Katori Hall, director Kenny Leon and composer Branford Marsalis join stars Samuel L. Jackson and Angela Bassett in celebrating the Broadway opening of The Mountaintop, Ha…
Angela Bassett and Samuel L. Jackson give electrifying performances, igniting the dialogue and setting the stage of the Bernard Jacobs Theatre afire in the provocative, wildly imaginative, e…
Jacobs Theatre, Broadway
By Terra Vetter
BOTTOM LINE: A play about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. which leans more towards sentimental far-fetched fable than historical reflection.
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Wildly imaginative, extremely funny and poignant these two stars shine over Broadway. Director Kenny Leon has supplied a spectacular and inspirational finish to this fantasy of Dr. King's l…
One of history’s greatest ironies is that Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his soaring “I’ve have been to the mountaintop” speech on the very night before his death.…
There are three larger-than-life personalities on stage in Katori Hall's two-person play, The Mountaintop: Samuel L. Jackson, Angela Bassett, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Of course, Jackso…
Although the number of African American audience members has increased slightly on Broadway in the past decade, black ticketholders still make up the smallest percentage of the Great White W…
Katori Hall's starry Broadway debut mixes historical realism and something a bit more cosmic.
Samuel L. Jackson makes an impressive Broadway debut Katori Hall's faction about Martin Luther King's last night on earth.
Legit Reviews: Katori Hall's imaginative two-hander is a soul-stirring drama. Factor in the double dose of charisma from certifiable stars Samuel L. Jackson and Angela Bassett, and this show…
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