"The Mountaintop," with Samuel L. Jackson as the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., takes place the day before Dr. King was assassinated in the motel where he spent his last night.
Katori Hall's play about an encounter between Martin Luther King, Jr. and a hotel chambermaid on the night before his death boasts award-worthy performances by Samuel L. Jackson and Angela B…
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…
Something very strange is happening in Room 306 of the Lorraine Motel. Playwright Katori Hall takes us into the room to reveal what it might have been like to be in the Memphis room in April…
David Rooney Katori Hall's play is based on the legendary Martin Luther King Jr.'s life, with a fictionalized account of his last night on Earth.read more
What was Martin Luther King Jr.'s final night on Earth like in Room 306 of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis? Katori Hall offers a dramatic response to that question with her irreverent fantasy …
There is a shocking moment halfway through "The Mountaintop," the play starring Samuel L. Jackson and Angela Bassett that imagines the last night that Martin Luther King Jr. is alive. It is …
"The Mountaintop," a new play about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., has a lot going for it, including a starring role for Samuel L. Jackson, but odd writing ultimately makes for a dis…
Thursday is opening night for Katori Hall's Olivier Award-winning play about Martin Luther King Jr. and his encounter with a chamber maid in Memphis the night before his assassination. Starr…
The interplay between the actors is so fine and their dialogue so lively that I wanted everything about this interval-less show to shine. Angela Bassett's delivery of two big speeches is su…
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 opens tonight, O…
The Mountaintop, at Broadway's Jacobs TheatreGratuitous Violins rating: **** out of ****When he was governor of New York, I once heard Mario Cuomo read a story to students at an elementary …
The Mountaintop, Katori Hall's Olivier-winning play examining the final hours of of the life of Martin Luther King Jr., opens at Broadway's Jacobs Theatre on October 13. Directed by …
The Mountaintop, Katori Hall's Olivier-winning play examining the final hours of of the life of Martin Luther King Jr., opens at Broadway's Jacobs Theatre on October 13. Directed by …
Katori Hall's two-character fantasy on Martin Luther King Jr. fails to delve into the complexities of American race relations and features an over-the-top performance by Angela Bassett.…
Thursday, October 13, 2011 (NEW YORK, NY) - The 2010 Olivier Award winning play The Mountaintop by Katori Hall officially opens tonight at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre.
Katori Hall's Olivier Award-winning drama The Mountaintop, directed by Tony Award nominee Kenny Leon (Fences, A Raisin in the Sun), officially opens at the Bernard B. Jacobs Oct. 13 at 6…
Olympic track star John Carlos made headlines in 1968 after raising his fist to symbolize "black power" while claiming his gold medal at the Mexico City summer games. More than 40 …
The prospect of a Broadway play about Martin Luther King threatens to be as earnest as an after-school special or as nobly stone-faced as the new MLK monument in Washington.
With original music by Grammy winner Branford Marsalis, The Mountaintop stars Samuel L. Jackson as civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Angela Bassett as Camae, a Lorraine M…
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, will open officially tomorr…
When Samuel L. Jackson stopped by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on October 11 to promote his Broadway play The Mountaintop, the Oscar nominee decided to get with the times and activate his Tw…
The Mountaintop, starring Samuel L. Jackson as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Angela Bassett, comes straight off its highly-acclaimed London run for a limited Broadway engagement. In this vi…
Broadway audiences are invited to enter the room of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at Memphis' Lorraine Motel in Katori Hall's new play, The Mountaintop. Starring Sam…