More than a half century ago, on April 3, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. took the stage at Mason Temple, a Black church in Memphis, Tennessee, to deliver what ...

The Arden Theatre Company is staging a powerful work from a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright about the life and legacy left ...

In “The Mountaintop,” on the last night of his life, King is yearning for some rest, some inspiration, and a few Pall Mall cigarettes, when he receives a mysterious visitor in the guise of a motel ...

The setup: The 2009 London première of American playwright Katori Hall’s The Mountaintop made her the first black woman to receive the Olivier Award for Best New Play. The show moved to Broadway in ...

“The Mountaintop,” a two-character play written by playwright Katori Hall reimagining the night before Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed, will be performed at the Alliance Theatre from Aug.

Taking place on April 3, 1968, The Mountaintop is a gripping reimagining of events the night before the assassination of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. After delivering one of his ...

On April 3, 1968, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his final public speech. In a crowded church in Memphis, Tenn., King spoke of the injustice felt by the city's sanitation workers, who were ...

Larry Mantle talks with author Stewart Burns about his new history of the life of Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement, To The Mountaintop: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Sacred Mission To ...

*The Mountaintop is a new play that imagines Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s last night on earth after delivering his “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech. Jon Michael Hill (Superior Donuts, Elementary ...

Romare Bearden (1911-1988) was an American artist, activist, and writer. Working with various media including oil, prints, and watercolor, he is perhaps best remembered for his inventive paintings of ...