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 ...

In his famous "Mountaintop" speech, delivered April 3, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. declared that he's not concerned with longevity, he just wants to do God's will. In Katori Hall's drama "The ...

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 ...

Its April 3, 1968 and Martin Luther King, Jr. returns to the Lorraine Motel after delivering his history-altering Ive Been to the Mountaintop speech. When he orders room service, a young maid arrives ...

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

Mountaintops are unique places. Much of the time they are isolated and quiet. You can hear better in the thin atmosphere and see farther. How many of us, spiritually speaking, need to hear better and ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — With the play “The Mountaintop,” the Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate NY is proving Black History Month is not just a fabricated event to entertain African-American audiences. The work ...

“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.

What did Martin Luther King Jr. do the night before he was assassinated? Did he have a drink, pick up a girl, pray, cogitate, read, write, practice his next speech, hit the pillow early? Whatever ...

Martin Luther King, Jr. had a dream as well. We join him at the top of the play, played by Iniabasi Nelson, as he enters the Lorraine Motel room on 4/3/1968, the night before he is murdered. He has ...

Katori Hall’s 2009 play “The Mountaintop” isn’t new to San Diego theater audiences, but it feels particularly fresh and immediate in its third, and best, local production at New Village Arts. The ...