The Mountaintop

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February 23, 2012
VIDEO - Keys co-produced the Broadway play 'Stick Fly', in addition to composing the music that fills the transitions between…
February 2, 2012
theGRIO's 100 - Katori Hall's recent play 'The Mountaintop' is a fictional civil rights-era piece set at the Lorraine Motel…
January 20, 2012
Kenny Leon's production 'The Mountaintop' (inspired by Martin Luther King's last days and written by Katori Hall), has had great…
January 11, 2012
NEW YORK (AP) - It's a rich, physical, delicious part after years of scraps and a reminder of Angela Bassett's…
October 26, 2011
CLUTCH - Samuel L. Jackson has been named the highest-grossing actor of all time by The Guinness Book of World…
October 20, 2011
theGRIO Q&A - theGrio caught up with the playwright, who's currently traveling, to discuss the inspiration behind her new Broadway…
October 13, 2011
REVIEW - 'The Mountaintop' is definitely not your standard narrative of Dr. King as a public figure or the black…
September 23, 2011
CLUTCH - While it is notoriously difficult to land a play on Broadway, the odds are even steeper for black…
August 8, 2011
The lawsuit also claims that the former Fugee was verbally abusive towards band members on a 2007 tour...
July 12, 2011
Branford Marsalis (Fences) has joined the creative team as composer of original music for the upcoming Broadway premiere of the…
June 23, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - Angela Bassett has signed on to star opposite Samuel L. Jackson in the Broadway production of…
June 14, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - The star of such films as "Pulp Fiction" and "Snakes on a Plane" is known for…
April 18, 2011
She was scheduled to make her Broadway debut in September, but Halle Berry has just dropped out of a highly…
April 18, 2011
OPINION - With so much film footage documenting the real thing, it's just hard to imagine a worthy substitute...
April 15, 2011
NEW YORK (AP) - The play, by Katori Hall, made its debut in London in 2009. It had been rumored…