THE MOUNTAINTOP
Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, previews begin Sept 22

The most anticipated drama of the fall season is Katori Hall’s dramatization of the final hours of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life, featuring Samuel L. Jackson as King and Angela Bassett as the maid at the Lorraine Motel, where the civil-rights leader was assassinated. Mountaintop comes to New York well recommended—it won the prestigious Olivier Award when it premiered in London last year.

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