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 ...

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

On the surface, “The Mountaintop” seems like a straightforward play, a two-hander about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Camae, the motel maid who brings him coffee one stormy night. But the story is ...

After delivering his “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. retires to his motel room, when an unexpected visit from a mysterious maid sparks a night of conversation. As the ...

It’s tempting to imagine what a man might have been thinking during his last hours on earth. When that man is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and his speech the day before his death was eerily prescient, ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Indianapolis Black Theater Company is set to open “The Mountaintop” at the District Theater on Sept. 18. It’s a two-person play, offering an unconventional look at the final ...