Katori Hall,Michael Eric Dyson,James Dacre

  ,Winner ofÂ  the Olivier Award and set to open on Broadway in September 2011, ,The Mountaintop ,is setÂ at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis inÂ 1968, onÂ the night before Martin Luther King is assassinated and on the dayÂ he delivered a speech in which he foretold his own fate,Â â€œI may not get there with you, but I want you to know that tonight, we as a people will get to the Promised Land.â€Â  ,
  ,PlaywrightÂ Katori Hall takes this historic date with destiny and weaves a powerful surrealistic fantasy about a conversation between King and a mysterious hotel maid who brings him a cup of coffee and prompts him to confront his life, his past, his legacy and the plight and future ofÂ African-Americans.Â Hall's insight,Â light touch and livelyÂ mood depicts King as a real man with very humanÂ foibles who was nonethelessÂ capable of inspiring millions to hope and move toward a momentous societal shiftÂ for equality and justice.,
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The Mountaintop