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The Dream Seduced

“America is going to hell,” cries a disgruntled Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in a motel room as thunder crashes outside. The opening minutes of “The Mountaintop” set the tone for Katori Hall’s play, a fictional portrayal of King’s stay at the Lorraine Motel on April 3, 1968, the eve of his assassination. The play […]