May 24, 2013

Museum to Open Balcony Where MLK was Assassinated

Lorraine Motel

*The National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis plans to open the balcony where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot to the public. The museum was built around and includes the old Lorraine Motel, where King was checked in when he was assassinated in 1968. Visitors had been able to see the balcony where King was [...]




Broadway’s ‘Mountaintop’ Earns Back its 3.1M Investment

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*Just after the Martin Luther King Holiday, producers of Broadway’s “The Mountaintop,” a fictional drama set in the Lorraine Motel in Memphis on the night before King’s 1968 assassination, have announced that the production has earned back its investment. Producers said Wednesday that the play starring Samuel L. Jackson and Angela Basset recouped its entire [...]




People of Note: The Personal Side of MLK in ‘The Man In Room 306’

Craig Edwards

*One of the best things about being a reviewer is seeing a play I love from start to finish.   I can definitely say I recommend The Man in Room 306.   This one-man-play stars Craig Alan Edwards, who also penned the production.   The Man in Room 306 gives the audience a peak into a personal [...]