‘Mountaintop’ reimagines MLK’s last night on earth

‘Mountaintop’ reimagines MLK’s last night on earth

In his final days, Martin Luther King, Jr. was under scrutiny and stress. On the night before his death, King gave a speech called, “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop,” foreshadowing that his time on earth may be coming to an end. On April 4, 1968, King was assassinated outside of his room at the Lorraine Motel.   Katori Hall’s “The Mountaintop” gives audiences insight into what King may have been thinking and feeling during this time in his life, re…