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Home » Katori Hall

Tag: Katori Hall

Posted inArts & Culture

Magic and music combine in the Memphis-set Hoodoo Love

by Kerry Reid November 6, 2019August 18, 2021

Katori Hall’s play takes its time but weaves a spell.

Posted inArts & Culture

The Mountaintop depicts a very human Martin Luther King Jr. on the eve of his assassination

by Max Maller June 19, 2019August 18, 2021

Have we reached the promised land he died fighting for?

Left to right: Stephanie Shum, Will Cavedo, Caitlin Chuckta, Evan Linder, and Sarah Gitenstein in Rewilding Genius
Posted inArts & Culture

At Steppenwolf’s Garage Rep, failure can spell success

by Justin Hayford March 12, 2014August 18, 2021

The three productions featured at this year’s Garage Rep do what they’re supposed to: risk failure by thinking big.

Lisa Beasley and David Alan Anderson
Posted inArts & Culture

Still climbing toward The Mountaintop

by Keith Griffith September 18, 2013August 19, 2021

In Katori Hall’s The Mountaintop, Martin Luther King Jr. faces his own Gethsemane.

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