
Event planners responsible for organizing “The Mountaintop” Broadway opening night were unprepared to deal with the body count actress Cicely Tyson left on the red carpet after killing hoes on sight. Hope the county coroner had plenty of gurneys on hand.
Known survivors from the evening include Alicia Keys, Tisha Campbell-Martin, a wonky as hell Anna Maria Horsford, Star Jones, Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Harry Belafonte, an irresistible Gabourey Sidibe and others pictured in the gallery below.
What was Martin Luther King Jr.’s final night on Earth like in Room 306 of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis? Katori Hall offers a dramatic response to that question with her irreverent fantasy “The Mountaintop,” which opened Thursday night at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre.
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