Saturday, January 24, 2009

A Song for Coretta


Every year, the country celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. But you can't shine a spotlight on him without acknowledging the work and support of his wife.
“A Song for Coretta” is a play at San Francisco’s Brava Theater, and it tells the story of how, on February 6, 2006, people began lining up at dawn outside of Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church, to pay their respects to the late Mrs. Coretta Scott King. The play tells the story of that day through five fictional characters who are standing at the end of that long line of mourners.

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