Samuel L. Jackson and Angela Bassett Talk Climbing to The Mountaintop on Opening Night

Samuel L. Jackson is portraying the late civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Katori Hall's new drama The Mountaintop, and the Oscar nominee had plenty of enthusiastic topics to preach about on the show's October 13 opening night. Joined by his glamorous co-star Angela Bassett, Jackson wowed the first-night crowd at the Jacobs Theatre before heading to the show's opening party at Manhattan hot spot Espace. After their moving performances, the famous duo chatted with Broadway.com about the importance of continuing Dr. King's legacy and the thrill of returning to their stage roots. Take a look below!