Kenny Leon is an American director and producer. He is notable for his extensive work on Broadway, on television, and in regional theater. He has received a Tony Award and a Drama League Award as well as nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards and a Drama Desk Award.
Leon won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play for A Raisin in the Sun (2014).[2] He was Tony-nominated for Fences (2010) and A Soldier's Play (2019). He has also directed notable productions of Radio Golf (2007), Topdog/Underdog (2022) and Purlie Victorious (2023). He received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Hairspray Live! (2017), American Son (2019), and Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia (2021).
^Brock, Wendell (January 2012). "Leon Takes the Lead". Jezebel Magazine. p. 48. 'It doesn't get better than that...' says the Tallahassee, Fla., native who turns 56 in February.
^Search Past Winners. History. Tony Awards. Archived 2016-08-31 at the Wayback Machine t IBM Corp., Tony Award Productions 2000, 2015. Retrieved November 29, 2015
KennyLeon is an American director and producer. He is notable for his extensive work on Broadway, on television, and in regional theater. He has received...
was revived on Broadway in 2023 at the Music Box Theatre directed by KennyLeon, marking the first major New York production of the play since the original...
2011 "Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff: The Sound of Philly Lives On," Crawdaddy!, March 26, 2008. Kenneth Gamble at bmi.com Leon Huff at bmi.com The Leon Huff...
Direction of a Musical Daniel Aukin – Stereophonic Anne Kauffman – Mary Jane KennyLeon – Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp through the Cotton Patch Lila...
(October 27, 2023). "KennyLeon to Helm Broadway Our Town Revival". Rosky, Nicole. "Jim Parsons, Katie Holmes and More Will Lead KennyLeon's OUR TOWN Revival"...
Jones – moving man Alexander Mitchell – Travis Younger The director was KennyLeon, and David Binder and Vivek Tiwary were producers. The play won two 2004...
gained momentum when she was hired as an American Sign Language tutor for KennyLeon, the director of Children of a Lesser God, and subsequently cast in the...
Colored Museum for True Colors, and in June 2011, Guy costarred with KennyLeon in their production of Sam Shepard's play Fool For Love at The Balzer...
of Lorraine Hansberry's classic drama A Raisin in the Sun, directed by KennyLeon. The show received positive reviews and won the 2014 Tony Award for Best...
written by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, either together as a songwriting partnership, with other writers, or individually. Songs written by Kenny Gamble,...
movie in Vancouver, British Columbia, called In My Dreams. Directed by KennyLeon, it stars McPhee and Mike Vogel as two people searching for love and meeting...
cast set in contemporary Georgia, at The Public Theater, directed by KennyLeon. This version was broadcast on PBS Great Performances on 22 November 2019...
Steel Magnolias premiered on Lifetime on October 7, 2012, directed by KennyLeon and featuring an all-black cast that includes Queen Latifah (M'Lynn),...
play by Lydia R. Diamond at Second Stage Theater 2017, 2018 Children of a Lesser God James Leeds Berkshire Theatre Festival with KennyLeon Studio 54...
Michele – presented Best Direction of a Musical David Henry Hwang and KennyLeon – presented Best Featured Actress in a Play Uzo Aduba and Common – presented...
2014. Gioia, Michael (April 12, 2014). "LaTanya Richardson Jackson and KennyLeon Discover the "Dream" in Broadway's A Raisin in the Sun". Playbill.com...
Places at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta. The production was directed by KennyLeon. On January 13, 2023, it was announced that Kurtz would assume the role...
and closed on July 20, 2014. The non-biographical musical, directed by KennyLeon and starring rapper/poet Saul Williams, was also produced by Shakur's...
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