Kenny Leon
KENNY LEON's Broadway work includes August Wilson's Fences, the 2004 Tony-winning revival of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun. He also directed the Emmy-nominated A Raisin in the Sun film, which aired on ABC in 2008 and received Directors Guild, Emmy and Golden Globe nominations and won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Television Movie. Other directorial credits include the Tony-nominated productions of August Wilson's Gem of the Ocean and Radio Golf, Toni Morrison's opera Margaret Garner and August Wilson's Century Cycle at the Kennedy Center, for which he was artistic director. Leon has directed extensively around the country, including Chicago's Goodman Theatre, Boston's Huntington Theatre, the Arena Stage, Center Theatre Group and the Public Theater. Leon is the former artistic director of Alliance Theatre, where he produced the premieres of Disney's Aida, Pearl Cleage's Blues for an Alabama Sky and Alfred Uhry's The Last Night of Ballyhoo. Leon is artistic director of True Colors Theatre Company and a principal of KL Productions. Bio as of May, 2010. American Theatre Wing programs, interviews and/or credits include: Working in the Theatre (video) August Wilson's Legacy - May, 2007 - Watch now. Downstage Center (audio) Kenny Leon - May, 2010 - Listen Now. SpringboardNYC Cues from Tony Nominees (video) Is there something you know now that you wish you knew when you started your career? - Watch Now. Internet Broadway Database Listing (IBDB.com)