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Kenny Leon was born on 10 February, 1956 in Tallahassee, Florida, U.S., is an American stage and television director. Discover Kenny Leon's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 68 years old?

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Occupation Director, producer, actor
Age 68 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 10 February, 1956
Birthday 10 February
Birthplace Tallahassee, Florida, U.S.
Nationality United States

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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.

1967

Other projects at that time included the world premiere of a staged adaptation of the 1967 film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner at the Kenny Leon's True Colors Theatre Company; and a musical inspired by the work of rapper Tupac Shakur.

1990

He gained prominence in 1990, when he became one of the few African Americans to head a notable nonprofit theater company as the artistic director of Atlanta's Alliance Theatre Company.

During Leon's tenure, the company staged premieres of Pearl Cleage's Blues for an Alabama Sky, Alfred Uhry's The Last Night of Ballyhoo, and Elton John and Tim Rice's musical Aida, which went on to Broadway.

The Alliance's endowment also rose from $1 to $5 million during his time there.

2000

Leon resigned from the Alliance in 2000 to take on other projects.

These included being the co-founder and artistic director of True Colors Theatre Company, a group based in both Atlanta and Washington, D.C. He also took his talents to Broadway.

2004

In the spring of 2004, he directed a revival of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, starring Sean Combs, Phylicia Rashad and Audra McDonald in his Broadway debut.

At the end of that year, he directed the Broadway premiere of August Wilson's Gem of the Ocean.

2005

In 2005, he directed Margaret Garner, an opera by Richard Danielpour with a libretto by Toni Morrison.

2007

He has also directed notable productions of Radio Golf (2007), Topdog/Underdog (2022) and Purlie Victorious (2023).

In spring 2007, he directed August Wilson's Radio Golf.

All three plays were nominated for Tony Awards, and Leon was a Drama Desk Award nominee for A Raisin in the Sun.

2008

He also directed the television version of A Raisin in the Sun, which aired on ABC in February 2008.

2010

He was Tony-nominated for Fences (2010) and A Soldier's Play (2019).

He was nominated for a Tony Award in 2010 for Best Director for his work on August Wilson's Fences, starring Denzel Washington and Viola Davis, earning them both nominations and wins for Best Actor and Actress in a Play.

In November 2010, Leon directed Phylicia Rashad in the world premiere stage play Every Tongue Confess written by Marcus Gardley, which ran at the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. Leon has also directed plays at the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, the Huntington Theatre Company in Boston, the New York Shakespeare Festival, the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, and other venues.

2012

In January 2012, he completed a Lifetime Original Television remake of Steel Magnolias.

2014

Leon won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play for A Raisin in the Sun (2014).

In 2014, he directed the Broadway revival of A Raisin in the Sun starring Denzel Washington and LaTanya Richardson Jackson and the Broadway premiere of the musical Holler If Ya Hear Me, featuring the discography of Tupac Shakur.

A Raisin in the Sun earned Leon a Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play.

That same year Leon directed NPR Presents Water±, written by award-winning NPR Science Correspondent Christopher Joyce, and award-winning theater writers Arthur Yorinks and Carl Hancock Rux, with an original sound score by violinist Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR).

The show toured nationally, co-hosted by NPR's Michele Norris and WWNO's Eve Troeh and featuring Tony Award-winner Anika Noni Rose (Caroline, or Change); Tony Award-nominee Michele Shay (August Wilson's Seven Guitars); Jason Dirden (Tony Award-winning production A Raisin in the Sun); and Lucas Caleb Rooney (Boardwalk Empire).

2015

In 2015, Leon directed the live musical The Wiz for NBC.

Cirque du Soleil partnered on the production with plans to bring the show to Broadway.

He was slated to direct both the television production and the planned Broadway revival.

2016

In 2016, Leon once again partnered with NBC for Hairspray: Live!, starring Ariana Grande, Jennifer Hudson, Kristin Chenoweth, and Harvey Fierstein.

In addition to his directing experience, he has extensive acting experience on stage and in television and film.

He made an appearance in the Hollywood Black Film Festival winner Big Ain't Bad, playing the role of Thomas Jordan, the mayor of Atlanta.

2017

He received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Hairspray Live! (2017), American Son (2019), and Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia (2021).

Leon participated in the federally funded TRIO Upward Bound college-prep program while in high school.

He is a graduate of Clark Atlanta University.

2018

His memoir, Take You Wherever You Go, was released in June, 2018, by Grand Central Publishing.

The title derives advice he received from his grandmother, Mamie Wilson.

2019

Leon directed the 2019 Netflix film American Son, based on the play of the same name which he had directed on stage.

Most recently, he directed the Broadway premiere of Charles Fuller's Pulitzer Prize winning play, A Soldier's Play, starring Blair Underwood and David Alan Grier at Roundabout Theatre Company.

He also directed The Underlying Chris at Second Stage Theatre Company and summer 2019's acclaimed production of Much Ado About Nothing at the Delacorte/Shakespeare in the Park.

In May 2022, the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta debuted Trading Places: The Musical! directed by Leon.