Kenny Leon is a Tony Award-winning Broadway and television director. His Broadway credits include the Tupac musical Holler If You Hear Me, A Raisin in the Sun starring Denzel Washington (Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play and Best Revival of a Play), The Mountaintop starring Samuel L. Jackson and Angela Bassett, Stick Fly, August Wilson’s Fences (which garnered ten Tony nominations and won three Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a Play), Gem of the Ocean and Radio Golf. He also directed Smart People for Second Stage. Leon's recent television work includes "Hairspray Live!", and "The Wiz Live!" on NBC. He is the recipient of the 2016 Mr. Abbott Award for Lifetime Achievement in Directing and the 2010 Award for Excellence in Directing from the Drama League. Mr. Leon serves on the board of New York's Public Theater and is Artistic Director of Atlanta's Kenny Leon's True Colors Theatre Company.
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Kenny Leon, Topdog/Underdog
Kenny Leon, Topdog/Underdog
Kenny Leon, A Soldier's Play
Kenny Leon, A Soldier's Play
Kenny Leon, A Raisin in the Sun
Kenny Leon, Fences
Kenny LeonTambourines to Glory
Kenny Leon, A Raisin in the Sun
Kenny LeonBlues in the Night
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Outstanding Direction of a Play (Drama League Awards) for Topdog/Underdog , Outstanding Director of a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Topdog/Underdog , Outstanding Director of a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for A Soldier's Play , Best Direction of a Play (Tony Awards) for A Soldier's Play , Best Direction of a Play (Tony Awards) for A Raisin in the Sun , Founders Award for Excellence in Directing (Drama League Awards) , Best Direction of a Play (Tony Awards) for Fences , Outstanding Director, Resident Musical (Helen Hayes Awards) for Tambourines to Glory Outstanding Director - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for A Raisin in the Sun and Outstanding Director, Resident Musical (Helen Hayes Awards) for Blues in the Night .
Outstanding Director of a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for A Soldier's Play, Best Direction of a Play (Tony Awards) for A Raisin in the Sun Founders Award for Excellence in Directing (Drama League Awards)and Outstanding Director - Play (Drama Desk Awards) for A Raisin in the Sun.
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