Kenny Leon

Director

Birthday February 10, 1956

Birth Sign Aquarius

Birthplace Tallahassee, FL

Age 68 years old

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About

Tony Award-winning Broadway and theater director whose plays A Raisin in the Sun (revival), Gem of the Ocean, and Radio Golf, all of which have received Tony nominations or won Tony Awards.

Before Fame

Some of his earliest stage directing were for productions of Driving Miss Daisy and Ms. Evers' Boys in 1991.

Trivia

He has directed productions of other notable plays such as A Streetcar Named Desire and The Last Night of Ballyhoo.

Family Life

He was born in Tallahassee and is an alumni of Clark Atlanta University.

Associated With

He directed the Lifetime original movie Steel Magnolias, starring Queen Latifah.