Atlanta’s Kenny Leon Talks Tony Nominations with Lois Reitzes
A real treat for listeners during this morning’s WABE 90.1 FM pledge drive, Atlanta’s Kenny Leon is having a very good week and he took time to speak live with WABE’s Lois Reitzes about his Tony Award nomination for best director of A Raisin in the Sun.
Leon is the co-founder of Atlanta’s True Colors Theatre Company.
Listen as Kenny Leon talks Tony Awards nominations with Lois!
A Raisin in the Sun, first hit the stage at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in New York, on March 11, 1959.
A Raisin in the Sun was the first play produced on Broadway by an African-American woman, Lorraine Hansberry.
Hansberry was also the first black playwright and the youngest American to win a New York Critics’ Circle award.
All total, A Raisin in the Sun received 5 Tony Award nominations including;
Best Director, Kenny Leon
Best revival of a play
Best performance by an actress in a leading role in a play, for LaTanya Richardson Jackson, wife of actor Samuel L. Jackson.
Best performance by an actress in a featured role in a play, for Anika Noni Rose
Best performance by an actress in a featured role in a play, for Sophie Okonedo
The Tony Awards will be broadcast live June 8th on the CBS network.
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