50 Quotes by Kenny Leon

I don't have to make up what I love about Atlanta, ... This is going to be genuine, honest and heartfelt.

We've lost a great writer, I think the greatest writer that our generation has seen and I've lost a dear, dear friend and collaborator,

To try talking about my relationship with August and the contributions of that man, I get very emotional just thinking about it,

The play has taken on a greater height of spirituality. He didn't make it. That was a painful thing, but it feels absolutely right that we are here. His family is here. His people are here.

When you have a chance to work on something that's live and the audience is breathing the same air as the performers, it makes the work seem more immediate and more alive than if we were watching it through a screen or a filter or a box. I love that.

To see the joy of an audience watching the work and connecting to the work and understanding something about our connectedness to each other as human beings, that's immensely gratifying.

encompasses all the strength and power that theater has to offer.

The same energy and effort he gave to 'Jitney,' 'Fences' and 'Gem of the Ocean' is here. In spite of his health issues, he's coming at it like a fighter, a soldier. I have been impressed and amazed.

The same energy and effort he gave to 'Jitney,' 'Fences' and 'Gem of the Ocean,' is here. In spite of his health issues, he's coming at it like a fighter, a soldier. I have been impressed and amazed.