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Kenny Leon goes on for ailing actor
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
One minute Kenny Leon is in New York striking a deal for his next Broadway show, “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner.”
The next minute he’s back in Atlanta going on for an ailing actor.
According to True Colors Theatre publicist Jenny Costantino, Leon stepped in as Blue Haven for E. Roger Mitchell in “Ceremonies in Dark Old Men” on Friday night. The Broadway director and True Colors artistic chief will also perform at the Saturday matinee, and possibly Saturday night. Costantino said that Mayor Shirley Franklin was on the front row and was thrilled by Leon’s pinch-hitting.
If you haven’t seen “Ceremonies,” you should. Glynn Turman, who played Travis in the original 1959 cast of Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun,” gives one of the year’s best performances. Turman was 12 when he made his Broadway debut in “Raisin.” He’s since worked on TV in “A Different World” and plays Mayor Clarence Royce on the HBO cult hit “The Wire.”
You’ll be reading more about him in the AJC next week.
Here’s my ranking of the top NBAF shows:
1) “Dreamgirls”
2) “Ceremonies in Dark Old Men”
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