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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, - Kenny Leon Quotes

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,

Absolutely, ... but he'd have to be totally committed and shut down the businesses. He couldn't do anything else. He'd have to say, 'For these five or six months, I have to be about looking at and studying August's work.' It would definitely take some work, but I think he could do it. - Kenny Leon Quotes

Absolutely, ... but he'd have to be totally committed and shut down the businesses. He couldn't do anything else. He'd have to say, 'For these five or six months, I have to be about looking at and studying August's work.' It would definitely take some work, but I think he could do it.

August's accomplishments are unsurpassed - to me, the only writer to come close is Shakespeare, ... He has been the epitome of American theater for the last 23 years. He's defined it. His plays not only serve an artistic purpose, but they also serve a social purpose because they look at ourselves as Americans. - Kenny Leon Quotes

August's accomplishments are unsurpassed - to me, the only writer to come close is Shakespeare, ... He has been the epitome of American theater for the last 23 years. He's defined it. His plays not only serve an artistic purpose, but they also serve a social purpose because they look at ourselves as Americans.

I want to be a champion of African American work, but I'm defined by more than race, - Kenny Leon Quotes

I want to be a champion of African American work, but I'm defined by more than race,

You will not be a footnote in American history. We guarantee the young kids will know who August Wilson is. - Kenny Leon Quotes

You will not be a footnote in American history. We guarantee the young kids will know who August Wilson is.

encompasses all the strength and power that theater has to offer. - Kenny Leon Quotes

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

I never think about putting my stamp on anything, ... If someone watches a play and they don't see the hand of the director in it, if it's seamless and seems effortless, then I will have achieved what I'm after. I want folks to sit and hear August's music. - Kenny Leon Quotes

I never think about putting my stamp on anything, ... If someone watches a play and they don't see the hand of the director in it, if it's seamless and seems effortless, then I will have achieved what I'm after. I want folks to sit and hear August's music.

By the end of the run, people were talking about the play, ... A young generation of people came to that play expecting to see Puffy or Clair Huxtable. When it was over, people were saying, 'Who is Lorraine Hansberry? I want to read her. I want to know who she is.' - Kenny Leon Quotes

By the end of the run, people were talking about the play, ... A young generation of people came to that play expecting to see Puffy or Clair Huxtable. When it was over, people were saying, 'Who is Lorraine Hansberry? I want to read her. I want to know who she is.'

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. - Kenny Leon Quotes

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.

In casting somebody like Puffy and having him bring in all his fans, you get the people in the hip-hop generation to see the play, - Kenny Leon Quotes

In casting somebody like Puffy and having him bring in all his fans, you get the people in the hip-hop generation to see the play,

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