I don't have to make up what I love about Atlanta, ... This is going to be genuine, honest and heartfelt.
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He put our history in a storytelling context and put a human face on those people who were free from slavery but had no jobs. He gave his characters big voices, when the broader community thought they had little voices, that they had nothing to say.Kenny Leon
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
encompasses all the strength and power that theater has to offer.
Kenny Leon
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
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.
Kenny Leon
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