Kenny Leon, Take You Wherever You Go

IN CONVERSATION WITH HOLLY FIRFER, CNN CORRESPONDENT 

Community Partner: Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre

When Kenny Leon's grandmother told him to "take you wherever you go," she could hardly have anticipated that he would establish himself as one of Broadway's most exciting and acclaimed directors. But through years of hard work, Leon would migrate from a small wooden house in rural Florida to the Tony Awards' stage, where he would win Best Direction of a Play for his 2014 revival of A Raisin in the Sun. Take You Where You Go is an inspirational memoir that empowers you to be true to yourself as you navigate your own path. Leon is Artistic Director of Kenny Leon's True Colors Theatre in Atlanta. Prior to co-founding True Colors Theatre Company, he served 11 years as Artistic Director of the Alliance Theatre, where he produced the premieres of Pearl Cleage's Blues for an Alabama Sky and Alfred Uhry's The Last Night of Ballyhoo.