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Tonya Lewis Lee, Kenny Leon Teaming To Adapt 'The Watsons Go to Birmingham'

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  • April 1, 2013 11:07 AM
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Showbiz411 is reporting exclusively that Tonya Lewis Lee, wife of director Spike Lee, will be putting her producer hat on to develop a film adaptation of a historical fiction novel called The Watsons Go to Birmingham, and she's tapped Kenny Leon (primarily a stage director, although he directed Lifetime's Steel Magnolias remake) to direct.
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Denzel Washington Returning To Broadway In 'A Raisin In The Sun' Revival? No 'Othello'?

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  • December 28, 2012 10:16 AM
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Things that make you go hmm... this doesn't make a lot of sense to me, if it's true. 
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Kenny Leon Planning 'Fatal Attraction' Broadway Adaptation (With An All-Black Cast?)

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  • July 9, 2012 12:49 PM
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Lately, announcements of new Broadway shows centered on stories about black people, are usually accompanied with the words "directed by Kenny Leon," who seems to have emerged as the go-to black director for black shows on Broadway.
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