Kenny Leon News

Variety reports this morning that the dynamic producing duo of Craig Zadan and Neil Meron are bringing another show to the small screen - A Raisin in the Sun, which will go before the cameras in December for a 2007 airing on ABC featuring the leads of the Broadway revival - Sean 'Diddy' Coms, Phylicia Rashad, Audra McDonald and Sanaa Lathan.

Phylicia Rashad will be among the honorees of the National Corporate Theatre Fund's April 10th gala and benefit

A Weekly Theater Column for the Baltimore/Washington area.

WHO: Baltimore's CenterStage WHAT: August Wilson's Radio Golf WHEN: Now through April 30 HOW MUCH: $10 - $65

A Weekly Theater Column for the Baltimore/Washington Area

WHO: CENTERSTAGE WHAT: August Wilson's Radio Golf WHEN: March 24-April 30. Tuesday - Saturday: 8 pm; Sunday: 7:30 pm; Saturday & Sunday Matinee: 2 pm; and Wednesday Matinee: April 12th at 1 pm. HOW MUCH: $10-$65, with Student & Senior Discounts (half-price on the day of show) See article for further discounts.

Wilson's final play recieves a superb production at Seattle Rep.

The Seattle Rep will present Radio Golf, the final play by August Wilson, from January 19th through February 18th

The Color Purple, and its star LaChanze, have been nominated for the 2005 Suzi Bass Awards, which honor Atlanta theatre achievement

Phylicia Rashad will once again play 285 year-old Aunt Ester in Gem of the Ocean when the August Wilson play runs at the McCarter Theatre in Princeton, NJ from October 11th through October 30th

The Helen Hayes Awards honor achievement, celebrate, and promote the Washington D.C. professional theatre.

On Monday, May 2nd, 2005, Performance Space 122 will honor ground-breaking theater producer David Binder at Live Onstage!, a benefit performance and celebration.