Kenny Leon

In the Line of Duty: Street War (1992)

In this gritty cops-and-crooks drama, two detectives hunt a gang leader suspected of murdering a New York cop. The detectives enlist the help of the dead cop's partner, who is also the brother of the gangster. There's nothing civil about this war that has two ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dick Lowry
CAST:  Peter Boyle  •  Courtney B. Vance  •  Morris Chestnut  •  Michael Boatman

In this gritty cops-and-crooks drama, two detectives hunt a gang leader suspected of murdering a New York cop. The detectives enlist the help of the dead cop's partner, who is also the brother of the gangster. There's nothing civil about this war that has two ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dick Lowry
CAST:  Peter Boyle  •  Courtney B. Vance  •  Morris Chestnut  •  Michael Boatman

Steel Magnolias (2012)

In an updated contemporary version of the beloved stage play and 1989 film, "Steel Magnolias" chronicles the lives and friendship of six women in Louisiana. Supporting each other through their triumphs and tragedies, they congregate at Truvy’s beauty shop to ponder ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenny Leon
CAST:  Queen Latifah  •  Alfre Woodard  •  Phylicia Rashād  •  Jill Scott

In an updated contemporary version of the beloved stage play and 1989 film, "Steel Magnolias" chronicles the lives and friendship of six women in Louisiana. Supporting each other through their triumphs and tragedies, they congregate at Truvy’s beauty shop to ponder ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenny Leon
CAST:  Queen Latifah  •  Alfre Woodard  •  Phylicia Rashād  •  Jill Scott

Big Ain't Bad (2002)

Though Ric and Natalie are well matched and seemingly happy, the soon-to-be groom finds himself too weak to resist engaging in a one-night stand, which, understandably, sends the would-be bride running in the opposite direction. Luckily, or so it would seem, she ...  (more)

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CAST:  Jade Jenise Dixon  •  Sean Blakemore  •  Reginald Ballard  •  Phyllis Yvonne Stickney

Though Ric and Natalie are well matched and seemingly happy, the soon-to-be groom finds himself too weak to resist engaging in a one-night stand, which, understandably, sends the would-be bride running in the opposite direction. Luckily, or so it would seem, she ...  (more)

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CAST:  Jade Jenise Dixon  •  Sean Blakemore  •  Reginald Ballard  •  Phyllis Yvonne Stickney

A Raisin in the Sun (2008)

Dreams can make a life worth living, but they can also be dashed by bad decisions. This is the crossroads whare the Younger family find themselves when their father passes away and leaves them with $10,000 in life insurance money. Should they buy a new home for the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenny Leon
CAST:  Sean Combs  •  Morgan Freeman  •  Sanaa Lathan  •  Audra McDonald

Dreams can make a life worth living, but they can also be dashed by bad decisions. This is the crossroads whare the Younger family find themselves when their father passes away and leaves them with $10,000 in life insurance money. Should they buy a new home for the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenny Leon
CAST:  Sean Combs  •  Morgan Freeman  •  Sanaa Lathan  •  Audra McDonald

Web of Deceit (1990)

After making a name for herself on the West Coast, a defense lawyer returns to her hometown of Atlanta to argue a controversial rape-murder case. But it's not all work and no play: once there, she reenters high society and has a reunion with an old flame -- who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sandor Stern
CAST:  Linda Purl  •  James Read  •  Paul DeSouza  •  Larry Black

After making a name for herself on the West Coast, a defense lawyer returns to her hometown of Atlanta to argue a controversial rape-murder case. But it's not all work and no play: once there, she reenters high society and has a reunion with an old flame -- who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sandor Stern
CAST:  Linda Purl  •  James Read  •  Paul DeSouza  •  Larry Black

The Watsons Go to Birmingham (2013)

In the Summer of 1963, Flint, Michigan is home to the Watsons, a close knit family. When 15 year-old Byron’s antics go over the top, his parents realize enough is enough and they decide the family needs a dose of Grandma Sands' no nonsense approach in Birmingham, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenny Leon
CAST:  Bryce Clyde Jenkins  •  Harrison Knight  •  Skai Jackson  •  Anika Noni Rose

In the Summer of 1963, Flint, Michigan is home to the Watsons, a close knit family. When 15 year-old Byron’s antics go over the top, his parents realize enough is enough and they decide the family needs a dose of Grandma Sands' no nonsense approach in Birmingham, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenny Leon
CAST:  Bryce Clyde Jenkins  •  Harrison Knight  •  Skai Jackson  •  Anika Noni Rose

In My Dreams (2015)

Natalie and Nick are frustrated with their luck in romance. After tossing coins into a fountain, the two then begin dreaming about each other. But, according to fountain mythology, they only have a week to turn those dreams into reality.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenny Leon
CAST:  Katharine McPhee  •  Mike Vogel  •  JoBeth Williams  •  Jessalyn Wanlim

Natalie and Nick are frustrated with their luck in romance. After tossing coins into a fountain, the two then begin dreaming about each other. But, according to fountain mythology, they only have a week to turn those dreams into reality.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenny Leon
CAST:  Katharine McPhee  •  Mike Vogel  •  JoBeth Williams  •  Jessalyn Wanlim

Hairspray Live! (2016)

A teenage girl living in Baltimore in the early 1960s dreams of appearing on a popular TV dance show.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenny Leon  •  Alex Rudzinski
CAST:  Maddie Baillio  •  Dove Cameron  •  Kristin Chenoweth  •  Garrett Clayton

A teenage girl living in Baltimore in the early 1960s dreams of appearing on a popular TV dance show.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenny Leon  •  Alex Rudzinski
CAST:  Maddie Baillio  •  Dove Cameron  •  Kristin Chenoweth  •  Garrett Clayton

The Wiz Live! (2015)

Winner of 7 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, The Wiz was a massive Broadway hit which spawned a dismal feature film starring Diana Ross and Michael Jackson. Executive Producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron have assembled a Tony-winning creative team, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenny Leon  •  Matthew Diamond
CAST:  Shanice Williams  •  Mary J. Blige  •  Uzo Aduba  •  Queen Latifah

Winner of 7 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, The Wiz was a massive Broadway hit which spawned a dismal feature film starring Diana Ross and Michael Jackson. Executive Producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron have assembled a Tony-winning creative team, the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenny Leon  •  Matthew Diamond
CAST:  Shanice Williams  •  Mary J. Blige  •  Uzo Aduba  •  Queen Latifah

American Son (2019)

Time passes and tension mounts in a Florida police station as an estranged interracial couple awaits news of their missing teenage son.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenny Leon
CAST:  Kerry Washington  •  Steven Pasquale  •  Jeremy Jordan  •  Eugene Lee

Time passes and tension mounts in a Florida police station as an estranged interracial couple awaits news of their missing teenage son.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenny Leon
CAST:  Kerry Washington  •  Steven Pasquale  •  Jeremy Jordan  •  Eugene Lee

The Nightman (1992)

A drifter comes between an aging Southern beauty and her teenaged daughter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Haid
CAST:  Joanna Kerns  •  Jenny Robertson  •  Ted Marcoux  •  Lou Walker

A drifter comes between an aging Southern beauty and her teenaged daughter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Haid
CAST:  Joanna Kerns  •  Jenny Robertson  •  Ted Marcoux  •  Lou Walker

Kudzu Christmas (2002)

Recently divorced Nina Taylorson (Wilson) and her young son Mason move to a small Georgia town to start a new life. Mason befriends Gaitus Stevens (Lawhorn), a lonely recently widowed older gentleman, and together they attempt to save several abandoned puppies ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fred H. Dresch
CAST:  Chrystale Wilson  •  Brandon Wilson  •  Bill Nunn  •  Thomas Jefferson Byrd

Recently divorced Nina Taylorson (Wilson) and her young son Mason move to a small Georgia town to start a new life. Mason befriends Gaitus Stevens (Lawhorn), a lonely recently widowed older gentleman, and together they attempt to save several abandoned puppies ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fred H. Dresch
CAST:  Chrystale Wilson  •  Brandon Wilson  •  Bill Nunn  •  Thomas Jefferson Byrd

The Making of the Wiz Live! (2015)

Go behind the curtain in The Land of Oz with NBC's "The Making of The Wiz Live!" The hour-long special will give an exclusive backstage look at this highly anticipated television event.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mary McDonagh Murphy
CAST:  Mary J. Blige  •  David Alan Grier  •  Dorian Harewood  •  Elijah Kelley

Go behind the curtain in The Land of Oz with NBC's "The Making of The Wiz Live!" The hour-long special will give an exclusive backstage look at this highly anticipated television event.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mary McDonagh Murphy
CAST:  Mary J. Blige  •  David Alan Grier  •  Dorian Harewood  •  Elijah Kelley

The Public's Much Ado About Nothing (2019)

This bold interpretation of Shakespeare’s comedic masterpiece features Danielle Brooks (“Orange is the New Black,” Broadway’s “The Color Purple”) and Grantham Coleman (“Buzzer,” “The Americans”) as the sparring lovers Beatrice and Benedick. Tony Award winner Kenny ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenny Leon  •  David Horn
CAST:  Danielle Brooks  •  Grantham Coleman  •  Chuck Cooper  •  Erik LaRay Harvey

This bold interpretation of Shakespeare’s comedic masterpiece features Danielle Brooks (“Orange is the New Black,” Broadway’s “The Color Purple”) and Grantham Coleman (“Buzzer,” “The Americans”) as the sparring lovers Beatrice and Benedick. Tony Award winner Kenny ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenny Leon  •  David Horn
CAST:  Danielle Brooks  •  Grantham Coleman  •  Chuck Cooper  •  Erik LaRay Harvey

Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia (2021)

The true story of Mahalia Jackson, who began singing at an early age and went on to become one of the most revered gospel figures in U.S. history, melding her music with the civil rights movement.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenny Leon
CAST:  Danielle Brooks  •  Olivia Washington  •  Benjamin Charles Watson  •  Joaquina Kalukango

The true story of Mahalia Jackson, who began singing at an early age and went on to become one of the most revered gospel figures in U.S. history, melding her music with the civil rights movement.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenny Leon
CAST:  Danielle Brooks  •  Olivia Washington  •  Benjamin Charles Watson  •  Joaquina Kalukango

A Soldier's Play (2021)

In a segregated army camp in Louisiana in 1944, a black sergeant is shot dead after crying out "they still hate you." As the play examines the murder, the truth of it becomes more shocking and hateful than the murder itself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenny Leon
CAST:  David Alan Grier  •  Blair Underwood  •  Nnamdi Asomugha  •  Jerry O'Connell

In a segregated army camp in Louisiana in 1944, a black sergeant is shot dead after crying out "they still hate you." As the play examines the murder, the truth of it becomes more shocking and hateful than the murder itself.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenny Leon
CAST:  David Alan Grier  •  Blair Underwood  •  Nnamdi Asomugha  •  Jerry O'Connell

Ohio State Murders (2021)

Ohio State Murders is an unusual look at the destructiveness of racism in the U.S. When Suzanne Alexander, a fictional African American writer, returns to Ohio State University to talk about the violence in her writing, a dark mystery unravels.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenny Leon
CAST:  Audra McDonald  •  Warner Miller  •  Lizan Mitchell  •  Ben Rappaport

Ohio State Murders is an unusual look at the destructiveness of racism in the U.S. When Suzanne Alexander, a fictional African American writer, returns to Ohio State University to talk about the violence in her writing, a dark mystery unravels.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenny Leon
CAST:  Audra McDonald  •  Warner Miller  •  Lizan Mitchell  •  Ben Rappaport

Last Meals

A disgraced White House chef finds himself many years later working in a maximum-security prison cooking last meals for inmates on death row.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenny Leon
CAST:  Samuel L. Jackson  •  Boyd Holbrook  •  Kelly Reilly  •  David Strathairn

A disgraced White House chef finds himself many years later working in a maximum-security prison cooking last meals for inmates on death row.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kenny Leon
CAST:  Samuel L. Jackson  •  Boyd Holbrook  •  Kelly Reilly  •  David Strathairn