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‘A Soldier’s Play’ Director Kenny Leon Expands On Onstage Call For Diversifying The Theater: “We Can Do Better As People”

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Kenny Leon, director of A Soldier’s Play, which won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play, expanded backstage on his acceptance-speech call for greater diversity in the theater.“We’ve been talking about making changes on Broadway,” he said, acknowledging the “reset” prompted by Covid-19 and nationwide protests against racial injustice. “I think it’s a wonderful beginning,” he continued, alluding to the multiple awards taken home by A Soldier’s Play. “It’s going to take all of us.

I do feel that we can do better as people. Many of us, as Americans, are selfish and we don’t think outside of our personal selves.

We should be about sustaining the evolution of mankind.”In accepting the Tony onstage, Leon spoke the names of Breonna Taylor and

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