- Neal Kenyon
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Neal Kenyon (December 6, 1929 - December 19, 2008) was an American theatre director, choreographer, and actor.
Born in Hammond, Indiana, Kenyon graduated from Louisiana State University with a degree in theatre. He began his career working in television, and then made his off-Broadway stage debut in 1958 in The Boy Friend.[1]
He directed and choreographed both off-Broadway and Broadway shows in the 1970s. He then began a teaching career, at Florida State University (FSU) in Sarasota, Florida from 1976 to 1981, and then at FSU in Tallahassee.[1]
Kenyon received the Drama Desk Award for directing the off-Broadway musical Dames at Sea. [2]
References
- ^ a b "Director made theater 'his life' ",Herald Tribune, December 24, 2008
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External links
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director (1955–1974) Jack Landau (1955) · José Quintero (1956) · William Ball (1959) · Ulu Grosbard (1965) · Joseph Hardy (1967) · Robert Moore / Tom O'Horgan (1968) · Tom O'Horgan / Neal Kenyon / Alan Arkin / Michael Schultz / Gordon Davidson / Edwin Sherin (1969) · Jerzy Grotowski / Alan Arkin / Ron Field / Joseph Hardy / Harold Prince (1970) · Robert Wilson / Andre Gregory / Peter Brook / Michael Bennett / Harold Prince / Tom O'Horgan / Paul Sills (1971) · Mel Shapiro / Andrei Serban / Peter Hall / Jeff Bleckner / A. J. Antoon / Mel Shapiro (1972) · Victor Garcia / Joseph Chaikin / Roberta Sklar / Harold Prince / Bob Fosse / Michael Rudman / Harold Prince (1973) · José Quintero / Harold Prince / Frank Dunlop / Marvin Felix Camillo / Harold Prince (1974)
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