Take You Wherever You Go, Kenny Leon
Take You Wherever You Go, Kenny Leon
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Take You Wherever You Go

Author: Kenny Leon, Samuel L. Jackson

Narrator: Samuel L. Jackson

Unabridged: 5 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/05/2018

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

From Tony Award-winning director and recipient of the prestigious Mr. Abbott Award, Kenny Leon, comes a powerful memoir of the lessons he has learned on his incredible life journey.

When Kenny Leon's grandmother told him to "take you wherever you go," she could hardly have anticipated that he would establish himself as one of Broadway's most exciting and acclaimed directors. But through years of hard work, Kenny would migrate from a small wooden house in rural Florida to the Tony Awards' stage, where he would win Best Direction of a Play for his 2014 revival of A Raisin in the Sun.

In Take You Wherever You Go, Leon reflects on the pillars of wisdom he learned every step of the way from the most important people in his life--from his grandmother's sagacious and encouraging motivations to the steady hand of his mother to the deep artistic and social influence of iconic American playwright August Wilson.

Take You Wherever You Go is a poignant, ruminative, and inspirational memoir that empowers you to be true to yourself as you navigate your own path.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Naeemah on June 12, 2018

The beginning of this was choppy. I started wondering if he had had a proper editor for his early story jumped around a lot. After we settled into Kenny's theatre life I was intrigued at his robust foray into theatre. As a avid theatre goer and current regional theatre judge I especially enjoyed his......more

Goodreads review by Denise on January 13, 2019

Our friend Kenny looks so young that it's hard to reconcile that he's done so much great work for so long. He bops around in his sports shoes like he's a forty-something! He has done some amazing things in his long and storied career. All fueled by the wisdom, prayers, love and encouragement of his G......more

Goodreads review by Kevin on July 06, 2018

Tony Award-winning director Kenny Leon's uplifting and inspirational memoir traces his success back to his Grandma Mamie (who raised 13 children) and his single mother (who gave birth to him when she was 15 years old). "I was raised by two amazing women," he writes, "and I live in the aftermath of t......more

Goodreads review by Laura on June 21, 2018

Kenny Leon's memoir, Take You Wherever You Go, had a slow start, but was very interesting when he connected the early life of his family with the work of August Wilson and detailed his relationship with the esteemed playwright. Leon seems a very upbeat and positive person and his memoir was also ver......more