article_snippet: Tony-winning director Kenny Leon winner and Broadway icon Harvey Fierstein will contribute new material to the original book by William F. Brown and work alongside Zadan, Meron and Leon.
article_snippet: Tony-winning director Kenny Leon won a 2014 Tony Award for directing "A Raisin in the Sun," and earned a nomination for "Fences.
article_snippet: Fierstein, as a writer, won Tonys for "La Cage Aux Folles" and "Torch Song Trilogy.
article_snippet: Tony-winning director Kenny Leon's also written books for musical hits including "Kinky Boots" and "Newsies.
article_snippet: As an actor, Tony-winning director Kenny Leon's won Tonys for best actor in a musical ("Hairspray") and best actor in a play ("Torch Song").
article_snippet: Zadan and Meron will reunite with Leon, with whom Zadan and Meron worked on "Steel Magnolias" and "A Raisin in the Sun.