Neal Kenyon (December 6, 1929 — December 19, 2008), American choreographer

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He directed and choreographed both off-Broadway and Broadway shows in the 1970s. 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href="/web/person-edit.html?profileId=2096562&section=activities#general"></a> <div class="tooltip tooltip_arrow_t tooltip_article"> Neal Kenyon was an American theatre director, choreographer, and actor. <a class="btn-edit-popup" href="/web/person-edit.html?profileId=2096562&section=lifeInBrief#general"></a> </div> <article class="article__item"> <h2 class="article__title" id="education"> Education </h2> <p class="article__text">Born in Hammond, Indiana, Kenyon graduated from Louisiana State University with a degree in theatre.</p> <a rel="nofollow" class="btn-edit-popup" href="/web/person-edit.html?profileId=2096562&section=education#education"></a> </article> <article class="article__item"> <h2 class="article__title" id="work"> Career </h2> <p class="article__text">He began his career working in television, and then made his off-Broadway stage debut in 1958 in The Boy Friend. 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.</p> <a rel="nofollow" class="btn-edit-popup" href="/web/person-edit.html?profileId=2096562&section=workResults#work"></a> </article> <article class="article__item"> <h2 class="article__title" id="achievement"> Achievements </h2> <ul class="interest-list" id="achievementsAnchor"> <li class="interest-list__item"> <figure class="article__container"> <p class="article__text">Kenyon received the Drama Desk Award for directing the off-Broadway musical Dames at Sea.</p> <a class="btn-edit-popup" href="/web/person-edit.html?profileId=2096562&section=major-achievements#work"></a> </figure> </li> </ul> </article>     </section> </div> </div> <div id="rightSidebar" class="layout-grid__col responsive__col__right" style="display:none;"> <div class="info"> <div class="info__item"> <div class="photo"> <div class="photo__general" id="mainAnchor"> <div 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data-year="1929" data-id="497007936"> December 6, 1929 </a> </div> <div> <a rel="nofollow" class="chronology__link" href="/web/search.html#birthPlace=Hammond%2C%20Lake%20County%2C%20United%20States%20of%20America&id=536363963"> Hammond, Lake County, United States of America </a> <a rel="nofollow" class="btn-edit-popup" href="/web/person-edit.html?profileId=2096562&section=generalInfo#general"></a> </div> </li> <li class="chronology"> <h4 class="chronology__title"> Died </h4> <div class="birth birth_chronology"> <span class="birth__date"> <a id="deathDate" class="chronology__link birth__date" rel="nofollow" href="/web/search.html#" data-month="12" data-day="19" data-year="2008" data-id="-2124946315"> December 19, 2008 </a> </span> <span class="birth__age"> (aged 79) <a rel="nofollow" class="btn-edit-popup" href="/web/person-edit.html?profileId=2096562#general"></a> </span> </div> </li> <li class="chronology"> <h4 class="chronology__title"> Nationality </h4> <a rel="nofollow" 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