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Archive Home > 2009 > November > 01 > John Kenley took big stars to small-town productions

John Kenley took big stars to small-town productions

Theater producer worked with the likes of Mae West and Burt Reynolds

By Christopher Lehmann-Haupt / The Bulletin
November 1, 2009

John Kenley, a Midwest theater impresario renowned for taking large-scale productions to small towns and cities, and festooning the shows with headliners like Mae West, Gloria Swanson and Burt Reynolds, died Oct. 23 in Cleveland. He was 103, and had homes in Cleveland and Florida.

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