Ruth Leon Biography

Ruth Leon is a writer, producer, and broadcaster specialising in the performing arts

She has written, or co-written, eleven books about the theatre and music including And What Comes After ,  The Sound of Musicals ,  a light-hearted survey of the greatest musicals ever written and a bestselling guidebook, Applause: New York’s Guide to the Performance Arts.  

With her husband, the late Sheridan Morley, she wrote many books about show business including:  Gene Kelly: A Celebration; Marilyn Monroe; Hey! Mr Producer; Beyond the Rainbow: A Critical Celebration of Judy Garland and a Chronicle of Twentieth Century Theatre.