Name Harriet Leve | Role Producer | |
Nominations Tony Award for Best Play, Tony Award for Best Musical, Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical Similar Bob Boyett, Stephanie P McClelland, Jane Bergere |
Harriet Newman Leve is a four-time Tony Award–winning Broadway producer.
Contents
- Career
- Broadway
- Off Broadway
- National Tours
- Los Angeles
- Films
- Books
- An American in Paris
- Beautiful
- Hedwig and the Angry Inch
- Ann
- War Horse
- La Cage Aux Folles
- A Little Night Music
- The Norman Conquests
- The 39 Steps
- Coram Boy
- The Lieutenant of Inishmore
- Ma Raineys Black Bottom
- The Crucible
- Twilight Los Angeles 1992
- Stomp
- References
Career
Ms. Leve is a four-time Tony Award-winning producer. Currently, Ms. Leve will be co-producing the Broadway musical Anastasia, which opens on April 24, 2017.
Ms. Leve also co-produced the world premiere of An American in Paris, based on the Oscar-winning film of the same name. An American in Paris debuted at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris on December 10, 2014, before transferring to Broadway and is currently on tour in the United States.
Ms. Leve also co-produced the world premiere musical Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, which is currently playing an open-ended run on Broadway and in London's West End as well as a smash hit United States tour. She joined forces with Raise the Roof as a co-producer of the Broadway premiere of Hedwig and the Angry Inch at the Belasco Theatre. Hedwig opened on April 22, 2014, and originally starred Neil Patrick Harris. Hedwig is currently on tour in the United States.
She also is co-producing the award winning New York and National Tour productions of STOMP, created and directed by Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas, and the critically acclaimed large-format motion picture entitled PULSE: a Stomp Odyssey, which garnered the Giant Screen Theater Association's Film Achievement Award. Leve currently has a feature film in development with Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner, and Jane Anderson is the writer and director of this project.
Recent Broadway productions include Of Mice and Men starring James Franco and Chris O'Dowd, Ann written and performed by Emmy Award-winning actress Holland Taylor, the new Gershwin musical Nice Work If You Can Get It starring Matthew Broderick and Kelli O'Hara, the smash-hit comedy One Man, Two Guvnors starring James Corden, the Tony Award-winning production of War Horse at Lincoln Center, the Tony Award winning productions of Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps, and the Tony Award winning production of Alan Ayckbourn's The Norman Conquests.
With the Raise the Roof partnerships, Leve co-produced The Mountaintop starring Samuel L. Jackson as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Burn the Floor on Broadway and the National Tour, Tracy Letts's Superior Donuts at the Music Box Theater on Broadway, Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music starring Catherine Zeta-Jones and Angela Lansbury, La Cage Aux Folles three-time Tony Award winning production starring Kelsey Grammer and Douglas Hodges.
Other productions include: the Tony-nominated Broadway production of Martin McDonagh's The Lieutenant of Inishmore; the Broadway and national tour productions of Eve Ensler's The Good Body directed by Peter Askin; August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, directed by Marion McClinton and starring Whoopi Goldberg and Charles Dutton; the Tony nominated production of Arthur Miller's The Crucible, directed by Richard Eyre and starring Liam Neeson and Laura Linney; Hedda Gabler, directed by Nicholas Martin and starring Kate Burton; the Tony-nominated production of The Diary of Anne Frank, directed by James Lapine and starring Natalie Portman and Linda Lavin; Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, written and performed by Anna Deavere Smith and directed by George C. Wolfe; and the Olivier Award winning production of Kat and the Kings, book, lyrics and direction by David Kramer and music and arrangements by Taliep Petersen.
Off-Broadway productions include: Beebo Brinker Chronicles, based on the 1950s ground-breaking pulp novels by Ann Bannon, adapted and written by Kate Moira Ryan and Linda S. Chapman and directed by Leigh Silverman; Sherry Glaser's Family Secrets, directed by Bob Balaban; the international hit musical Shockheaded Peter; Eve Ensler's Necessary Targets, directed by Michael Wilson and starring Shirley Knight and Diane Venora; Alan Ayckbourn's Communicating Doors, directed by Christopher Ashley and starring Mary-Louise Parker.
Her Los Angeles productions include Wendy Wasserstein's Isn't It Romantic directed by Gerald Gutierez; Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart, directed by Arvin Brown and starring Richard Dreyfuss, Kathy Bates, and Bruce Davison; Sam Shepard's Curse of the Starving Class directed by Gillian Eaton and Starring Carrie Snodgress and Brad Whitford.
Ms. Leve was the Vice President of Development for Tony Bill Film Productions and taught film workshops at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles. She also wrote a chapter for the Commercial Theater Institute's Guide to Producing Plays and Musicals. She is a member of The Broadway League and was on the Board of Directors of New York Stage and Film for four years.
Detailed information about Leve's productions can be found at http://leveproductions.com/
Broadway
Anastasia [Original, Musical]
Cast featuring: Christy Altomare, Derek Klena, Ramin Karimloo, Mary Beth Peil and John BoltonMarch 23, 2017 -An American in Paris [Original, Musical]
Cast featuring: Robert Fairchild, Jill Paice, Leanne Cope, Veanne Cox, Brandon Uranowitz and Max von EssenMarch 13, 2015 - October 9, 2016Hedwig and the Angry Inch [Original, Musical]
Cast featuring: Neil Patrick HarrisMarch 29, 2014 - September 13, 2015Of Mice and Men [Revival, Play]
Cast featuring: James Franco, Chris O'Dowd, Leighton MeesterMarch 19, 2014 - July 27, 2014Beautiful: The Carole King Musical [Original, Musical]
Cast featuring: Jessie Mueller, Jake Epstein, Anika Larsen, and Jarrod SpectorNovember 21, 2013 -Ann [Original, Play]
Written and Performed by Holland TaylorFebruary 18, 2013 - June 30, 2013Nice Work If You Can Get It [Original, Musical]
Cast featuring: Matthew Broderick, Kelli O'Hara (through March 24), Jessie Mueller (beginning March 29), Judy Kaye, Michael McGrath, Estelle Parsons (through December 16), and Blythe Danner (beginning December 18)April 24, 2012 - June 15, 2013Dead Accounts [Original, Play]
Cast featuring: Katie Holmes, Norbert Leo Butz, Judy Greer, Jayne Houdyshell, and Josh HamiltonNovember 29, 2012 - January 6, 2013One Man, Two Guvnors [Original, Play]
Cast featuring: James CordenApril 18, 2012 - September 2, 2012The Mountaintop [Original, Play]
Cast featuring: Samuel L. Jackson and Angela BassettOctober 13, 2011 - January 22, 2012War Horse [Original, Play]
April 14, 2011 - January 6, 2013Toronto Production February 2012 - January 2013La Cage Aux Folles [Revival, Musical]
Cast featuring: Kelsey Grammer, Douglas Hodge, and A.J. ShivelyApril 6, 2010 - May 1, 2011A Little Night Music [Revival, Musical]
Cast featuring: Catherine Zeta-Jones (through June 20th), Angela Lansbury (through June 20th), Bernadette Peters (beginning July 13th), Elaine Stritch (beginning July 13th), Alexander Hanson, Erin Davie, Hunter Ryan Herdlicka, Leigh Ann Larkin, Aaron Lazar, and Ramona MalloryNovember 24, 2009 – January 9, 2011Superior Donuts [Original, Play]
Cast featuring: Michael McKean, Jon Michael Hill, Yasen Peyankov, James Vincent Meredith, Kate Buddeke, Robert Maffia, Jane Alderman, Cliff Chamberlain, and Michael GarveySeptember 16, 2009 - January 3, 2010Burn the Floor [Dance]
Cast Featuring: Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Karina Smirnoff, Henry Bayalikov, Sharna Burgess, Kevin Clifton, Sasha Farber, Jeremy Garner, Anya Garnis, Gordana Grandosek, Patrick Helm, Sarah Hives, Melanie Hooper, Peta Murgatroyd, Giselle Peacock, Sarah Soriano, Damon Sugden, Rebecca Sugden, Damian Whitewood, Trent Widdon, and Robin WindsorJuly 25, 2009 – January 10, 2010The Norman Conquests [Revival, Play, Comedy]
Featuring the Original London Cast: Amelia Bullmore, Jessica Hynes, Stephen Mangan, Ben Miles, Paul Ritter, and Amanda RootApril 23, 2009 – July 26, 2009The 39 Steps [Original, Play, Comedy]
Original Cast featuring Charles Edwards, Jennifer Ferrin, Cliff Saunders, and Arnie BurtonJanuary 15, 2008 – January 10, 2010Coram Boy [Original, Play, Drama, Play with music]
Cast featuring: Jolly Abraham, Uzo Aduba, Jacqueline Antaramian, Bill Camp, Dashiell Eaves, Xanthe Elbrick, Tom Riis Farrell, Brad Fleischer, Karron Graves, Laura Heisler, Angela Lin, David Macdonald, Quentin Maré, Jan Maxwell, Kathleen McNenny, Cristin Milioti, Charlotte Parry, Christina Rouner, Ivy Vahanian, and Wayne Wilcox. With a choir featuring Phillip Anderson, John Arbo, Sean Attebury, Renee Brna, Charlotte Cohn, Sean Cullen, Katie Geissinger, Zachary James, Tinashe Kajese, BJ Karpen, Katherine Keyes, Evangelia Kingsley, Eric Morris, Daniel Neer, Nina Negri, Mark Rehnstrom, Martin Sola, Samantha Soule, Alison Weller, and Greg WrightMay 2, 2007 – May 27, 2007The Lieutenant of Inishmore [Original, Play, Comedy, Satire]
Cast featuring: Jeff Binder, Andrew Connolly, Dashiell Eaves, Peter Gerety, Domhnall Gleeson, Brian d'Arcy James, Alison Pill, and David WilmotMay 3, 2006–September 3, 2006The Good Body [Original, Play, Solo]
Written by and Starring Eve EnslerNovember 15, 2004–December 19, 2004Ma Rainey's Black Bottom [Revival, Play, Drama]
Cast Featuring: Charles S. Dutton, Whoopi Goldberg, Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Tony Cucci, Carl Gordon, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Anthony Mackie, Heather Alicia Simms, Jack Davidson, and Louis ZorichFebruary 6, 2003–April 6, 2003The Crucible [Revival, Play, Drama]
Cast Featuring: Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, John Benjamin Hickey, Christopher Evan Welch, Angela Bettis, and Tom AldredgeMarch 7, 2002–June 9, 2002Hedda Gabler [Revival, Play, Drama]
Cast Featuring: Kate Burton, Michael Emerson, Angela Thornton, David Lansbury, Jennifer VanDyck, Harris Yulin, and Maria CellarioOctober 4, 2001–January 13, 2002Kat and the Kings [Original, Musical, Comedy]
Cast Featuring: Jody J. Abrahams, Luqmaan Adams, Juniad Booysen, Terry Hector, Alistair Izobell, and Kim LouisAugust 19, 1999–January 2, 2000The Diary of Anne Frank [Revival, Play, Drama]
Cast Featuring: Natalie Portman, George Hearn, Linda Lavin, Harris Yulin, Austin Pendleton, Lori Wilner, Jonathan Kaplan, Missy Yager, Philip Goodwin, and Jessica WallingDecember 4, 1997–June 14, 1998Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 [Original, Play, Solo]
Written and Performed by Anna Deavere SmithApril 17, 1994–June 19, 1994Off-Broadway
The 39 Steps [Original, Play, Comedy]
Cast featuring: John Behlmann, Kate MacCluggage, Jamie Jackson, Cameron FolmarMarch 25, 2010 - January 16, 2011The Beebo Brinker Chronicles [Original, Play, Drama]
Original Cast Featuring: Carolyn Baeumler, Jenn Colella, Bill Dawes, Autumn Dornfeld, David Greenspan, and Marin IrelandFebruary 19, 2008 – April 29, 2008Family Secrets [Original, Play, Solo]
Written by and Starring Sherry GlaserMarch 8, 2006 – April 9, 2006Shockheaded Peter [Original, Musical, Comedy]
Cast Featuring: Julian Bleach, Anthony Cairns, Luther Creek, Graeme Gilmour, Tamzin Griffin, Paul Kandel, Rebekah Wild, Fred Berman, Ritt Henn, Kevin Townley, and Josie WhittleseyFebruary 22, 2005 – May 29, 2005Necessary Targets [Original, Play, Drama]
Cast Featuring: Shirley Knight, Diane Venora, Alyssa Bresnahan, Mirjana Jokovic, Sally Parrish, Maria Thayer and Catherine KellnerFebruary 28, 2002 – April 21, 2002Communicating Doors [Original, Play, Drama]
Cast Featuring: Mary-Louise Parker, David McCallum, Patricia Hodges, Tom Beckett, Candy Buckley, and Gerrit GrahamAugust 20, 1998 – January 3, 1999Bunny Bunny [Original, Play, Comedy]
Cast Featuring: Paula Cale, Bruno Kirby, and Alan TudykMarch 23, 1997 – May 25, 1997STOMP [Original, Instrumental]
February 27, 1994–PresentEdith Stein [Original, Play]
Cast Featuring: Laura Esterman, Irene Dailey, Jim Abele, Stacie Chaiken, Katie Finneran, Sarah Lloyd, Tim Lord, Naomi Riseman, Susan Riskin, Norman Rose, and Terry SerpicoJanuary 8, 1994 – January 30, 1994National Tours
War Horse [Original, Play]
June 2012 - Aug 2014La Cage Aux Folles [Revival, Musical]
Cast featuring: George HamiltonOctober 2011 - November 2012Burn the Floor [Dance]
Cast Featuring: Robbie Kmentoni, Ashleigh Di Lello, Ryan Di Lello, Karen Hauer, and Janetter ManraraSeptember 2010 - June 2011The 39 Steps [Original, Play, Comedy]
Cast featuring: Claire Brownell, Eric Hissom, Scott Parkinson, Ted Deasy, Sheffield Chastain, and Allison Jean WhiteAugust 2009 - June 2010Los Angeles
Why We Have a Body [Original, Play]
Cast Featuring: Nellie Cravens, Shareen Mitchell, K.K. Dodds, and Amy Resnick1995Telegrams from Heaven [Original, Play]
Cast Featuring: Renee Taylor, Valerie Landsburg, Peter Gregory, Rhonda Aldrich, Andrew Mark Berman, Edith Fields, Aaron Heyman, and Michael Kostoff1992Family Secrets [Original, Play, Solo]
Written by and Starring Sherry Glaser1990–1991Excess Baggage [Original, Play]
Cast Featuring: Larry Miller, Kathleen Clark, Jack Axelrod, Will Carney, Estelle Harris, Mitzi McCall, Claire O' Berry, Sarah Powers, George Solomon, and Paul Sylvan1988The Curse of the Starving Class [Original, Play]
Cast Featuring: Carrie Snodgress, Andrew Robinson, Thomas Callaway, Suzanne Calvert, Wayne Grace, Larry Hankin, Michael Hennessy, Brad Whitford, and Ping WuJuly 20, 1985 – February 16, 1986The Normal Heart [Original, Play, Drama]
Cast Featuring: Richard Dreyfuss, Bruce Davison, Kathy Bates, Christopher Bradley, Vincent Caristi, William De Acutis, Kenneth Kimmins, Ben Murphy, and David SpielbergApril 21, 1985 – July 7, 1985Isn't It Romantic [Original, Play]
Cast Featuring: Christine Estabrook, Joan Copeland, Anne Lange, Jo de Winter, Jerry Lanning, Michael Lembeck, Barney Martin, and Ian Patrick WilliamsJune 20, 1984 – September 1, 1985Films
PULSE: a STOMP Odyssey
Created and Directed by Steve McNicholas and Luke CresswellCast Featuring: STOMP, Les Percussions de Guinée, Kodo, Eva Yerbabuena, Panchavadyam, and TimbalaBooks
The Commercial Theater Institute: Guide to Producing Plays and Musicals Copyright 2006
Contributed Chapter, "You Never Forget Your First Time"An American in Paris
2015 Tony Award for Best Choreography
Christopher Wheeldon2015 Tony Award for Best Orchestrations
Don Sebesky, Christopher Austin and Bill Elliot2015 Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Bob Crowley and 59 Productions2015 Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Musical
Natasha Katz2014 Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical
2014 Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Director of a Musical
Christopher Wheeldon2014 Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Choreographer of a Musical
Christopher Wheeldon2014 Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Actor in a Musical
Robert FairchildBeautiful
2014 Tony Award Best Leading Actress in a Musical
Jessie Mueller2014 Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Musical
Brian Ronan2014 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical
Jessie Mueller2014 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
Anika Larsen2014 Drama Desk Award for Sound Design in a Musical
Brian RonanHedwig and the Angry Inch
2014 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical
2014 Tony Award Best Leading Actor in a Musical
Neil Patrick Harris2014 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical
Lena Hall2014 Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Play
Kevin Adams2014 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Revival of a Musical
2014 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Lighting Design
Kevin Adams2014 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical
Neil Patrick Harris2014 Drama League Award for Outstanding Outstanding Revival of a Musical
Ann
2012 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Solo Performance
Holland Taylor2012 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Michael McGrath2012 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical
Judy Kaye2012 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
Michael McGrath2012 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
Judy Kaye2012 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical
Joe DiPietro2012 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
Michael McGrath2012 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
Judy Kaye2012 Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Play
James Corden2012 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play
James Corden2012 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
Tom Edden2012 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music in a Play
Grant Olding2012 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Broadway Play
2012 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Director of a Play
Nicholas Hytner2012 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play
James CordenWar Horse
2011 Tony Award for Best Play 2011 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play
2011 Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Play
Rae Smith2011 Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Play
Paule Constable2011 Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Play
Christopher Shutt2011 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Broadway Play
2011 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Director of a Play
Marianne Elliot and Tom Morris2011 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Lighting Design
Paule Constable2011 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play
La Cage Aux Folles
2010 Tony Award Best Revival of a Musical
2010 Tony Award Best Leading Actor in a Musical
Douglas Hodge2010 Tony Award Best Direction of a Musical
Terry JohnsonA Little Night Music
2010 Tony Award Best Leading Actress in a Musical
The Norman Conquests
2009 Tony Award Best Revival of a Play
2009 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play
2009 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play
Matthew Warchus2009 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance
Amelia Bullmore, Jessica Hynes, Stephen Mangan, Ben Miles, Paul Ritter, Amanda Root2009 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play
2009 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Director of a Play
Matthew Warchus2009 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance
Amelia Bullmore, Jessica Hynes, Stephen Mangan, Ben Miles, Paul Ritter, Amanda Root2009 Special Theatre World Award to the Entire Cast of The Norman Conquests
Amelia Bullmore, Jessica Hynes, Stephen Mangan, Ben Miles, Paul Ritter, Amanda RootThe 39 Steps
2008 Tony Award Best Sound Design
2008 Tony Award Best Lighting Design
Kevin Adams2008 Drama Desk Award Unique Theatrical Experience
The 39 Steps2008 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design
Kevin AdamsCoram Boy
2006 Theatre World Award
The Lieutenant of Inishmore
2006 Theatre World Award
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
2003 Theatre World Award
The Crucible
Outstanding Revival of a Musical or Revue
Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
1994 Drama Desk Outstanding Solo Performance
1994 Theatre World Award
Anna Deavere SmithStomp
1994 Drama Desk Award Unique Theater Experience