Harriet Leve
Harriet Newman Leve is a four-time Tony Award–winning Broadway producer.
Career
Harriet Leve is a four-time Tony Award-winning producer. She is currently co-producing the Broadway musical "".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.
Ms. Leve also co-produced the world premiere musical ', which is recently completed its run on Broadway, and is enjoying smash hit tours in the US and the UK. 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.
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.
Recent Broadway productions include Of Mice and Men starring James Franco and Chris O'Dowd, ' 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; , 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/
Theater
Broadway
Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of the TemptationsAnastasia
An American in Paris
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Of Mice and Men
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Ann
Nice Work If You Can Get It
Dead Accounts
One Man, Two Guvnors
The Mountaintop
War Horse
La Cage Aux Folles
A Little Night Music
Superior Donuts
Burn the Floor
The Norman Conquests
The 39 Steps
Coram Boy
The Lieutenant of Inishmore
The Good Body
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
The Crucible
Hedda Gabler
Kat and the Kings
The Diary of Anne Frank
Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
Off-Broadway
The 39 StepsThe Beebo Brinker Chronicles
Family Secrets
Shockheaded Peter
Necessary Targets
Communicating Doors
Bunny Bunny
STOMP
Edith Stein
National Tours
Beautiful: The Carole King MusicalWar Horse
La Cage Aux Folles
Burn the Floor
The 39 Steps
Los Angeles
Why We Have a BodyTelegrams from Heaven
Family Secrets
Excess Baggage
The Curse of the Starving Class
The Normal Heart
Isn't It Romantic
Films
PULSE: a STOMP OdysseyA Call to Spy
Radium Girls
Books
The Commercial Theater Institute: Guide to Producing Plays and Musicals Copyright 2006Awards
Aint Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations
2019 Tony Award for Best ChoreographyAn American in Paris
2015 Tony Award for Best Choreography2015 Tony Award for Best Orchestrations
2015 Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical
2015 Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Musical
2014 Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical
2014 Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Director of a Musical
2014 Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Choreographer of a Musical
2014 Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Actor in a Musical
Beautiful
2014 Tony Award Best Leading Actress in a Musical2014 Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Musical
2014 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical
2014 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
2014 Drama Desk Award for Sound Design in a Musical
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
2014 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical2014 Tony Award Best Leading Actor in a Musical
2014 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical
2014 Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Play
2014 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Revival of a Musical
2014 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Lighting Design
2014 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical
2014 Drama League Award for Outstanding Outstanding Revival of a Musical
Ann
2012 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Solo PerformanceNice Work if You Can Get It
2012 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical2012 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical
2012 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
2012 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
2012 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical
2012 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical
2012 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical
One Man, Two Guvnors
2012 Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Play2012 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play
2012 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play
2012 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music in a Play
2012 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Broadway Play
2012 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Director of a Play
2012 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play
War 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
2011 Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Play
2011 Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Play
2011 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Broadway Play
2011 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Director of a Play
2011 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Lighting Design
2011 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
2010 Tony Award Best Direction of a Musical
A 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
2009 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance
2009 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play
2009 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Director of a Play
2009 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance
2009 Special Theatre World Award to the Entire Cast of ''The Norman Conquests
The 39 Steps
2008 Tony Award Best Sound Design
2008 Tony Award Best Lighting Design
2008 Drama Desk Award Unique Theatrical Experience
2008 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design
Coram 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
Stomp
1994 Drama Desk Award Unique Theater Experience