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- Steven Levenson had never written a musical until Dear Evan Hansen, which premiered in Washington, D.C. in 2015, opened Off Broadway in 2016, and on Broadway later that year to rave reviews—and this Sunday is nominated for nine Tony Awards, including Best Book of a Musical.
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Jun 8, 2017 · Steven Levenson had never written a musical until Dear Evan Hansen, which premiered in Washington, D.C. in 2015, opened Off Broadway in 2016, and on Broadway later that year to rave reviews—and...
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Steven Levenson (born May 1984) is an American playwright and television writer. He won the 2017 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for Dear Evan Hansen.
- May 1984 (age 39)
- Brown University
- Playwright, television writer
- Dear Evan Hansen
Dear Evan Hansen is a coming-of-age stage musical with music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, and a book by Steven Levenson. [1] [2] [3] The musical follows Evan Hansen, a high school senior with social anxiety, "who invents an important role for himself in a tragedy that he did not earn". [4]
- Benj Pasek, Justin Paul
- July 10, 2015: Arena Stage, Washington, D.C.
Mindich drafted playwright Steven Levenson (The Language of Trees), a musical novice, and he wrote a 10-page treatment. “None of us really understood what we were undertaking,” says...
Apr 22, 2019 · BOOM!. We recently had a conversation about Dear Evan Hansen, which marked Levenson’s first experience with a musical team. The show’s idea came from an incident at composer Pasek’s high...
Mar 24, 2017 · His mega-hit Dear Evan Hansen, which first premiered at Second Stage where it won Outer Critics Circle Awards and an Obie, is now a hot ticket in an open run at the Music Box Theatre.
Steven is a Tony Award®-winning playwright, screenwriter and television writer and producer. His plays include If I Forget , Core Values , Seven Minutes In Heaven and The Language of Trees . He wrote the book for the musical, DEAR EVAN HANSEN, which won six Tony Awards®, including Best Book and Best Musical, as well as the Olivier Award for ...
