Alex Levy (producer)

After graduating from Wesleyan, Levy sent his 120-page thesis, "Rhetoric and Reason in the Estate Tax Repeal Debate," ^[3] to Chuck Schumer, the senior United States senator from New York. He asked for a job, and to his "everlasting surprise," he was hired as a tax and policy-focused legislative aide to Schumer.^[4] In 2010 he was named Schumer's deputy communications director and chief speechwriter, a position he held until starting law school in 2011.^[5][6] The New York Times published an op-ed he wrote as a third-year law student, "Rein In Shady Tax Preparers".^[7]

After receiving his JD, he was clerk to Patti B. Saris, chief judge for the US District Court of Massachusetts.^[8][1] In 2015, Levy returned to speechwriting as a vice president at SKDKnickerbocker, a political and public affairs consultancy. His work centered on public affairs, messaging, and political strategy.^[9]

Levy founded A.H. Levy & Co., a Manhattan-based speechwriting and strategy firm, in 2016. The New York Times—and members of the Sulzberger family—were among his first clients. He has since worked with Steve Ballmer, Bobby Kotick, Ronald Lauder, Robert Rubin, and Shari Redstone, among others, and advised entities including Harvard University,^[10] Activision, and USAFacts.^[11][5] In a New York article titled “The Most Powerful New Yorkers You’ve Never Heard Of”, he described himself as "an advisor to people in public life" who "helps clients decide whether to weigh in and how, guiding them through the many linguistic land mines.” Emily Greenhouse described him as "the secret macher whisperer beneath Gotham."^[12]

He was named to the NYU School of Law Board of Trustees in 2024.^[1]

A fan of theater since childhood,^[4] Levy is a member of The Broadway League and the vice chairman of Playwrights Horizons.^[13]

Levy has produced eight Broadway shows since 2019. He won Tony Awards for A Strange Loop, (Best Musical, 2022); Company (Best Revival of a Musical, 2022); Parade (Best Revival of a Musical, 2023); Stereophonic (Best Play, 2024); and Sunset Boulevard (Best Revival of a Musical, 2025). ^[14] His credits as a producer also include Just for Us, JOB, and the Broadway revival of Cabaret.^[5][15]

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