If I Forget and Other Plays
Steven Levenson
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- The collection includes three plays: If I Forget, The Language of Trees,andThe Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin.
- Levenson won a Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical in 2017 for Dear Evan Hansen, which had its Broadway debut at Music Box Theatre in December 2016.
- If I Forget premiered at the Roundabout Theater Company in February 2017 (Off-Broadway) and was nominated for Outstanding Play at the 2017 Drama Desk Awards.
- The Language of Trees premiered at the Roundabout Theater Company in October 2008 (Off-Broadway).
- The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin premiered at the Roundabout Theater Company in June 2013 (Off-Broadway).
- Levenson's other plays include Seven Minutes in Heaven and Core Values.
- Levenson is also the co-author of Dear Evan Hansen: Through the Window, the official behind-the-scenes book of the hit musical.
- Levenson served as a writer and producer on Showtime's Masters of Sex. Levenson has also written for Fox's Wayward Pines.
- Leveson served as the showrunner for the 2019 FX biographical miniseries Fosse/Verdon.
- He penned the screenplay for Lin-Manuel Miranda's film adaptation of Jonathan Larson's biographical musical Tick, Tick... Boom!, which will be released on Netflix in 2021.
- Levenson will adapt his and Pasek and Paul's script for Stephen Chbosky's film adaptation of Dear Evan Hansen
- He is also writing the script for the film remake of Fiddler on the Roof, which will be directed by Thomas Kail.
Contributor Bio
Steven Levenson. Honors include a Tony Award, an Obie Award, two Outer Critics Circle Awards, a Writers Guild Award, and the John Gassner Memorial Playwriting Award.