Mr. Ben Levit

Directed by BEN LEVIT
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A big thank you to God for these blessings, his family, Dennis (111), his brother Jeff, the Mosiers, Chris L., Paris, Ben, Jon, Peter, Tom all his Letters from ,Nam Brothers (and Mother!), Jon Larsen, Michael Grief, Jay Binder, Harry, Holly and Alyssa... thank you for everything!
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Ben Levit (Director) WITH NSMT: A Midsummer Night's Dream ELSEWHERE: Ben Levit served as Artistic Director of the American Music Theater Festival (t/a) the Prince Music Theater, in Philadelphia from 1994 through the 2001 season.During that time he directed for the company five world premiere productions and two revivals.
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Mr. Levit was awarded the 2000 Barrymore Award for Outstanding Direction of a Musical for his world premiere production of Peter Foley and Kate Chisholm's The Hidden Sky.
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Some of Mr. Levit's additional directing credits include the original music theater production of Herringbone with David Rounds (Playwrights Horizons), Who's Life is it Anyway starring Michael Moriarty (Kennedy Center), the American premiere of The Genius by Howard Brenton (Mark Taper Forum), and the revival of Kurt Weil's One Touch of Venus (Goodspeed Opera House).

Ben LevitArtistic Director

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Conceived and Directed by Ben Levit, this Production Features Song and Dance, Masks and Movement and a Company of 27 Philadelphia Artists

Philadelphia, November 17, 2000 -- Just in time for the holidays, the Prince Music Theater presents a new version of THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE, the timeless adventure story of four London children in the magical world of Narnia.
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Ben Levit, Prince Music Theater Artistic Director, has conceived and will direct the production."Tom Key's dramatic narrative, using only the words of C. S. Lewis, was the starting point for our journey," he commented.

Ben Levit, Artistic Director, Prince Music Theater

The sparse choreography by Peter Pucci is perfect and the direction of Ben Levit , the artistic director of the Prince Music Theatre , is extraordinary.
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Mr. Levit has sculpted a beautiful work here and he deserves all the praise in the world for doing so.

In light of the recent events , I was a bit uncertain at first of a new musical about war.But Letters from 'Nam is not about war.It's about human relationships , as is all great theatre , and the way war happens to effect them.It is a study of human character and nature and the way we survive our tough times.Everyone should see Letters from 'Nam ; it should have a promising future.

Allan Jaffe | Deborah Atherton | Stephen Hannock | Ben Levit | Alan Johnson | Peter J. Jakubowski | Claudia Carlson | 2002 Creative Team
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Ben Levit, Director | Alan Johnson, Music Director | Peter J. Jakubowski, Lighting Designer | Claudia Carlson, Graphic Designer
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Ben Levit, Director, served as Artistic Director of the American Music Theater Festival in Philadelphia from December 1993 to August 2001.During his tenure the theater built its first permanent home, the Prince Music Theater, and produced and presented over seventy musical plays, revivals, cabarets.The AMTF gained a regional and national reputation for not only introducing innovative new works, but for producing them at the highest level of excellence.Mr. Levit directed for the company five world premiere productions and conceived and directed the AMTF/WHYY Televisions' Digital Youth production of Ballad for Americans/Stand in the Light.

Mr. Levit has also staged for Opera Delaware the world premiere of Billy and Zelda by composer Tina Davidson, and for the Curtis Institute of Music Opera Theatre: Menotti's The Medium, and Mozart's Così Fan Tutte.
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Mr. Levit was awarded the 2000 Barrymore Award for 'Outstanding Direction of a Musical' for his world premiere production of Peter Foley and Kate Chisholm's The Hidden Sky.
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Prior to coming to the Prince Music Theater, Mr. Levit freelanced as a director at Off-Broadway and Regional Theaters for 14 years and served as a Director-in-Residence at both the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, and Playwrights Horizon's in New York City.

The show features music and lyrics by Peter Foley and a book by Kate Chisholm and is directed by Prince Music Theater Artistic Director Ben Levit.