Alex Levy is an American media strategist, speechwriter, and theater producer. A six-time Tony Award winner, he is the founder of Alex Levy Productions and A.H. Levy and Co., a New York-based communications firm.
Early life and education Levy was born and raised in Buffalo, New York. He earned a BA in government at Wesleyan University and a JD at New York University School of Law, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif. He graduated magna cum laude in 2014. His grandfather, Joseph Halpern, was a member of the NYU Law class of 1942.NYU Law Magazine, 2014, p.87
Career Speechwriting, communications, and media strategy After graduating from Wesleyan, Levy sent his 120-page thesis, "Rhetoric and Reason in the Estate Tax Repeal Debate," 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. In 2010 he was named Schumer's deputy communications director and chief speechwriter, a position he held until starting law school in 2011. The New York Times published an op-ed he wrote as a third-year law student, "Rein In Shady Tax Preparers".
After receiving his JD, he was clerk to Patti B. Saris, chief judge for the US District Court of Massachusetts. 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.
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, Activision, and USAFacts. 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."
He was named to the NYU School of Law Board of Trustees in 2024.
Theater Levy is a member of The Broadway League and vice chairman of Playwrights Horizons. Through Alex Levy Productions, he has produced plays and musicals on and Off-Broadway, in the West End and regionally.
Awards +YearProductionAwardRef.2022A Strange LoopTony Award for Best MusicalCompanyTony Award for Best Revival of a Musical2023ParadeTony Award for Best Revival of a Musical 2024Stereophonic Tony Award for Best Play 2025Sunset BoulevardTony Award for Best Revival of a Musical 2026Death of a SalesmanTony Award for Best RevivalPrince FaggotLucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play
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External links Official website