David Leveaux was born on 13 December 1957 and is an English film and theatre director.
12 Facts About David Leveaux
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David Leveaux has been nominated for five Tony Awards as director of both plays and musicals.
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David Leveaux was born in Leicester and raised in Derby in the Midlands, the son of a cardiologist.
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David Leveaux read English language and literature at Manchester University.
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David Leveaux was the artistic director of Theatre Project Tokyo, directing productions in Tokyo, including Electra, Lulu, Modern Noh Plays, The Changeling, Hedda Gabler, and Two Headed Eagle.
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David Leveaux directed Electra in 1997, for which Zoe Wanamaker received an Olivier Award.
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David Leveaux received an Olivier Award nomination for Best Director for his 1999 revival of Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing.
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David Leveaux directed Cyrano de Bergerac on Broadway, starring Kevin Kline, with Ben Brantley writing in The New York Times:.
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David Leveaux is the perfect man to bring Cyrano into the 21st century, presenting the play's flowery sensibility without making audiences feel they've been doused in perfume.
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David Leveaux directed the first West End revival of Tom Stoppard's Arcadia, which opened in May 2009.
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In 2005, David Leveaux was in an altercation with New York Post columnist Michael Riedel at Angus McIndoe, a Manhattan restaurant and theatre hangout.
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Riedel, who later admitted to being "tipsy", insulted David Leveaux by claiming that English directors often ruin classic American musicals.