Robin de Levita
Robin de Levita (born April 19, 1959) is a Dutch theatre- and television producer, who produced shows on Broadway and West End and won several Tony Awards. Career De Levita produced over a hundred television programs for Dutch media tycoon Joop van den Ende TV-Producties/ Endemol. After that, he started to work internationally. From 1993 - 2001 he lived and worked in New York City, first as managing director of Endemol Theater Productions. His first Broadway production was the musical Cyrano, followed by Victor/Victoria with Julie Andrews. For five years, De Levita was a partner in Dodger Theatricals and produced Hamlet (with Ralph Fiennes), 42nd Street, Urinetown and Into the Woods among seventeen Broadway shows. In London, he produced The Who's Tommy, Chicago, West Side Story and The Full Monty. In Europe he oversaw numerous shows for Stage Entertainment, such as The Phantom of the Opera, Miss Saigon, Les Misérables, The Lion King, Cats, Titanic and Cabaret. De Levita was a member of the Board of Stage Entertainment from 2000 till the end of 2005. In 2005 he started his own production company: Robin de Levita Productions. He developed two musicals with writer/choreographer Sarah Miles and composer/lyricist/record producer John Ewbank: