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http://www.secondcity.com mark levenson
 mark levenson musical director , composer , and lyricist
mark levenson

mark levenson , a member of the dramatists guild of america , is a musical director for the second city detroit -lrb- located in novi , michigan -rrb- .
levenson helped open second city detroit in 1993 .
in addition to his work with the second city detroit , levenson scored the hit comedy central series , strangers with candy .
he has also written music for shows on mtv , vh-1 , nbc and scored productions at both lincoln center for the performing arts and john f. kennedy center for the performing arts .
levenson composed music for david sedaris 's two off broadway shows and numerous recording projects .
he recently toured the country with stephen colbert , amy sedaris and paul dinello in their production of wigfield , which concluded its run at the u.s. comedy arts festival in aspen , colorado .
levenson scored carl reiner 's original children 's album , `` tell me a scary story '' and also the dr. seuss cd series starring kelsey grammer and jason alexander .
he recently scored his first radio play starring dustin hoffman .
levenson served as musical director for the new york avant-garde improv company , burn manhattan , and has composed and produced four musicals .
before joining the second city detroit , levenson spent eight years as a composer at the second city chicago , where he wrote the scores for six shows -lrb- including the musicals `` the rate of falling '' ' , `` those who are stronger '' , and `` a life in the day '' -rrb- .
levenson 's work has been produced in norway and china .
