Mel Marvin and Jonathan Levi bring long careers in music, theater, and literature to their collaboration.

Mel’s work as a composer includes scores for 5 shows on Broadway, 11 shows Off-Broadway, 47 plays and 3 operas.

Founding Editor of Granta magazine, and Founding Director of the Frank Gehry-designed Fisher Center, Jonathan’s novels, short stories, journalism, libretti and plays have been published in many languages and countries, from Colombia to Georgia.

Their collaborations include the operas “Guest from the Future” (premiere Fisher Center, 2004), “Buwalsky” (premiere Opera Spanga, Netherlands, 2004, U.S. premiere Yale New Theater, 2005), “Truth & Reconciliation” (Opera America, 2020), and the musical “Eden” (O’Neill Musical Theater Conference, 2010, Concert premiere, Joe’s Pub, New York, 2011).

They are currently recording an album of rock songs, “Lives of the Artists,” inspired by Giorgio Vasari’s 1568 masterpiece.

Marvin & Levi’s work can be found on:

• Eden: A Musical of Chaos