Jacques Levy
| Jacques Lèvy | |
|---|---|
| Born |
July 29, 1935 New York City, New York, United States |
| Died | September 30, 2004 (aged 69) New York City, New York, United States |
| Occupation(s) | Theatre director, songwriter |
| Associated acts |
Roger McGuinn Bob Dylan |
Jacques Levy (29 July 1935 – 30 September 2004) was an American songwriter, theatre director, and clinical psychologist.
Levy was born in New York City in 1935 and graduated from the City College of New York in 1956. He then received his M.A. and Ph.D. in psychology from Michigan State University in 1958 and 1961. Levy was a trained psychoanalyst, certified by the Menninger Institute for Psychoanalysis in Topeka, Kansas. He later returned to New York and became a clinical psychologist.
In 1965, Levy directed Sam Shepard's play Red Cross at the Judson Poets Theater, New York City. The following year he directed two of the short plays in Jean-Claude van Itallie's America Hurrah. In 1969, Levy directed the off-Broadway erotic revue Oh! Calcutta!.
Levy approached Roger McGuinn of the Byrds to collaborate on Gene Tryp, a project inspired by Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt. The musical stalled, but one song, "Chestnut Mare," co-written by McGuinn and Levy, became the single released from the album (Untitled) in 1970. Although it only peaked at #121 in the United States, the song became an enduring FM radio staple. Many further Levy-McGuinn songs appeared on Byrds and McGuinn albums during the 1970s. In 1973, Levy and Van Itallie reunited for Mystery Play, which starred Judd Hirsch and ran for 14 performances off-Broadway at the Cherry Lane Theatre.
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