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Levenson was raised in Bethesda, Maryland and attended St. Andrew’s Episcopal School and Brown University. He originally studied theater and English but then turned to playwriting. In discussing his interests in writing, he said: "...it does seem that a lot of my work tends to move in that [family] direction. I do find the dynamics in the family to be fascinating and endlessly variable. Family is, obviously, among the most universal experiences." Although he writes for television as well as the stage, he said: "Theater will always be my first love."

He served as showrunner for the FX biographical miniseries Fosse/Verdon about the lives of director-choreographer Bob Fosse and actor-singer Gwen Verdon. The series premiered in 2019.

His play Days of Rage opened at the Off-Broadway Second Stage Theater's Tony Kiser Theatre on October 2, 2018 with direction by Trip Cullman. The play concerns activists in the late 1960s. Days of Rage was earlier presented at the Hartford Stage Brand New Play Festival in a reading in November 2011, directed by Darko Tresnjak.

His play If I Forget opened Off-Broadway at the Laura Pels Theatre on February 22, 2017 and closed on April 30, 2017. Directed by Daniel Sullivan the cast featured Jeremy Shamos, Kate Walsh and Maria Dizzia.

His play If I Forget was nominated for the 2017 Drama Desk Awards: Outstanding Play, Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play (Jeremy Shamos), Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play (Kate Walsh) and Outstanding Director of a Play. The play was nominated for the 2017 Drama League Award: Outstanding Production of a Play and Distinguished Performance (Kate Walsh). It was also nominated for the 2017 Hewes Design Award, Scenic Design (Derek McLane).

Levenson wrote the book for the musical Dear Evan Hansen which opened on Broadway in December 2016, after premiering at the Arena Stage in Washington, DC in 2015.

He also won the 2016 Obie Award for Musical Theatre and the 2017 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for Dear Evan Hansen.

Levenson is married to Whitney May, who has worked in art history and design history. They have a daughter, born in 2015.

Levenson won the 2014 Outer Critics Circle Award, John Gassner Award for The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin.

The Unavoidable Disappearance of Tom Durnin was produced Off-Broadway by the Roundabout Theatre Company at the Laura Pels Theatre, opening in June 2013. The play was produced under the Roundabout Theatre's New Play Initiative.

He was a writer for the Showtime series Masters of Sex, which ran for four seasons, from 2013 to 2016.

His stage playwriting credits include The Language of Trees (2008, Roundabout Theatre Company Black Box Theatre) and Seven Minutes in Heaven (2009).

Steven Levenson (born May 1984) is an American playwright and television writer. He won the 2017 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for Dear Evan Hansen.

Levenson received two nominations at the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards for his work on Fosse/Verdon: one for Outstanding Limited Series for producing and one for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special for co-writing the finale episode.