Thomas Meehan (writer)

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Thomas Meehan is a Tony award-winning writer, best known for Annie, The Producers and Hairspray. Thomas Meehan grew up in Suffern, New York. His father died when he was still young and his mother went to work as a night nurse to support the family. She later rose to supervisor and as well known for her competence and compassion. All four of her children graduated from college and some went on to further degrees. Meehan graduated from Hamilton College, New York in 1951.

He received his first Tony Award in 1977 for writing the book for Annie, his Broadway debut, and subsequently won for The Producers (2001) and Hairspray (2002). Additional credits include the musical adaptation of I Remember Mama, Oh Kay, Ain't Broadway Grand, Annie 2 and Annie Warbucks, the off-Broadway sequel to Annie. In addition, he is a long-time contributor of humor to The New Yorker, an Emmy Award-winning writer of television comedy, and a collaborator on a number of screenplays, One Magic Christmas, including Mel Brooks' Spaceballs and To Be or Not to Be.

Meehan's latest projects areYoung Frankenstein, a 2007 musical stage adaptation of the 1974 film written in collaboration with Brooks, Cry-Baby and Elf.

Meehan is a member of the Council of the Dramatists Guild of America.