Creative Team
THOMAS MEEHAN
Book
Thomas Meehan won the 2001 Tony Award for co-writing the book for The Producers. He received his first Tony Award in 1977 for writing the book of Annie, which was his first Broadway show, and has since written the books for the musicals I Remember Mama, Ain’t Broadway Grand, Annie Warbucks and Broadway’s newest hit, Hairspray, for which he recently won his third Tony and has also co-written the book for the Broadway premiere of Bombay Dreams. He is currently working with Mel Brooks on the musical adaptation of Young Frankenstein. 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, including Mel Brooks’ Spaceballs and To Be or Not to Be. He and his wife, Carolyn, divide their time between a home in Nantucket and an apartment in Greenwich Village, near which, on Hudson Street, she owns and presides over the long-running and near-legendary children’s store, Peanut Butter and Jane. Mr. Meehan is a member of the Council of the Dramatists Guild.
