Thomas Meehan , the three-time Tony Award winner who authored the book for Broadway hits Annie, The Producers , and Hairspray, has died at 88.
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From Annie to Hairspray: Look Back at Thomas Meehan’s Contributions to Broadway
From Annie to Hairspray: Look Back at Thomas Meehan’s Contributions to Broadway
The three-time Tony Award winner passed away at 88.
33 PHOTOS
Annie Full Playbill
Reid Shelton and Andrea McArdle in the original Broadway production of Annie .
Martha Swope / The New York Public Library
Andrea McArdle, Sandy and Reid Shelton in Annie . 1979, Alvin Theatre.
I Remember Mama
Liv Ullmann in I Remember Mama
Liv Ullmann in I Remember Mama
Ain't Broadway Grand Playbill
Gerry Vichi and Debbie Shapiro Gravitte in Ain't Broadway Grand
Maureen McNamara, Mike Burstyn, Debbie Shapiro Gravitte, and Gerry Vichi in Ain't Broadway Grand
Merwin Goldsmith
The Producers Playbill - January 2004
Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick in The Producers
Paul Kolnik
Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick in The Producers .
Paul Kolnik
Hairspray Playbill - Opening Night, July 2002
Harvey Fierstein in Hairspray .
Paul Kolnik
Matthew Morrison in Hairspray
Paul Kolnik
Bombay Dreams Playbill
The Company of Bombay Dreams
Photo by Joan Marcus
A scene from Bombay Dreams
Photo by Joan Marcus
Young Frankenstein Playbill - Opening Night
Original Broadway cast members (L-R): Roger Bart, Sutton Foster and Christopher Fitzgerald.
Paul Kolnik
Shuler Hensley, Sutton Foster, Roger Bart, Christopher Fitzgerald, and Andrea Martin in Young Frankenstein
Paul Kolnik
Cry Baby Playbill - Opening Night
Alli Mauzey in Cry-Baby .
Photo by Joan Marcus
James Snyder and Elizabeth Stanley
Elf Playbill - Opening Night
The Cast of Elf
Joan Marcus
Sebastian Arcelus and cast in Elf
Chaplin Playbill - Opening Night
Rob McClure as Chaplin
Photo by Joan Marcus
McClure in Chaplin
Photo by Joan Marcus
Rocky Playbill - Opening Night
Andy Karl, nominated for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical for his performance as Rocky Balboa in Rocky
Terence Archie and Andy Karl in Rocky
Photo by Matthew Murphy
He is the only creative to have written the books for three shows that ran more than 2,000 performances on Broadway: Annie , which he did by himself (2,377 performances); The Producers in 2001, which he wrote with Mel Brooks (2,502 performances); and Hairspray in 2002, which he wrote with the late Mark O’Donnell (2,642 performances). He earned Tonys for all three shows.
Meehan received a fourth Tony nomination in 2008 for penning the book to Cry-Baby (like Hairspray , a stage adaptation of a John Waters film) alongside O'Donnell; his myriad additional Broadway credits include Rocky, Elf, Young Frankenstein (his second Brooks collaboration), and Chaplin .
READ: Thomas Meehan, Tony-Winning Writer of Annie , Dies at 88