![]() ![]() Īdditional credits include Ain't Broadway Grand Oh, Kay! Bombay Dreams, a musical adaptation of I Remember Mama and Annie 2: Miss Hannigan's Revenge, which was subsequently reworked and re-staged Off-Broadway as Annie Warbucks. The production took five years to get to Broadway, but after opening in 1977 ran for 2,377 performances. Meehan wrote Annie with Charles Strouse, who wrote the music, and Martin Charnin who directed and wrote the lyrics. At first, Meehan was skeptical to accept the offer, but eventually accepted the offer after reading the strip. ![]() In 1972, Meehan was approached by Martin Charnin to work on a musical based on the comic strip Little Orphan Annie. Meehan moved to Manhattan at age 24, and worked at The New Yorker's "Talk of the Town". ![]() His father, Thomas, was a businessman, and his mother, Helen Cecilia O’Neill, was an emergency department nurse. Meehan was born in Ossining, New York, but grew up in Suffern, New York. ![]() He received the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical three times-in 1977 for Annie, in 2001 for The Producers (shared with Mel Brooks), and in 2003 for Hairspray (shared with Mark O'Donnell). He co-wrote the books for Elf: The Musical and Limelight: The Story of Charlie Chaplin. He wrote the books for the musicals Annie, The Producers, Hairspray, Young Frankenstein and Cry-Baby. Thomas Edward Meehan (Aug – August 21, 2017) was an American playwright. ![]()
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