Thomas Meehan (writer), the Glossary
Thomas Edward Meehan (August 14, 1929 – August 21, 2017) was an American playwright.[1]
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60 relations: Annie (musical), Annie Warbucks, Bob Martin (comedian), Bombay Dreams, Broadway theatre, Chaplin (2006 musical), Charles Strouse, Cry-Baby (musical), Dave (musical), Death Takes a Holiday (musical), Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical, Elf (musical), Emergency department, Emmy Awards, Fox News, Hairspray (1988 film), Hairspray (musical), Hamburg, Hamilton College, I Remember Mama (musical), John Waters, La Jolla Playhouse, Libretto, Little Orphan Annie, Manhattan, Mark O'Donnell, Martin Charnin, Maury Yeston, Meera Syal, Mel Brooks, NBC News, Nell Benjamin, Off-Broadway, Oh, Kay!, One Magic Christmas, Ossining, New York, Peter Stone (writer), Phillip Borsos, Rocky the Musical, Ronny Graham, Spaceballs, Suffern, New York, Sylvester Stallone, That Was the Week That Was, The New York Observer, The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Producers (1967 film), The Producers (2005 film), The Producers (musical), ... Expand index (10 more) »
Annie (musical)
Annie is a musical with music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, and a book by Thomas Meehan.
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Annie Warbucks
Annie Warbucks is a musical with a book by Thomas Meehan, music by Charles Strouse, and lyrics by Martin Charnin.
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Robert Martin (born December 8, 1962) is a television and musical theatre actor and writer from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Bombay Dreams
Bombay Dreams is a Bollywood-themed musical, with music by A. R. Rahman, lyrics by Don Black and the book by Meera Syal and Thomas Meehan, originally produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber.
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Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre,Although theater is generally the spelling for this common noun in the United States (see American and British English spelling differences), many of the extant or closed Broadway venues use or used the spelling Theatre as the proper noun in their names.
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Chaplin (2006 musical)
Chaplin: The Musical, formerly titled Limelight: The Story of Charlie Chaplin, is a musical with music and lyrics by Christopher Curtis and book by Curtis and Thomas Meehan.
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Charles Strouse
Charles Strouse (born June 7, 1928) is an American composer and lyricist best known for writing the music to such Broadway musicals as Bye Bye Birdie, Applause, and Annie. Thomas Meehan (writer) and Charles Strouse are Tony Award winners.
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Cry-Baby (musical)
Cry-Baby is a musical based on the 1990 John Waters film of the same name.
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Dave (musical)
Dave is a musical with music by Tom Kitt, lyrics by Nell Benjamin, and a book by Benjamin and Thomas Meehan.
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Death Takes a Holiday (musical)
Death Takes a Holiday is a musical with music and lyrics by Maury Yeston and a book by Peter Stone and Thomas Meehan.
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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical
The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in theatre across collective Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions in New York City.
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Elf (musical)
Elf is a musical based on the motion picture of the same name, with a score by Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin.
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Emergency department
An emergency department (ED), also known as an accident and emergency department (A&E), emergency room (ER), emergency ward (EW) or casualty department, is a medical treatment facility specializing in emergency medicine, the acute care of patients who present without prior appointment; either by their own means or by that of an ambulance.
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Emmy Awards
The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry.
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Fox News
The Fox News Channel (FNC), commonly known as Fox News, is an American multinational conservative news and political commentary television channel and website based in New York City.
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Hairspray (1988 film)
Hairspray is a 1988 American comedy film written and directed by John Waters, starring Sonny Bono, Ruth Brown, Divine, Debbie Harry, Ricki Lake in her film debut, and Jerry Stiller, with special appearances by Ric Ocasek in his final film and Pia Zadora.
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Hairspray (musical)
Hairspray is an American musical with music by Marc Shaiman and lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, with a book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, based on John Waters's 1988 film of the same name.
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Hamburg
Hamburg (Hamborg), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,.
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Hamilton College
Hamilton College is a private liberal arts college in Clinton, New York.
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I Remember Mama (musical)
I Remember Mama is a musical with a book by Thomas Meehan, lyrics by Martin Charnin and Raymond Jessel, and music by Richard Rodgers.
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John Waters
John Samuel Waters Jr. (born April 22, 1946) is an American filmmaker, writer, actor, and artist.
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La Jolla Playhouse
La Jolla Playhouse is a not-for-profit, professional theatre on the campus of the University of California, San Diego. Thomas Meehan (writer) and La Jolla Playhouse are Tony Award winners.
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Libretto
A libretto (an English word derived from the Italian word libretto) is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or musical.
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Little Orphan Annie
Little Orphan Annie was a daily American comic strip created by Harold Gray and syndicated by the Tribune Media Services.
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Manhattan
Manhattan is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City.
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Mark O'Donnell
Mark O’Donnell (July 19, 1954 – August 6, 2012) was an American writer and humorist.
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Martin Charnin
Martin Charnin (November 24, 1934 – July 6, 2019) was an American lyricist, writer, and theatre director. Thomas Meehan (writer) and Martin Charnin are Drama Desk Award winners and Tony Award winners.
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Maury Yeston
Maury Yeston (born October 23, 1945) is an American composer, lyricist and music theorist. Thomas Meehan (writer) and Maury Yeston are Tony Award winners.
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Meera Syal
Meera Syal FRSL (born Feroza Syal; 27 June 1961) is an English comedian, writer, playwright, singer, journalist and actress.
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Mel Brooks
Melvin James Brooks (born June 28, 1926) is an American actor, comedian, filmmaker, songwriter, and playwright. Thomas Meehan (writer) and Mel Brooks are Tony Award winners.
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NBC News
NBC News is the news division of the American broadcast television network NBC.
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Nell Benjamin
Nell Benjamin is a lyricist, writer, and composer noted for her work in musical theatre.
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Off-Broadway
An off-Broadway theatre is any professional theatre venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, inclusive.
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Oh, Kay!
Oh, Kay! is a musical with music by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin, and a book by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse.
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One Magic Christmas
One Magic Christmas is a 1985 Christmas fantasy film directed by Phillip Borsos.
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Ossining, New York
Ossining is a town located along the Hudson River in Westchester County, New York.
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Peter Stone (writer)
Peter Hess Stone (February 27, 1930 – April 26, 2003) was an American screenwriter and playwright. Thomas Meehan (writer) and Peter Stone (writer) are American musical theatre librettists, screenwriters from New York (state) and Tony Award winners.
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Phillip Borsos
Phillip Borsos (May 5, 1953 – February 2, 1995) was an Australian-born Canadian film director, producer, and screenwriter.
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Rocky the Musical
Rocky the Musical (originally Rocky: Das Musical) is a 2012 musical with music by Stephen Flaherty, lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, and a book by Thomas Meehan and Sylvester Stallone, based on the 1976 film of the same name written by Stallone.
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Ronny Graham
Ronny Graham (August 26, 1919 – July 4, 1999) was an American actor and theater director, composer, lyricist, and writer.
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Spaceballs
Spaceballs is a 1987 American space opera parody film co-written, produced and directed by Mel Brooks.
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Suffern, New York
Suffern is a village that was incorporated in 1796 in the town of Ramapo in Rockland County, New York.
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Sylvester Stallone
Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone (born July 6, 1946) is an American actor and filmmaker. Thomas Meehan (writer) and Sylvester Stallone are screenwriters from New York (state).
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That Was the Week That Was
That Was the Week That Was, informally TWTWTW or TW3, was a satirical television comedy programme that aired on BBC Television in 1962 and 1963.
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The New York Observer
The New York Observer was a weekly newspaper established in 1987.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The New Yorker
The New Yorker is an American magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry.
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The Producers (1967 film)
The Producers is a 1967 American satirical black comedy film.
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The Producers (2005 film)
The Producers is a 2005 American musical comedy film directed by Susan Stroman and written by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan based on the eponymous 2001 Broadway musical, which in turn was based on Brooks's 1967 film of the same name.
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The Producers (musical)
The Producers is a musical comedy with music and lyrics by Mel Brooks, and a book by Brooks and Thomas Meehan.
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To Be or Not to Be (1983 film)
To Be or Not to Be is a 1983 American war comedy film directed by Alan Johnson, produced by Mel Brooks, and starring Brooks, Anne Bancroft, Tim Matheson, Charles Durning, Christopher Lloyd, and José Ferrer.
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Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical
The Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical is awarded to librettists of the spoken, non-sung dialogue, and storyline of a musical play.
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Toronto Sun
The Toronto Sun is an English-language tabloid newspaper published daily in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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USA Today
USA Today (often stylized in all caps) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company.
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Variety (magazine)
Variety is an American magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation.
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When Things Were Rotten
When Things Were Rotten is an American sitcom television series created in 1975 by Mel Brooks and set in 1197 as a parody of the Robin Hood legend.
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William Faulkner
William Cuthbert Faulkner (September 25, 1897 – July 6, 1962) was an American writer known for his novels and short stories set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, based on Lafayette County, Mississippi, where Faulkner spent most of his life.
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Young Frankenstein (musical)
Young Frankenstein (promoted as The New Mel Brooks Musical: Young Frankenstein) is a musical with a book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan, and music and lyrics by Brooks.
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1984 (opera)
1984 is an opera by the American conductor and composer Lorin Maazel, with a libretto by J. D. McClatchy and Thomas Meehan.
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55th Tony Awards
The 55th Annual Tony Awards was held at Radio City Music Hall on June 3, 2001 and broadcast by CBS.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Meehan_(writer)
Also known as Thomas Edward Meehan.
, To Be or Not to Be (1983 film), Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical, Toronto Sun, USA Today, Variety (magazine), When Things Were Rotten, William Faulkner, Young Frankenstein (musical), 1984 (opera), 55th Tony Awards.