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THOMAS MEEHAN (1934 - ) |
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Nationality: USA Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Plays by Thomas Meehan |
Ain't Brodaway Grand | ||
| 1st Produced: | Lunt Fontanne Theater, New York | 1993 | ||||
Company: | Tra La La Inc | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #61917 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 18 | Female | 10 | ||
Parts other: | doubling | |||||
Notes: | Written by Lee Adams and Thomas Meehan; music by Mitch Leigh; lyrics by Lee Adams | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Annie | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1977 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | SK-60723 | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: Sony (SK-60723) 1977 | doollee no | #62072 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | large cast | |||||
Notes: | music by Charles Strouse; Lyrics by Martin Charnin; Book by Thomas Meehan; Based on "Little Orphan Annie" by Harold Gray. Music Theatre International hold the rights for the United States http://www.mtishows.com/ | |||||
| 11 year old Annie is in an orphanage, presided over by Miss Hannigan, who keeps the little girl orphans in line by bullying and threatening them ("It's the Hard-Knock Life"). The girls are ever hopeful that they will find parents and happiness ("Maybe") while Miss Hannigan is unhappy with her situation. Annie decides to escape to find her parents, running into a friendly dog (Sandy) ("Tomorrow") and the people made homeless because of the Great Depression ("We'd Like To Thank You, Herbert Hoover"). However, she is returned to the orphanage. Grace Farrell, Warbucks' assistant, picks her to live in Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks' palatial home for the Christmas holidays ("I Think I'm Gonna Like it Here"). Although initially uncomfortable with each other, Annie and Daddy Warbucks soon come to love each other ("You Won't Be An Orphan For Long"). Warbucks wants to adopt her, but Annie insists that her parents will come for her. Over the radio show of Bert Healy, and with the help of President and Mrs. Roosevelt, Warbucks offers a reward for the parents ("You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile"). Miss Hannigan and her brother, Rooster, and his slightly ditzy girlfriend, Lily St. Regis, scheme to pretend to be the parents and collect the reward ("Easy Street"). When they are found out, it is revealed that Annie's parents have died. Warbucks and Annie become a family ("I Don't Need Anything But You"). | |||||
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Annie Warbucks | ||
| 1st Produced: | Variety Arts Theater, New York | 09 Aug 1993 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | ang-55040 | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: Angel (55040) 1993 | doollee no | #61764 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | by Thomas Meehan; Music Charles Strouse. Lyrics Martin Charnin | |||||
| Christmas Day 1933 Child Welfare Commissioner arrives at Daddy Warbucks' mansion and tells him that unless he marries in the next six days Annie will be returned to the orphanage. The search is on for a wife. But Child Commissioner Doyle and her daughter are plotting to seize Daddy Warbucks' fortune | |||||
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Bombay Dreams | ||
| 1st Produced: | Apollo Victoria Theatre | 2002 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #66376 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music by A.R. Rahman; Lyrics by Don Black; Book by Meera Syal and Thomas Meehan; Based on an idea by Shekhar Kapur and Andrew Lloyd Webber | |||||
Synopsis: | Setting: Paradise Slum; Shanti & Akaash's home; Miss India Pag.; "Diamond in the Rough" set; Akaash's new apt.; Indian Film Awards; Akaash's mansion; "Bombay Dreams" set; Taj Royale Beach Hotel; Juhu Beach | |||||
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Cry-Baby | ||
| 1st Produced: | Marquis Theatre, NY | 2008 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #82067 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 4 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | on the John Waters film of the same name. book by Mark O'Donnell & Thomas Meehan; music and lyrics by David Javerbaum & Adam Schlesinger | |||||
Synopsis: | Baltimore, 1954. Everyone likes Ike, nobody likes communism, and Wade "Cry-Baby" Walker is the coolest boy in town. He's a bad boy with a good cause-truth, justice, and the pursuit of rock n roll-and when he falls for a good girl who wants to be bad, her charm school world of bobby sox and barbershop quartets will never be the same. Wayward youth, juvenile delinquents, sexual repression, cool music, dirty lyrics, bizarre rejects. . .Finally, the '50s come to life! For real this time! | |||||
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Death Takes a Holiday | ||
| 1st Produced: | Laura Pels Theatre | 21 Jul 2011 | ||||
Company: | Roundabout Theatre Company | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #129124 | |||
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Genre: | musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 7 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Book By: Peter Stone and Thomas Meehan; Music and Lyrics By: Maury Yeston | |||||
Synopsis: | In Death Takes a Holiday, it's just after the first World War and the loneliest of souls arrives at an Italian villa disguised as a handsome young Prince, and for the first time experiences the joys and heartbreaks of life. But when he unexpectedly falls in love with a newly engaged young woman, the mysterious stranger discovers that love may in fact be stronger than death. | |||||
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Elf | ||
| 1st Produced: | Al Hirschfeld Theatre | 14 Nov 2010 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #121299 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | book by Thomas Meehan and Bob Martin; lyrics by Chad Beguelin; music by Matthew Sklar | |||||
Synopsis: | This is a new musical based on the 2003 New Line Cinema film that starred Will Ferrell. Elf is the tale of Buddy, a young orphan child who mistakenly crawls into Santa's bag of gifts and is transported back to the North Pole. Buddy is raised unaware that he is actually a human, until his enormous size and poor toy-making abilities cause him to face the truth. With Santa's permission, Buddy embarks on a journey to New York City to find his birth father and discover his true identity. Faced with the harsh reality that his father is on the naughty list and his step-brother doesn't even believe in Santa, Buddy is determined to win over his new family and help New York remember the true meaning of Christmas. | |||||
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Hairspray | ||
| 1st Produced: | Neil Simon Theatre, NY | 15 Aug 2002 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Applause Books (April 1, 2003) | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-1557835147 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #61866 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | large mixed cast | |||||
Notes: | lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman; music by Marc Shaiman; book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan | |||||
| Set in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1962, Hairspray tells the story of Tracy Turnblad, a big girl with big hair and an even bigger heart who has only one passion--to dance. She wins a spot on the local TV dance program, "The Corny Collins Show," and overnight is transformed from outsider to irrepressible teen celebrity. But can a trendsetter in dance and fashion vanquish the program's reigning princess, win the heart of heartthrob Link Larkin, and integrate a television show without denting her 'do? | |||||
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I Remember Mama | ||
| 1st Produced: | Majestic Theatre, New York | 31 May 1979 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | ter-1102 | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: TER (1102) 1985 | doollee no | #64682 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Music by Richard Rodgers; Lyrics by Martin Charnin; Book by Thomas Meehan; Additional lyrics by Raymond Jessel; Based on the play "I Remember Mama" by John Van Druten; Based on stories by Kathryn Forbes | |||||
| Setting: San Francisco. Summer and Fall of 1910 | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Mike | ||
| 1st Produced: | Walnut Street Theater, Philadelphia | 1988 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #68323 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | by Thomas Meehan; Music by Mitch Leigh; lyrics by Lee Adams | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Producers, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | St. James Theatre, NY | 2001 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | sk-89646 | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording:Sony (SK 89646) 2001 | doollee no | #62048 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | music and lyrics by Mel Brooks; book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan | |||||
| It was, of course, Mel Brooks's 1968 film that introduced The Producers to the world; his still-unbeatable comic idea of staging the worst show ever written-a "gay romp with Adolph and Eva" called "Springtime for Hitler"-remains the indispensable center of this comic fable about a down-on-his-luck producer named Max Bialystock who teams with a nebbishy accountant named Leo Bloom to scam a pack of little old ladies out of two million dollars. Brooks's stamp is everywhere in this show: extravagantly effete Carmen Ghia tells Bialystock and Bloom to "walk this way"-and they do; unrepentant Nazi Franz Liebkind launches into a tirade of protest when he senses danger ("Ve didn't even know there vas a war. Ve lived in ze back."). Zany, outrageous, outlandish, over-the-top-none of these words begins to describe the nonstop hilarity and really broad satire that The Producers is. Everything that made American musical comedy (and vaudeville, and burlesque) great--slapstick, corny jokes, beautiful chorus girls, Borscht Belt shtick, ethnic jokes poking fun at every imaginable constituency, more beautiful chorus girls, unsubtle dirty jokes, hummable melodies, vigorous tap dancing, opulent and entirely unmotivated musical numbers, and some more beautiful chorus girls--it's all here, unabashed, the way that Brooks has celebrated it throughout his career. We just never thought we'd actually get to see it on stage." | |||||
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Young Frankenstein | ||
| 1st Produced: | Hilton Theatre, New York | 11 Oct 2007 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | universal-yf | |||
| Music: | Original cast recording: Universal/Decca Broadway 2007 | doollee no | #68324 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Book by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan; Music by Mel Brooks; Lyrics by Mel Brooks | |||||
| Frederick Frankenstein arrives at the castle in Transylvania that he has inherited. He finds Igor is still living there. When Frederick discovers his grandfather's secret laboratory - he decides to carry on his work - and create his own monster | |||||
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