Thomas Meehan

Thomas Meehan (1929-2017) won the 2003 Tony Award co-writing the book for Hairspray as well as 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, his first Broadway show, and later wrote the book for the musicals I Remember Mama, Ain't Broadway Grand and Daddy Warbucks. In addition, he was 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' Space Balls and To Be Or Not To Be. He and his wife Carolyn divided their time between a home in Newton, Connecticut, and an apartment in Greenwich Village, near which, on Hudson Street, she owned and presided over the long-running and near-legendary children's store Peanut Butter & Jane.