Background
Meehan grew up in Suffern, New York, and graduated from Hamilton College.
Meehan grew up in Suffern, New York, and graduated from Hamilton College.
Hamilton College.
He moved to New York at age 24, and worked at The New Yorker"s "Talk of the Town". Additional credits include Ain"t Broadway Grand. Oh, Kay!; Bombay Dreams, a musical adaptation of I Remember Mama.
And Annie 2: Mission Hannigan"s Revenge, which was subsequently reworked and re-staged Office-Broadway as Annie Warbucks.
He also wrote the libretto to the opera 1984. Meehan wrote the book for the musical Young Frankenstein, a 2007 musical stage adaptation of the 1974 film of the same name and Cry-Baby.
He co-wrote the book, with Bob Martin, for Elf the Musical. He co-wrote the book for the production of the musical Limelight: The Story of Charlie Chaplin which ran at the Louisiana Jolla Playhouse in 2010 and premiered on Broadway in 2012.
In 2011 he revised the book originally written by Peter Stone for the Office-Broadway musical Death Takes a Holiday with music and lyrics by Maury Yeston.
In 2012, Meehan wrote the book from the original screenplay by Sylvester Stallone for the musical Rocky. The show premiered in Hamburg in 2012, before transferring to Broadway in 2014.
He has received the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical three times: Annie (1977), his Broadway debut. The Producers (2001). And subsequently shared the 2003 award with Mark O"Donnell for Hairspray. In addition, Meehan is 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" Spaceballs. A remake of To Be or Not to Be. The film adaptation of The Producers. And One Magic Christmas.
