Thomas Meehan, Barbara Cook to Be Honored by York Theatre Company

Tony Award winning librettist Thomas Meehan will be honored with the York Theatre Company’s 19th Oscar Hammerstein Award for Lifetime Achievement in Musical Theatre, to be presented in a concert celebration on Monday, November 22 at The Racquet & Tennis Club. Director/lyricist/librettist Richard Maltby will direct the event, which will raise money for the company’s work and will feature the presentation of the award by Alice Hammerstein Mathias, daughter of Oscar Hammerstein II.

The concert will feature performers and performances from Meehan’s Broadway musicals. Casting for the event will be announced shortly. Along with the announcement of the award for Meehan, the theater has announced that Barbara Cook will be presented with the Hammerstein Award in 2011.

Meehan won the 2003 Tony for co-writing the book for Hairspray, the 2001 Tony for the book of The Producers, and the 1977 Tony for the book of Annie, which was his first Broadway show. He has also written the books for Young Frankenstein, I Remember Mama, Ain’t Broadway Grand, Annie Warbucks, Bombay Dreams, Cry-Baby and the forthcoming Elf.

For further information, visit: www.yorktheatre.org or call 212-935-5824 x215.