Lynne Meadow is an American theatre producer,

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and a teacher. She has been the artistic director of the

Manhattan Theatre Club Manhattan Theatre Club (MTC) is a theatre company located in New York City, affiliated with the League of Resident Theatres. Lynne Meadow has been the company’s Artistic Director and visionary since 1972. Barry Grove joined the company in 19 ...

since 1972.

Career

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graduate of Bryn Mawr, Meadow attended the

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."Lynne Meadow Plans Wedding"
''The New York Times'', September 4, 1983 In 1972, she joined the Manhattan Theatre Club as Artistic Director, and in that position, she has directed and produced more than 450

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and world premieres of plays by American and international

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s, including

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, Alan Ayckbourn, and

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. Under Meadow's leadership, MTC has been honored with every prestigious theatre award, including 31

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s, seven Pulitzer Prizes for Drama, 49

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s, and 52

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s, as well as

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Awards,

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s, and Theatre World Awards. In 2013, she was inducted into the

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. Meadow's directing credits include '' Sally and Marsha'', '' The Tale of the Allergist's Wife'', '' Absent Friends'' and ''The Commons of Pensacola'' (2013). Meadow has taught at

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, NYU, Circle in the Square Theatre School, and

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Personal

She is married to attorney Ronald Shechtman. In 2008 Meadow made national headlines when an argument with a flight attendant led to her being detained and interrogated by the FBI. Meadow subsequently sued Continental Airlines and the flight attendant for "emotional distress and humiliation and for providing her with faulty equipment on the flight."

Education

*Bryn Mawr Board of Trustees *Herbert Brodkin Fellow at Yale

Awards

* Lucille Lortel Award for Lifetime Achievement *Lilly Award for Lifetime Achievement *

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’s Auchincloss Prize *Lee Reynolds Award from the League of Professional Theatre Women *Manhattan Award from Manhattan magazine *Person of the Year from the National Theatre Conference *Margo Jones Award *Mr. Abbot award for Lifetime Achievement from the Stage Directors Foundation *She has twice been nominated for Best Director at the Drama Desk Awards: in 1996 for Leslie Ayvazian’s Nine Armenians and in 1988 for Alan Ayckbourn’s Woman in Mind with Stockard Channing.

Directing credits

Sources: Internet Off-Broadway Database;"Meadow Listing"
lortel.org Internet Broadway Database"Meadow Listing"
ibdb.com *1974: Mark Medoff’s ''The Wager'' *1974: Corinne Jacker’s ''Bits and Pieces'' *1975: Clifford Odets’ '' Golden Boy'' *1976: '' The Pokey'' *1977: David Rudkin's '' Ashes'' (Obie Award) *1978: Istvan Orkeny's '' Catsplay'' *1979: Joanna M. Glass’ ''Artichoke'' *1979: David Edgar's '' The Jail Diary of Albie Sachs'' *1980: S.N. Behrman's ''

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'' *1980: Steve Metcalf's ''Vikings'' *1982: Anton Chekhov's '' Three Sisters'' *1984: Israel Horovitz's '' Park Your Car in Harvard Yard'' *1986: Richard Nelson's '' Principia Scriptoriae'' *1988: Alan Ayckbourn's '' Woman in Mind'' (Drama Desk nomination, Best Director) *1989: Lee Blessing's '' Eleemosynary'' *1992: Alan Ayckbourn's '' A Small Family Business'' *1996: Leslie Ayvazian's '' Nine Armenians'' (Drama Desk nomination) *1999: Frederick Freyer and Patrick Cook's ''Captains Courageous'' *2001: Melanie Marnich's ''Blur'' *2003:

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's '' Rose's Dilemma'' *2003: Marsha Norman's ''Last Dance'' *2005: Ron Hutchinson's '' Moonlight and Magnolias'' *2006: David Greig's '' The American Pilot'' *2007: Charles Busch's '' Our Leading Lady'' *2010: Donald Margulies’ '' Collected Stories'' *2011: Margaret Edson's '' Wit'' *2013:

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's '' The Assembled Parties'' *2013:

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’s The Commons of Pensacola *2015: Melissa Ross’ '' Of Good Stock'' *2016:

’s Our Mother’s Brief Affair *2017: Penelope Skinner’s ''Linda'' *2019: Bekah Brunstetter’s ''The Cake'' *2020:

’s The Perplexed

Selected world/New York premieres produced under Meadows' artistic direction

Sources: Internet Off-Broadway Database; Internet Broadway database *1978: Richard Maltby Jr.& Murray Horowitz’ ''Ain’t Misbehavin’: The Fats Waller Musical'' *1981:

’s ''Crimes of the Heart'' *1982: Simone Benmusa’s '' The Singular Life of Albert Nobbs'' *1984:

’s ''The Miss Firecracker Contest'' *1987:

’s '' Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune'' *1988:

’s '' Eastern Standard'' *1990:

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’s '' The Piano Lesson'' *1991:

’s ''Lips Together, Teeth Apart'' *1991:

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’s ''Putting It Together'' *1993:

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’s '' Pretty Fire'' *1993:

’s ''Playland'' *1994:

’s ''Love! Valour! Compassion!'' *1995: A.R. Gurney’s '' Sylvia'' *1999: David Lindsay-Abaire’s ''Fuddy Meers'' *2000:

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’s ''

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'' *2000: Charles Busch’s ''The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife'' *2004: Donald Margulies’ '' Sight Unseen'' (Pulitzer Prize finalist) *2004:

’s ''

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'' *2006:

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’s '' Shining City'' *2006: David Lindsay-Abaire’s '' Rabbit Hole'' *2007:

Alfred Uhry Alfred Fox Uhry (born December 3, 1936) is an American playwright and screenwriter. He is the recipient of the two Tony Awards and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for '' Driving Miss Daisy'', as well as the Academy Award for the 1989 film adaptat ...

’s '' LoveMusik'' suggested by the letters of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya *2007: David Harrower’s '' Blackbird'' *2009: George S. Kaufman’s and

Edna Ferber Edna Ferber (August 15, 1885 – April 16, 1968) was an American novelist, short story writer and playwright. Her novels include the Pulitzer Prize-winning '' So Big'' (1924), '' Show Boat'' (1926; made into the celebrated 1927 musical), '' Cima ...

’s '' The Royal Family'' *2009:

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’s '' Ruined'' (Pulitzer Prize) *2009: Donald Margulies’ '' Time Stands Still (play)'' *2010: Lee Hall’s '' The Pitmen Painters'' *2011: David Lindsay-Abaire’s '' Good People'' *2012:

’s '' The Columnist'' *2012: David Ives’ ''Venus in Fur'' *2012 & 2019: Tarell McCraney’s ''Choir Boy'' *2015 & 2016: Simon Stephens’ ''Heisenberg'' *2015: Nick Payne’s ''Constellations'' *2016:

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’s '' The Father'' *2017 & 2022: Martyna Majok’s ''

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'' *2019: James Graham’s ''Ink'' *2022 & 2024: Joshua Harmon’s ''

Prayer for the French Republic ''Prayer for the French Republic'' is a 2022 dramatic stage play by American playwright Joshua Harmon. It centers on a Jewish family living in France as they struggle with their identity due to rising tensions from anti-Semitic attacks. The pla ...

'' *2023:

’s ''Summer, 1976'' *2023: Jocelyn Bioh's '' Jaja's African Hair Braiding'' *2024: Jonathan Spector’s '' Eureka Day'' *2025: '' Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends''

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Meadow, Lynne American theatre managers and producers American theatre directors American women theatre directors David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University alumni Bryn Mawr College alumni Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Tony Award winners