American theatre producer, director, and teacher
Lynne Meadow is an American theatre producer , director and a teacher. She has been the artistic director of the Manhattan Theatre Club since 1972.
Career
A cum laude graduate of Bryn Mawr , Meadow attended the Yale School of Drama .[ 1]
In 1972, she joined the Manhattan Theatre Club as Artistic Director, and in that position, she has directed and produced more than 450[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] New York City and world premieres of plays by American and international playwrights , including Terrence McNally , Beth Henley , John Guare , Athol Fugard , Brian Friel , Harold Pinter , Alan Ayckbourn , and John Patrick Shanley .
Under Meadow's leadership, MTC has been honored with every prestigious theatre award, including nineteen Tony Awards , six Pulitzer Prizes for Drama , 48 Obie Awards , and 32 Drama Desk Awards , as well as New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards, Outer Critics Circle Awards , and Theatre World Awards .[ 5] American Theater Hall of Fame .[ 6]
Meadow's directing credits include Sally and Marsha [ 7] The Tale of the Allergist's Wife [ 8] Absent Friends [ 9] The Commons of Pensacola (2013).[ 10]
Meadow has taught at Yale University , Fordham University , NYU ,[ 11] Circle in the Square Theatre School, and Stony Brook University .
Personal
She is married to attorney Ronald Shechtman.[ 1] [ 12]
In 2008 Meadow made national headlines when an argument with a flight attendant led to her being detained and interrogated by the FBI.[ 13] [ 14] [ 15]
Education
Bryn Mawr Board of Trustees[ 3]
Herbert Brodkin Fellow at Yale[ 16]
Awards
Lucille Lortel Award for Lifetime Achievement [ 17] [ 18] Lilly Award for Lifetime Achievement[ 19]
Museum of the City of New York ’s Auchincloss Prize[ 20] Lee Reynolds Award from the League of Professional Theatre Women[ 21]
Manhattan Award from Manhattan magazine[ 22]
Person of the Year from the National Theatre Conference[ 23]
Margo Jones Award[ 23]
Mr. Abbot award for Lifetime Achievement from the Stage Directors Foundation[ 23]
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.[ 24]
Directing credits
Sources: Internet Off-Broadway Database;[ 25] [ 26]
Sources: Internet Off-Broadway Database;[ 25] [ 26]
References
^ a b "Lynne Meadow Plans Wedding" The New York Times , September 4, 1983^ "Legendary Director Lynne Meadow" . learni.st.^ a b "Expert Interview: Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director, Manhattan Theatre NYC - director or producer of over 450 theatre premieres" . www.rubbingelbowswithexperts.org. Archived from the original on November 30, 2014. Retrieved November 25, 2014 .^ "The 2nd Annual Lilly Awards to Be Handed Out On June 6 in NYC" . blogs.indiewire.com.^ "Awards" manhattantheatreclub.com, accessed March 29, 2015^ "Cherry Jones, Ellen Burstyn, Cameron Mackintosh, and More Inducted Into Broadway's Theater Hall of Fame" . www.theatermania.com.^ Simon, John. "Theater. John Simon" New York Magazine , p. 82
^ "Review. Ben Brantley. New York Times " charlesbusch.com, (date not shown), accessed March 28, 2015^ Simon, JOhn. "Review" New York Magazine , February 25, 1991, ISSN 0028-7369, p. 120
^ Purcell, Carey. " 'The Commons of Pensacola', Starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Blythe Danner, Extends Prior to Opening" playbill.com, October 3, 2013
^ "MTC's Lynne Meadow to Direct New York Debut of Melissa Ross's 'Of Good Stock' This Summer" broadwayworld.com, January 22, 2015^ "Managing Partner Ronald Shechtman Profiled by BizNow" pryorcashman.com, November 16, 2010^ Del Signore, John. "Lawsuit Says Shushed Flight Attendant Got Payback" . Gothamist. Retrieved January 22, 2025 . ^ Hodge, Hope. "Passenger Sues Airline, Claiming Humiliation by a Flight Attendant" . nysun.com . New York Sun. Retrieved January 22, 2025 . ^ "Manhattan Theatre Club Director Fires Latest Salvo in War Between Airlines and Passengers" . Intelligencer . New York Magazine. Retrieved January 22, 2025 .^ "Annual Magazine of Yale School of Drama 2011–2012" (PDF) . www.yale.edu.^ "26th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards Nominations & Co-Hosts Announced" (PDF) . www.lortelaward.com.^ "2011 Lucille Lortel Awards Nominations & Recipients" . www.lortelaward.com. Archived from the original on January 14, 2019. Retrieved November 25, 2014 .^ "MTC's Lynne Meadow Honored With Lilly Award for Lifetime Achievement" . www.playbill.com.^ "MTC Artistic Director Lynne Meadow Receives 2012 Louis Auchincloss Prize Oct. 22" . www.playbill.com.^ "Marlo Thomas Receives Lee Reynolds Award Dec. 8" . www.playbill.com.^ "Lynne Meadow on CUNY TV" . www.cuny.tv.^ a b c "Manhattan Theatre Club's Lynne Meadow to Receive Lilly Award for Lifetime Achievement" . theandygram.com.^ "Drama Desk Awards" . awards.dramadesk.org. Archived from the original on May 17, 2014.^ a b "Meadow Listing" lortel.org^ a b "Meadow Listing" ibdb.com
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