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Lynne Meadow

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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.[https://www.nytimes.com/1983/09/04/style/lynne-meadow-plans-wedding.html "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{{cite web|url=http://learni.st/boards/67099/learnings/581082-legendary-director-lynne-meadow|title=Legendary Director Lynne Meadow|publisher=learni.st}}{{cite web|url=http://www.rubbingelbowswithexperts.org/event-1721724|title=Expert Interview: Lynne Meadow, Artistic Director, Manhattan Theatre NYC - director or producer of over 450 theatre premieres|publisher=www.rubbingelbowswithexperts.org|access-date=2014-11-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141130010919/http://www.rubbingelbowswithexperts.org/event-1721724|archive-date=2014-11-30|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/womenandhollywood/the_2nd_annual_lilly_awards_to_be_handed_out_on_june_6_in_nyc|title=The 2nd Annual Lilly Awards to Be Handed Out On June 6 in NYC|work=Women and Hollywood |publisher=blogs.indiewire.com |last1=Silverstein |first1=Melissa }} 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 31 Tony Awards, seven Pulitzer Prizes for Drama, 49 Obie Awards, and 52 Drama Desk Awards, as well as New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards, Outer Critics Circle Awards, and Theatre World Awards.[http://www.manhattantheatreclub.com/about-mtc/awards/ "Awards"] manhattantheatreclub.com, accessed June 9, 2025 In 2013, she was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.{{cite web|url=http://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/news/01-2014/cherry-jones-ellen-burstyn-cameron-mackintosh-and-_67312.html|title=Cherry Jones, Ellen Burstyn, Cameron Mackintosh, and More Inducted Into Broadway's Theater Hall of Fame|publisher=www.theatermania.com}}

Meadow's directing credits include Sally and Marsha,Simon, John. [https://books.google.com/books?id=qecCAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22Sally+and+Marsha%22&pg=PA82 "Theater. John Simon"] New York Magazine, p. 82 The Tale of the Allergist's Wife,[http://www.charlesbusch.com/Review%20-the%20Tale%20of%20the%20Allergist%27s%20Wife%20-%20NY%20Times.htm "Review. Ben Brantley. New York Times"] charlesbusch.com, (date not shown), accessed March 28, 2015 Absent FriendsSimon, JOhn. [https://books.google.com/books?id=VzK7yiKgSUsC&dq=%22Manhattan+Theatre+Club%22+%22Absent+Friends%22&pg=PA120 "Review"] New York Magazine, February 25, 1991, ISSN 0028-7369, p. 120 and The Commons of Pensacola (2013).Purcell, Carey. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/the-commons-of-pensacola-starring-sarah-jessica-parker-and-blythe-danner-ex-210243 " 'The Commons of Pensacola', Starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Blythe Danner, Extends Prior to Opening"] playbill.com, October 3, 2013

Meadow has taught at Yale University, Fordham University, NYU,[http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/MTCs-Lynne-Meadow-to-Direct-New-York-Debut-of-Melissa-Rosss-OF-GOOD-STOCK-This-Summer-20150122 "MTC's Lynne Meadow to Direct New York Debut of Melissa Ross's 'Of Good Stock' This Summer"] broadwayworld.com, January 22, 2015 Circle in the Square Theatre School, and Stony Brook University.

Personal

She is married to attorney Ronald Shechtman.[http://www.pryorcashman.com/news-656.html "Managing Partner Ronald Shechtman Profiled by BizNow"] pryorcashman.com, November 16, 2010

In 2008 Meadow made national headlines when an argument with a flight attendant led to her being detained and interrogated by the FBI.{{cite web |last1=Del Signore |first1=John |title=Lawsuit Says Shushed Flight Attendant Got Payback |date=July 17, 2008 |url=https://gothamist.com/news/lawsuit-says-shushed-flight-attendant-got-payback |publisher=Gothamist |access-date=22 January 2025}} Meadow subsequently sued Continental Airlines and the flight attendant for "emotional distress and humiliation and for providing her with faulty equipment on the flight."{{cite web |last1=Hodge |first1=Hope |title=Passenger Sues Airline, Claiming Humiliation by a Flight Attendant |url=https://www.nysun.com/article/new-york-passenger-sues-airline-claiming-humiliation-by |website=nysun.com |date=July 17, 2008 |publisher=New York Sun |access-date=22 January 2025}}{{cite web |title=Manhattan Theatre Club Director Fires Latest Salvo in War Between Airlines and Passengers |url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2008/07/manhattan_theater_club_directo.html |website=Intelligencer |date=July 17, 2008 |publisher=New York Magazine |access-date=22 January 2025}}

Education

  • Bryn Mawr Board of Trustees
  • Herbert Brodkin Fellow at Yale{{cite web|url=http://www.yale.edu/drama/alumni/images/alumnimagazine/magazine1112.pdf|title=Annual Magazine of Yale School of Drama 2011–2012|publisher=www.yale.edu}}

Awards

  • Lucille Lortel Award for Lifetime Achievement{{cite web|url=http://www.lortelaward.com/news.pdf|title=26th Annual Lucille Lortel Awards Nominations & Co-Hosts Announced|publisher=www.lortelaward.com}}{{cite web|url=http://www.lortelaward.com/2011nominees.htm|title=2011 Lucille Lortel Awards Nominations & Recipients|publisher=www.lortelaward.com|access-date=2014-11-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190114045716/http://lortelaward.com/2011nominees.htm|archive-date=2019-01-14|url-status=dead}}
  • Lilly Award for Lifetime Achievement{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/mtcs-lynne-meadow-honored-with-lilly-award-for-lifetime-achievement-90748|title=MTC's Lynne Meadow Honored With Lilly Award for Lifetime Achievement|publisher=www.playbill.com}}
  • Museum of the City of New York’s Auchincloss Prize{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/mtc-artistic-director-lynne-meadow-receives-2012-louis-auchincloss-prize-oc-198902|title=MTC Artistic Director Lynne Meadow Receives 2012 Louis Auchincloss Prize Oct. 22|publisher=www.playbill.com}}
  • Lee Reynolds Award from the League of Professional Theatre Women{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/marlo-thomas-receives-lee-reynolds-award-dec.-8-78849|title=Marlo Thomas Receives Lee Reynolds Award Dec. 8|publisher=www.playbill.com}}
  • Manhattan Award from Manhattan magazine{{cite web|url=http://www.cuny.tv/bio/lynne_meadow|title=Lynne Meadow on CUNY TV|publisher=www.cuny.tv}}
  • Person of the Year from the National Theatre Conference{{cite web|url=http://theandygram.com/Broadway-Press-Release-Retweet/2010-11-Theatre-Press-Releases/Manhattan-Theatre-Club-s-Lynne-Meadow-to-Receive-Lilly-Award-for-Lifetime-Achievement.html|title=Manhattan Theatre Club's Lynne Meadow to Receive Lilly Award for Lifetime Achievement|publisher=theandygram.com}}
  • 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.{{cite web|url=http://awards.dramadesk.org/|title=Drama Desk Awards|publisher=awards.dramadesk.org|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517035243/http://awards.dramadesk.org/|archivedate=2014-05-17}}

Directing credits

Sources: Internet Off-Broadway Database;[http://www.lortel.org/lla_archive/index.cfm?search_by=people&first=Lynne&last=Meadow&middle= "Meadow Listing"] lortel.org Internet Broadway Database[http://ibdb.com/person.php?id=15630 "Meadow Listing"] ibdb.com

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

Sources: Internet Off-Broadway Database; Internet Broadway database

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