Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival

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Drama Desk Award
for Outstanding Revival
Awarded forOutstanding Revival
LocationNew York City
CountryUnited States
Presented byDrama Desk
First award1976
Final award1992
Websitedramadesk.org (defunct)

The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival is presented by the Drama Desk, a committee of New York City theatre critics, writers, and editors. It honors the Broadway, off-Broadway, off-off-Broadway, or legitimate not-for-profit theater revival of a production previously staged in New York City.

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It was not until the 22nd Annual Drama Desk Awards in 1988 that a specific category for Outstanding Revival was created. The first recipient was The Royal Family , a play by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber that originally was staged in 1937. The award was not presented again until 1982. In 1993, the category was divided to give separate awards for plays and musicals.

Winners and nominees

Key
  and bold indicates the winner.

1970s

YearWorkAuthor(s)Producer(s)Ref.
1976
The Royal Family George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber Barry M. Brown, Burry Fredrik, Fritz Holt and Sally Sears [1]
What Every Woman Knows J. M. Barrie Roundabout Theater Company [2]
A Memory of Two Mondays / 27 Wagons Full of Cotton Arthur Miller / Tennessee Williams The Phoenix Theatre
They Knew What They Wanted Sidney Howard
Trelawny of the 'Wells' Arthur Wing Pinero The New York Shakespeare Festival
Very Good Eddie Jerome Kern, Schuyler Greene, Philip Bartholomae and Guy Bolton David Merrick, Max Brown and Byron Goldman
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Edward Albee Ken Marsolais and James Scott Productions, Inc.
1977 - 1979No award given.

1980s

YearWorkAuthor(s)Producer(s)Ref.
1981No award given.
1982
Entertaining Mr. Sloane Joe Orton Cherry Lane Theatre [3] [4]
The Chalk Garden Enid Bagnold Roundabout Theatre Company
Misalliance George Bernard Shaw
1983
On Your Toes Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart and George Abbott Alfred De Liagre, Jr., Roger L. Stevens, John Mauceri, Donald R. Seawell and André Pastoria [5] [6]
The Cradle Will Rock Marc Blitzstein The Acting Company
All's Well That Ends Well William Shakespeare The Shubert Organization, Elizabeth Ireland McCann, Nelle Nugent, ABC Video Enterprises, Inc., Roger Berlind, Rhoda R. Herrick, Jujamcyn Theaters, MGM / UA Home Entertainment Group, Inc. and Mutual Benefit Productions
Present Laughter Noël Coward Circle in the Square
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial Herman Wouk Circle in the Square and John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
1984
Death of a Salesman Arthur Miller Robert Whitehead and Roger L. Stevens [7] [8]
The Philanthropist Christopher Hampton Manhattan Theatre Club
Serenading Louie Lanford Wilson The Public Theater
Heartbreak House Bernard Shaw Circle in the Square
1985
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg Peter Nichols The Shubert Organization, Emanuel Azenberg, Roger Berlind and Ivan Bloch [9] [10]
On Approval Frederick Lonsdale American Jewish Theatre
Balm in Gilead Lanford Wilson Circle Repertory Company and Steppenwolf Theatre
Pacific Overtures Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman Elizabeth Ireland McCann and Nelle Nugent
Aren't We All? Frederick Lonsdale Douglas Urbanski, Karl Allison, Bryan Bantry and James M. Nederlander
1986
The House of Blue Leaves John Guare Lincoln Center Theater [11] [12]
Lemon Sky Lanford Wilson Second Stage Theatre
Long Day's Journey Into Night Eugene O'Neill Emanuel Azenberg, The Shubert Organization, Roger Peters, Roger Berlind and PACE Theatrical Group, Inc.
Loot Joe Orton Manhattan Theatre Club
The Iceman Cometh Eugene O'Neill Lewis Allen, James M. Nederlander, Stephen Graham and Ben Edwards
1987
Anything Goes Cole Porter, Guy Bolton, P. G. Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay, Russel Crouse, John Weidman and Timothy Crouse Lincoln Center Theater [13] [14]
Flora the Red Menace John Kander, Fred Ebb, George Abbott, Robert Russell and David Thompson Vineyard Theatre
Lost in the Stars Maxwell Anderson and Kurt Weill York Theatre Company
Dreamgirls Henry Krieger and Tom Eyen Marvin A. Krauss and Irving Siders
Cabaret John Kander, Fred Ebb and Joe Masteroff Barry & Fran Weissler
1988
Our Town Thornton Wilder Lincoln Center Theater [15] [16]
[17]
Long Day's Journey Into Night Eugene O'Neill Ken Marsolais, Alexander H. Cohen, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and Yale Repertory Theatre
Juno and the Paycock Seán O'Casey Circle in the Square
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler
1989No award given.

1990s

YearWorkAuthor(s)Producer(s)Ref.
1990
Gypsy Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents / Barry & Fran Weissler, Kathy Levin and Barry Brown [18] [19]
[20]
The Sound of Music Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II Lincoln Center Theater
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Tennessee Williams Barry & Fran Weissler
The Merchant of Venice William Shakespeare Duncan C. Weldon and Jerome Minskoff
1991
A Little Night Music Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler Lincoln Center Theater [21] [22]
[23]
Camille Alexandre Dumas fils Ridiculous Theatrical Company
Hamlet William Shakespeare Roundabout Theatre Company
Machinal Sophie Treadwell New York Shakespeare Festival and The Public Theater
1992
Guys and Dolls Frank Loesser, Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows Dodger Productions, Roger Berlind, Jujamcyn Theaters [24] [25]
The Most Happy Fella Frank Loesser The Goodspeed Opera House, Center Theatre Group, Lincoln Center Theater, The Shubert Organization, Japan Satellite Broadcasting, Inc. and Stagevision
'Tis Pity She's a Whore John Ford The Public Theater
Falsettos William Finn and James Lapine Barry & Fran Weissler

Producers with multiple wins

4 wins
2 wins

Producers with multiple nominations

6 nominations
5 nominations
4 nominations
2 nominations

Titles with multiple nominations

2 nominations

Authors with multiple wins

2 wins

Authors with multiple nominations

4 nominations
3 nominations
2 nominations

References

  1. ↑ "1976 Awards – Nominees and Recipients". Drama Desk. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Stage: 'What Every Woman Knows,' Barrie Revival Given by the Roundabout". The New York Times. June 3, 1975. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
  3. ↑ "1982 Awards – Nominees and Recipients". Drama Desk. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
  4. ↑ "1982 Awards – Nominees and Recipients". Drama Desk. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
  5. ↑ "1983 Awards – Nominees and Recipients". Drama Desk. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
  6. ↑ "1983 Awards – Nominees and Recipients". Drama Desk. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Browse Awards By Year for 1984". Broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  8. ↑ "1984 Awards – Nominees and Recipients". Drama Desk. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Browse Awards By Year for 1985". Broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  10. ↑ "1985 Awards – Nominees and Recipients". Drama Desk. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
  11. ↑ "Browse Awards By Year for 1986". Broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  12. ↑ "1986 Awards – Nominees and Recipients". Drama Desk. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
  13. ↑ "Browse Awards By Year for 1987". Broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  14. ↑ "1987 Awards – Nominees and Recipients". Drama Desk. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
  15. ↑ "Browse Awards By Year for 1988". Broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  16. ↑ "1988 Awards – Nominees and Recipients". Drama Desk. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
  17. ↑ "Into the Woods Wins Award". The New York Times. May 25, 1988. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
  18. ↑ "Browse Awards By Year for 1990". Broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  19. ↑ "1990 Awards – Nominees and Recipients". Drama Desk. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
  20. ↑ "Drama Desk Awards to Angels and Lesson". The New York Times. May 17, 1990. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
  21. ↑ "Browse Awards By Year for 1991". Broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  22. ↑ "1991 Awards – Nominees and Recipients". Drama Desk. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
  23. ↑ "'Will Rogers' and 'Yonkers' Win Drama Desk Awards". The New York Times. 13 May 1991.
  24. ↑ "Browse Awards By Year for 1992". Broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  25. ↑ "1992 Awards – Nominees and Recipients". Drama Desk. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
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