Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Musical

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Drama Desk Award
for Outstanding Revival
Awarded forOutstanding Revival of a Musical
LocationNew York City
CountryUnited States
Presented byDrama Desk
First award1994
Currently held by Gypsy (2025)
Websitedramadesk.org (defunct)

The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Musical is an annual award presented by Drama Desk in recognition of achievements in the theatre across collective Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions in New York City. The award was first presented at the 1994 ceremony, after Drama Desk retired the Outstanding Revival category (1955–1992), a singular award covering achievement by either a play or a musical production. The accompanying Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play was also created, though it was first presented at the 1993 ceremony.

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She Loves Me , The King and I , La Cage aux Folles and Company are the only shows to win the award more than once, with two wins each. Meanwhile, Into the Woods , Gypsy , Fiddler on the Roof and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street each hold the record for most nominations, with three each.

Winners and nominees

Key
  and bold indicates the winner.

1990s

YearMusicalBookMusicLyricsRef.
1994
She Loves Me Joe Masteroff Jerry Bock Sheldon Harnick [1]
Carousel Oscar Hammerstein II Richard Rodgers Oscar Hammerstein II
Damn Yankees George Abbott and Douglass Wallop Richard Adler Jerry Ross
My Fair Lady Alan Jay Lerner Frederick Loewe Alan Jay Lerner
1995—
1996
The King and I Oscar Hammerstein II Richard Rodgers Oscar Hammerstein II [2] [3]
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart Stephen Sondheim
I Do! I Do! Tom Jones Harvey Schmidt Tom Jones
1997
Chicago Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse John Kander Fred Ebb [4] [5]
[6]
Candide Lillian Hellman and Hugh Wheeler Leonard Bernstein Various
Juan Darién — Elliot Goldenthal
1998
Cabaret Joe Masteroff John Kander Fred Ebb [7] [8]
1776 Peter Stone Sherman Edwards
1999
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown John Gordon Clark Gesner [9] [10]
[11]
Annie Get Your Gun Herbert and Dorothy Fields Irving Berlin

2000s

YearMusicalBookMusicLyricsRef.
2000
Kiss Me, Kate Samuel and Bella Spewack Cole Porter [12] [13]
The Music Man Meredith Willson and Franklin Lacey Meredith Willson
2001
42nd Street Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble Harry Warren Al Dubin [14] [15]
Bells Are Ringing Betty Comden and Adolph Green Jule Styne Betty Comden and Adolph Green
Follies James Goldman Stephen Sondheim
The Rocky Horror Show Richard O'Brien
2002
Into the Woods James Lapine Stephen Sondheim [16] [17]
Oklahoma! Oscar Hammerstein II Richard Rodgers Oscar Hammerstein II
2003
Nine Arthur Kopit Maury Yeston [18] [19]
[20]
Gypsy Arthur Laurents Jule Styne Stephen Sondheim
La bohème Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa Giacomo Puccini Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa
Man of La Mancha Dale Wasserman Mitch Leigh Joe Darion
2004
Assassins John Weidman Stephen Sondheim [21] [22]
[23]
Big River William Hauptman Roger Miller
Fiddler on the Roof Joseph Stein Jerry Bock Sheldon Harnick
Finian's Rainbow E.Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy Burton Lane E.Y. Harburg
First Lady Suite Michael John LaChiusa
Wonderful Town Joseph A. Fields and Jerome Chodorov Leonard Bernstein Betty Comden and Adolph Green
2005
La Cage aux Folles Harvey Fierstein Jerry Herman [24] [25]
Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death Melvin Van Peebles
On Second Avenue —Various
Sweet Charity Neil Simon Cy Coleman Dorothy Fields
2006
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Hugh Wheeler Stephen Sondheim [26] [27]
Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and
Living in Paris 		Eric Blau and Mort Shuman Jacques Brel Jacques Brel, Eric Blau and
Mort Shuman
The Pajama Game George Abbott and Richard Bissell Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
2007
Company George Furth Stephen Sondheim [28] [29]
[30]
110 in the Shade N. Richard Nash Harvey Schmidt Tom Jones
The Apple Tree Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick Jerry Bock Sheldon Harnick
Di Yam Gazlonim! W. S. Gilbert Arthur Sullivan W. S. Gilbert
H.M.S. Pinafore W. S. Gilbert Arthur Sullivan W. S. Gilbert
Les Misérables Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil Claude-Michel Schönberg Herbert Kretzmer
2008
South Pacific Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan Richard Rodgers Oscar Hammerstein II [31] [32]
[33]
Black Nativity Langston Hughes Various
Gypsy Arthur Laurents Jule Styne Stephen Sondheim
Sunday in the Park with George James Lapine Stephen Sondheim
Take Me Along Joseph Stein and Robert Russell Bob Merrill
2009
Hair James Rado and Gerome Ragni Galt MacDermot James Rado and Gerome Ragni [34] [35]
[36]
Pal Joey John O'Hara Richard Rodgers Lorenz Hart
West Side Story Arthur Laurents Leonard Bernstein Stephen Sondheim

2010s

YearMusicalBookMusicLyricsRef.
2010
La Cage aux Folles Harvey Fierstein Jerry Herman [37]
A Little Night Music Hugh Wheeler Stephen Sondheim
Finian's Rainbow E.Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy Burton Lane E.Y. Harburg
Promises, Promises Neil Simon Burt Bacharach Hal David
Ragtime Terrence McNally Stephen Flaherty Lynn Ahrens
2011
Anything Goes Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse Cole Porter [38] [39]
[40]
Hello Again Michael John LaChiusa
How to Succeed in Business Without
Really Trying 		Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock and Willie Gilbert Frank Loesser
2012
Follies James Goldman Stephen Sondheim [41] [42]
[43]
Carrie Lawrence D. Cohen Michael Gore Dean Pitchford
Evita Tim Rice Andrew Lloyd Webber Tim Rice
Jesus Christ Superstar Tim Rice Andrew Lloyd Webber Tim Rice
Porgy and Bess DuBose Heyward George Gershwin DuBose Heyward and
Ira Gershwin
The Threepenny Opera Bertolt Brecht Kurt Weill Bertolt Brecht
2013
Pippin Roger O. Hirson Stephen Schwartz [44] [45]
The Golden Land Zalmen Mlotek and Moishe Rosenfeld
The Mystery of Edwin Drood Rupert Holmes
Passion James Lapine Stephen Sondheim
Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella Oscar Hammerstein II and
Douglas Carter Beane 		Richard Rodgers Oscar Hammerstein II
Working Stephen Schwartz and Nina FasoVarious
2014
Hedwig and the Angry Inch John Cameron Mitchell Stephen Trask [46] [47]
[48]
Les Misérables Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil Claude-Michel Schönberg Herbert Kretzmer
Violet Brian Crawley Jeanine Tesori Brian Crawley
2015
The King and I Oscar Hammerstein II Richard Rodgers Oscar Hammerstein II [49] [50]
Into the Woods James Lapine Stephen Sondheim
On the Town Betty Comden and Adolph Green Leonard Bernstein Betty Comden and Adolph Green
On the Twentieth Century Betty Comden and Adolph Green Cy Coleman Betty Comden and Adolph Green
Pageant Bill Russell and Frank Kelly Albert Evans Bill Russell and Frank Kelly
Side Show Bill Russell Henry Krieger Bill Russell
2016
She Loves Me Joe Masteroff Jerry Bock Sheldon Harnick [51] [52]
The Color Purple Marsha Norman Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray
The Golden Bride Frieda Freiman Joseph Rumshinsky Louis Gilrod
Fiddler on the Roof Joseph Stein Jerry Bock Sheldon Harnick
Spring Awakening Steven Sater Duncan Sheik Steven Sater
2017
Hello, Dolly! Michael Stewart Jerry Herman [53] [54]
Falsettos James Lapine and William Finn William Finn
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Hugh Wheeler Stephen Sondheim
Sweet Charity Neil Simon Cy Coleman Dorothy Fields
Tick, Tick... Boom! Jonathan Larson and David Auburn Jonathan Larson
2018
My Fair Lady Alan Jay Lerner Frederick Loewe Alan Jay Lerner [55] [56]
Amerike – The Golden Land Moishe Rosenfeld and Zalmen Mlotek
Carousel Oscar Hammerstein II Richard Rodgers Oscar Hammerstein II
Once On This Island Lynn Ahrens Stephen Flaherty Lynn Ahrens
Pacific Overtures John Weidman Stephen Sondheim
2019
Fiddler on the Roof (Fidler Afn Dakh) Joseph Stein Jerry Bock Sheldon Harnick [57] [58]
Carmen Jones Oscar Hammerstein II Georges Bizet Oscar Hammerstein II
Kiss Me, Kate Bella and Samuel Spewack Cole Porter
Merrily We Roll Along George Furth Stephen Sondheim
Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! Oscar Hammerstein II Richard Rodgers Oscar Hammerstein II

2020s

YearMusicalBookMusicLyricsRef.
2020
Little Shop of Horrors Howard Ashman Alan Menken Howard Ashman [59] [60]
The Unsinkable Molly Brown Richard Morris Meredith Willson
West Side Story Arthur Laurents Leonard Bernstein Stephen Sondheim
2021No awards: New York theatres shuttered, March 2020 to September 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City [61]
2022
Company George Furth Stephen Sondheim [62] [63]
[64]
Assassins John Weidman Stephen Sondheim
Baby Sybille Pearson David Shire Richard Maltby Jr.
Caroline, or Change Tony Kushner Jeanine Tesori Tony Kushner
2023
Parade Alfred Uhry Jason Robert Brown [65] [66]
A Man of No Importance Terrence McNally Stephen Flaherty Lynn Ahrens
Into the Woods James Lapine Stephen Sondheim
Merrily We Roll Along George Furth Stephen Sondheim
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Hugh Wheeler Stephen Sondheim
2024 [67] I Can Get It for You Wholesale Jerome Weidman Harold Rome [68] [69]
Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club Joe Masteroff John Kander Fred Ebb
Gutenberg! The Musical! Scott Brown and Anthony King
2025 [70]
Gypsy Arthur Laurents Jule Styne Stephen Sondheim [71] [72]
Cats: "The Jellicle Ball T. S. Eliot Andrew Lloyd Webber T. S. Eliot, Trevor Nunn, and Richard Stilgoe
Floyd Collins Tina Landau Adam Guettel
Once Upon a Mattress Jay Thompson, Marshall Barer, Dean Fuller, and Amy Sherman-Palladino Mary Rodgers Marshall Barer
See What I Wanna See Michael John LaChiusa
Sunset Blvd. Don Black and Christopher Hampton Andrew Lloyd Webber Don Black and Christopher Hampton

Shows with multiple wins

2 wins

Shows with multiple nominations

3 nominations
2 nominations

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1994 Awards – Nominees and Recipients". Drama Desk. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
  2. ↑ "1996 Awards – Nominees and Recipients". Drama Desk. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
  3. ↑ Robert Viagas (May 20, 1996). "Drama Desk Awards to Rent, Master Class". Playbill. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
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  5. ↑ "Drama Desk Picks Performers, Presenters & Venue, May 18". Playbill. May 13, 1997. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
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  9. ↑ "1999 Awards – Nominees and Recipients". Drama Desk. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
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  38. ↑ "2011 Awards – Nominees and Recipients". Drama Desk. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
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  57. ↑ "2019 Awards – Nominees and Recipients". Drama Desk. Retrieved September 21, 2025.
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