Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revue

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revue
Awarded for	Outstanding Revue
Location	New York City
Country	United States
Presented by	Drama Desk
First award	1991
Currently held by	Forbidden Broadway: Merrily We Stole A Song (2025)
Website	dramadesk.org (defunct)

The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revue 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 category, recognizing the mixed nature of revue productions (as compared to plays or musical productions), was first presented at the 1991 ceremony, as the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical Revue/Entertainment, changing to the shorter name in 1992.

Winners and nominees

Key

  and bold indicates the winner.

1990s

Year	Production	Producers	Ref.
1991
	And the World Goes 'Round	Gary McAvay, Aldo Scrofani, R. Tyler Gatchell, Jr. and Peter Neufeld	[1] [2]
	Forever Plaid	Benni Korzen, Barney Cohen and Suren M. Seron
	Smoke on the Mountain	McCarter Theatre
	Those Were the Days	Moe Septee, Victor H. Potamkin, Zalmen Lotek and Moishe Rosenfeld
1992, 1993	N/A
1994
	Whoop-Dee-Doo!	Charles Catanese, John Glines, Michael Wantuck	[3]
	Amphigorey	The Q.R.V. Company
	A Grand Night for Singing	The Roundabout Theatre Company
1995, 1996	N/A
1997
	When Pigs Fly	Kees Kasander and Denis Wigman	[4] [5] [6]
	Forbidden Broadway Strikes Back	John Freedson, Harriet Yellin, Jon B. Platt, Steve McGraw, Nancy McCall, Peter Martin, and Masakauzo Shiboka
	I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change	James Hammerstein, Bernie Kukoff and Jonathan Pollard
1998	N/A
1999
	Fosse	Livent	[7] [8] [9]
	Forbidden Broadway Cleans Up Its Act	Harriet Yellin
	It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues	Eric Krebs, Jonathan Reinis, Lawrence Horowitz, Anita Waxman, Elizabeth Williams, CTM Productions (David Jiranek, David Weil, Cricket Hooper) and Anne Strickland Squadron, Lincoln Center Theater, Electric Factory Concerts, Adam Friedson, David Friedson, Richard Martini, Marcia Roberts and Murray Schwartz
	Woody Guthrie's American Song	Peter Glazer

2000s

Year	Production	Producers	Ref.
2000	N/A
2001
	Forbidden Broadway 2001: A Spoof Odyssey	Jon B. Platt, Steven Adaire, Mark Headley, Gary Hoffman and Jerry Kravat	[10] [11]
	American Rhapsody	Stephen Downey, Peter Martin and Louise Westergard
	newyorkers	Manhattan Theatre Club
2002-2004	N/A
2005
	Forbidden Broadway: Special Victims Unit	John Freedson, Harriet Yellin and Jon B. Platt	[12] [13]
	Absolutely Fabulous	Fascinating Aïda
	Newsical	Fred M. Caruso
2006-2007	N/A
2008
	Forbidden Broadway: Rude Awakening	John Freedson, Harriet Yellin, Jon B. Platt, Gary Hoffman, Jerry Kravat and Masakazu Shibaoka	[14] [15] [16]
	Fugitive Songs	Dreamlight Theatre Company
	Make Me a Song	Rob Ruggiero and TheaterWorks
2009	N/A

2010s

Year	Production	Producers	Ref.
2010
	Sondheim on Sondheim	Roundabout Theatre Company	[17]
	Fascinating Aïda Absolutely Miraculous!	Fascinating Aïda
	Million Dollar Quartet	Relevant Theatricals, John Cossette Productions, American Pop Anthology, Broadway Across America and James L. Nederlander
	Newsical	Tom D'Angora and Rick Crom
	Simon Green: Traveling Light	59E59 Theaters
2011
	RAIN – A Tribute to the Beatles	Annerin Productions, Magic Arts & Entertainment, Tix Productions, Nederlander Presentations, Inc. and RAIN	[18] [19] [20]
	Fyvush Finkel Live!	National Yiddish Theatre – Folksbiene
	Newsical the Musical: Full Spin Ahead	Tom D'Angora and Rick Crom
2012
	The Best is Yet to Come: The Music of Cy Coleman	Michael Jackowitz, Rubicon Theatre Company, David Elzer, Barbara Meister, Dottie and Bernie Novatt, Charles Hughen – Stage Two, Marvin Kahan, Normand Kurtz, and Dean, Justin Scribner and Dale Joan Young	[21] [22] [23]
	Newsical the Musical: End of the World Edition	Tom D'Angora and Rick Crom
2013
	Old Hats	Signature Theatre Company	[24] [25]
	Forbidden Broadway: Alive and Kicking!	John Freedson, Harriet Yellin, and Paul Bartz, Paul G. Rice, Carol Ostrow, Paxton Quigley, Robert Driemeyer, Jamie DeRoy, Lawrence Poster, and Tweiss Productions
	Old Jews Telling Jokes	Daniel Okrent, Peter Gethers, Tom Viertel, Marc Routh, Richard Frankel, and Steven Baruch
2014
	After Midnight	Scott Sanders Productions, Wynton Marsalis, Marks-Moore-Turnbull Group, Stephen, Ruth Hendel and Tom Kirdahy	[26] [27] [28]
	I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Musik from the Weimar and Beyond	Mark Nadler and York Theatre Company
	Le Jazz Hot: How the French Saved Jazz	Peter Tear and 59E59 Theatres
	Til Divorce Do Us Part	Ruthe Ponturo, Rosemary Kalikow, Dean A. Carpenter, and Leslie Simpson
	What's It All About? Bacharach Reimagined	New York Theatre Workshop, Kyle Riabko and David Lane Seltzer
2015
	Just Jim Dale	Jim Dale, Adrian Bate, Pip Broughton, Gareth I. Davies, Edward Fletcher, Paul Higgins, and Adam Partridge	[29] [30]
	Forbidden Broadway Comes Out Swinging!	John Freedson, Harriet Yellin, and Paul Bartz, Paul G. Rice, Carol Ostrow, Paxton Quigley, Robert Driemeyer, Jamie DeRoy, Lawrence Poster, and Tweiss Productions
	Lennon: Through a Glass Onion	John R. Waters, Stewart D'Arrietta and Union Square Theater
	Lonesome Traveler	59E59 Theatres
2016	N/A
2017
	Life is for Living: Conversations with Coward	59E59 Theatres	[31] [32]
	Hello Dillie!	Dillie Keane and 59E59 Theatres
2018-2019	N/A

2020s

Year	Production	Producers	Ref.
2020-2023	N/A
2024
	Amid Falling Walls	Avram Mlotek, Zalmen Mlotek and National Yiddish Theatre	[33] [34]
2025
	Forbidden Broadway: Merrily We Stole a Song	John Freedson and Harriet Yellin	[35] [36]
	Mama, I'm a Big Girl Now!	Lisa Dozier Shacket
	The Jonathan Larson Project	Jennifer Ashley Tepper
	The World According to Micki Grant	New Federal Theatre and Nora Cole

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