| Drama League Award for Outstanding Revival of a Musical | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Outstanding Revival of a Musical |
| Location | New York City |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Drama League |
| First award | 2004 |
| Currently held by | Sunset Boulevard (2025) |
| Website | dramaleague |
The Drama League Award for Outstanding Revival of a Musical is a theater award presented annually since 1996 by The Drama League for the most outstanding musical revival of the season. [1]
Both La Cage aux Folles and Company have won the award twice, while Fiddler on the Roof and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street lead with the most nominations, with three each. For producing companies, Roundabout Theatre Company and Lincoln Center Theater lead the wins with three each, with Roundabout also leading the nominations with 18.
| Year | Production | Book | Score | Producers | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Little Shop of Horrors | Howard Ashman | Alan Menken and Howard Ashman | Tom Kirdahy, Robert Ahrens, Hunter Arnold, and Mickey Liddell, Caiola Productions, Curt Cronin, and DDM Productions | [39] |
| Rock of Ages | Chris D'Arienzo | Various | New World Stages | ||
| Enter Laughing The Musical | Joseph Stein | Stan Daniels | York Theatre Company | ||
| The Unsinkable Molly Brown | Richard Morris | Meredith Willson | Transport Group | ||
| West Side Story | Arthur Laurents | Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim | Scott Rudin, Barry Diller, David Geffen, Eli Bush, Adam Rodner and James L. Nederlander | ||
| 2021 | No award given due to COVID-19 pandemic. | ||||
| 2022 | Company | George Furth | Stephen Sondheim | Elliott & Harper Productions, The Shubert Organization, Catherine Schreiber, Nederlander Presentations, Inc., etc. [40] | [41] |
| The Music Man | Meredith Willson | Barry Diller, David Geffen, Kate Horton and Fictionhouse; Associate Producer: Rashad V. Chambers | |||
| Funny Girl | Isobel Lennart | Jule Styne and Bob Merrill | Sonia Friedman Productions, Scott Landis, David Babani, Roy Furman, No Guarantees, Adam Blanshay Productions, Daryl Roth, etc. [42] | ||
| Caroline, or Change | Tony Kushner | Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori | Roundabout Theatre Company | ||
| Assassins | John Weidman | Stephen Sondheim | Classic Stage Company | ||
| 2023 | Into the Woods | James Lapine | Stephen Sondheim | New York City Center, Jordan Roth, Jujamcyn Theaters, Daryl Roth, Hunter Arnold, etc. [43] | [44] |
| Camelot | Alan Jay Lerner | Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe | Lincoln Center Theater | ||
| Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Hugh Wheeler | Stephen Sondheim | Jeffrey Seller, Bob Boyett, Diana DiMenna & Plate Spinner Productions / Aaron Glick, Eastern Standard Time, Roy Furman, Thomas Kail, etc. [45] | ||
| Bob Fosse's Dancin' | Various | Old Globe, Joey Parnes, Hunter Arnold, Kayla Greenspan, Rodger Hess & Michael Seago, Bob Boyett, Jay Alix & Una Jackman, etc. [46] | |||
| 1776 | Peter Stone | Sherman Edwards | Roundabout Theatre Company and American Repertory Theater | ||
| A Man of No Importance | Terrence McNally | Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens | Classic Stage Company | ||
| Parade | Alfred Uhry | Jason Robert Brown | New York City Center, Seaview, Ambassador Theatre Group Productions, Alex Levy, Kevin Ryan, Eric & Marsi Gardiner, etc. [47] | ||
| 2024 | Merrily We Roll Along | George Furth | Stephen Sondheim | Sonia Friedman Productions, David Babani, Patrick Catullo and Jeff Romley, Debbie Bisno, etc. [48] | [49] |
| The Who's Tommy | Pete Townshend and Des McAnuff | Pete Townshend | Stephen Gabriel and Ira Pittelman; Co-Produced by Sue Gilad & Larry Rogowsky, Mary Maggio & Scott Abrams, Goodman Theatre, etc. [50] | ||
| Cabaret | Joe Masteroff | John Kander and Fred Ebb | Ambassador Theatre Group | ||
| Gutenberg! | Scott Brown and Anthony King | Ambassador Theatre Group, Patrick Catullo, Bad Robot Live, Seth A. Goldstein, Isaac Robert Hurwitz, Runyonland Productions, etc. [51] | |||
| Here Lies Love | David Byrne and Fatboy Slim | Hal Luftig / Kevin Connor, Patrick Catullo, Clint Ramos, Jose Antonio Vargas and Diana DiMenna & Plate Spinner Productions, etc [52] | |||
| I Can Get It for You Wholesale | Jerome Weidman | Harold Rome | Classic Stage Company | ||
| Spamalot | Eric Idle | Eric Idle and John Du Prez | Jeffrey Finn and Roy Furman; Co-Produced by Bob Boyett, The Shubert Organization, etc. [53] | ||
| The Wiz | William F. Brown | Charlie Smalls, Timothy Graphenreed, Harold Wheeler, George Faison and Luther Vandross | Kristin Caskey, Mike Isaacson, Brian Anthony Moreland, Kandi Burruss & Todd Tucker, Elizabeth Armstrong, etc. [54] | ||
| 2025 | Sunset Blvd. | Don Black and Christopher Hampton | Andrew Lloyd Webber | The Jamie Lloyd Company, ATG Productions, Michael Harrison for Lloyd Webber Harrison Musicals and Gavin Kalin Productions, etc. [55] | [56] [57] [58] |
| The Marriage of Figaro | Lorenzo Da Ponte | Lorenzo Da Ponte and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Little Island | ||
| Once Upon a Mattress | Jay Thompson, Marshall Barer, Dean Fuller and Amy Sherman-Palladino | Mary Rodgers and Marshall Barer | New York City Center, Seaview, Creative Partners Productions, Jenny Gersten & Half Zip Productions and Hugo Six, etc. [59] | ||
| The Last Five Years | Jason Robert Brown | Seaview, ATG Productions, The Season, Kristin Caskey, Mike Isaacson and Bee Carrozzini; Co-Produced by Aleff Productions, etc. [60] | |||
| Gypsy | Arthur Laurents | Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim | Tom Kirdahy and Mara Isaacs; Produced by Kevin Ryan and Diane Scott Carter; Co-Produced by Wendy Federman & Heni Koenigsberg, etc. [61] | ||
| Floyd Collins | Tina Landau | Adam Guettel | Lincoln Center Theatre | ||
| Cats: The Jellicle Ball | T.S. Eliot | Andrew Lloyd Webber | Michael Harrison, Mike Bosner, and Perelman Arts Center | ||
| Pirates! The Penzance Musical | W. S. Gilbert | W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan | Roundabout Theatre Company | ||
| Urinetown | Greg Kotis | Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis | New York City Center | ||