Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival

Laurence Olivier Award
for Best Musical Revival
Laurence Olivier Award ; for Best Musical Revival
Awarded for	Best Musical Revival
Location	England
Presented by	Society of London Theatre
First award	1991
Currently held by	Sunset Boulevard (2024)
Website	officiallondontheatre.com/olivier-awards/

Last updated February 13, 2025

The Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival is an annual award presented by the Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements in commercial London theatre. The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre Awards in 1976, and renamed in 1984 in honour of English actor and director Laurence Olivier.

Winners and nominees

1990s

Year	Musical	Book	Music	Lyrics
1991
	Show Boat	Oscar Hammerstein II	Jerome Kern	Oscar Hammerstein II
	The Fantasticks	Tom Jones	Harvey Schmidt	Tom Jones
	The Rocky Horror Show	Richard O'Brien
1992
	The Boys from Syracuse	George Abbott	Richard Rodgers	Lorenz Hart
	Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat	Frank Dunlop	Andrew Lloyd Webber	Tim Rice
1993
	Carousel	Oscar Hammerstein II	Richard Rodgers	Oscar Hammerstein II
	Annie Get Your Gun	Herbert and Dorothy Fields	Irving Berlin
	Lady, Be Good	Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson	George and Ira Gershwin
1994
	Sweeney Todd	Hugh Wheeler	Stephen Sondheim
	Cabaret	Joe Masteroff	John Kander	Fred Ebb
	Grease	Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey
	The Beggar's Opera	John Gay
1995
	She Loves Me	Joe Masteroff	Jerry Bock	Sheldon Harnick
	The Card	Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall	Tony Hatch	Anthony Drewe
	Oliver!	Lionel Bart
	The Threepenny Opera	Bertolt Brecht	Kurt Weill	Bertolt Brecht
1997
	The Who's Tommy	Pete Townshend and Des McAnuff	Pete Townshend
	By Jeeves	Alan Ayckbourn	Andrew Lloyd Webber	Alan Ayckbourn
	Jesus Christ Superstar	Tom O'Horgan	Andrew Lloyd Webber	Tim Rice
	Smokey Joe's Cafe	Jerry Zaks	Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
1998
	Chicago	Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse	John Kander	Fred Ebb
	Damn Yankees	George Abbott and Douglass Wallop	Richard Adler	Jerry Ross
	Kiss Me, Kate	Samuel and Bella Spewack	Cole Porter
1999
	Oklahoma!	Oscar Hammerstein II	Richard Rodgers	Oscar Hammerstein II
	Annie	Thomas Meehan	Charles Strouse	Martin Charnin
	Into the Woods	James Lapine	Stephen Sondheim
	Show Boat	Oscar Hammerstein II	Jerome Kern	Oscar Hammerstein II

2000s

Year	Musical	Book	Music	Lyrics
2000
	Candide	Hugh Wheeler	Leonard Bernstein	Richard Wilbur
	A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum	Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart	Stephen Sondheim
	Dick Whittington	Gillian Lynne, Stephen Clarke and Chris Walker
	The Pajama Game	George Abbott and Richard Bissell	Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
2001
	Singin' in the Rain	Betty Comden and Adolph Green	Nacio Herb Brown	Arthur Freed
	H.M.S. Pinafore	W. S. Gilbert	Arthur Sullivan	W. S. Gilbert
	The King and I	Oscar Hammerstein II	Richard Rodgers	Oscar Hammerstein II
	The Mikado	W. S. Gilbert	Arthur Sullivan	W. S. Gilbert
	The Pirates of Penzance	W. S. Gilbert	Arthur Sullivan	W. S. Gilbert
2002
	My Fair Lady	Alan Jay Lerner	Frederick Loewe	Alan Jay Lerner
	Kiss Me, Kate	Samuel and Bella Spewack	Cole Porter
	South Pacific	Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan	Richard Rodgers	Oscar Hammerstein II
2003
	Anything Goes	Timothy Crouse and John Weidman	Cole Porter
	Oh, What a Lovely War!	Joan Littlewood and Theatre Workshop	Various Artists
2004
	Pacific Overtures	John Weidman and Hugh Wheeler	Stephen Sondheim
	High Society	Arthur Kopit	Cole Porter	Cole Porter and Susan Birkenhead
	Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat	Frank Dunlop	Andrew Lloyd Webber	Tim Rice
	Tell Me on a Sunday	Don Black	Andrew Lloyd Webber	Don Black
2005
	Grand Hotel	Luther Davis	Robert Wright and George Forrest
	A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum	Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart	Stephen Sondheim
	Simply Heavenly	Langston Hughes	David Martin	Langston Hughes
	Sweeney Todd	Hugh Wheeler	Stephen Sondheim
2006
	Guys and Dolls	Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows	Frank Loesser
	H.M.S. Pinafore	W. S. Gilbert	Arthur Sullivan	W. S. Gilbert
2007
	Sunday in the Park with George	James Lapine	Stephen Sondheim
	Cabaret	Joe Masteroff	John Kander	Fred Ebb
	Evita	Tim Rice	Andrew Lloyd Webber	Tim Rice
	The Sound of Music	Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse	Richard Rodgers	Oscar Hammerstein II
2008
	The Magic Flute	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Mark Dornford-May	Various Artists
	Fiddler on the Roof	Joseph Stein	Jerry Bock	Sheldon Harnick
	Little Shop of Horrors	Howard Ashman	Alan Menken	Howard Ashman
2009
	La Cage aux Folles	Harvey Fierstein	Jerry Herman
	Piaf	Pam Gems	Various Artists
	Sunset Boulevard	Don Black and Christopher Hampton	Andrew Lloyd Webber	Don Black and Christopher Hampton
	West Side Story	Arthur Laurents	Leonard Bernstein	Stephen Sondheim

2010s

Year	Musical	Book	Music	Lyrics
2010
	Hello, Dolly!	Michael Stewart	Jerry Herman
	Annie Get Your Gun	Herbert and Dorothy Fields	Irving Berlin
	A Little Night Music	Hugh Wheeler	Stephen Sondheim
	Oliver!	Lionel Bart
2011
	Into the Woods	James Lapine	Stephen Sondheim
	Passion	James Lapine	Stephen Sondheim
	Sweet Charity	Neil Simon	Cy Coleman	Dorothy Fields
2012
	Crazy for You	Ken Ludwig	George Gershwin	Ira Gershwin
	Singin' in the Rain	Betty Comden and Adolph Green	Nacio Herb Brown	Arthur Freed
	South Pacific	Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan	Richard Rodgers	Oscar Hammerstein II
	The Wizard of Oz	Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jeremy Sams	Andrew Lloyd Webber and Harold Arlen	Tim Rice and E. Y. Harburg
2013
	Sweeney Todd	Hugh Wheeler	Stephen Sondheim
	A Chorus Line	James Kirkwood, Jr. and Nicholas Dante	Marvin Hamlisch	Edward Kleban
	Cabaret	Joe Masteroff	John Kander	Fred Ebb
	Kiss Me, Kate	Samuel and Bella Spewack	Cole Porter
2014
	Merrily We Roll Along	George Furth	Stephen Sondheim
	The Sound of Music	Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse	Richard Rodgers	Oscar Hammerstein II
	Tell Me on a Sunday	Don Black	Andrew Lloyd Webber	Don Black
2015
	City of Angels	Larry Gelbart	Cy Coleman	David Zippel
	Cats	T. S. Eliot	Andrew Lloyd Webber	T. S. Eliot, additional by Trevor Nunn and Richard Stilgoe
	Miss Saigon	Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg	Claude-Michel Schönberg	Alain Boublil and Richard Maltby, Jr.
	Porgy and Bess	Dorothy Heyward, DuBose Heyward and Suzan-Lori Parks	George Gershwin and Diedre Murray	Dorothy Heyward, DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin
2016
	Gypsy	Arthur Laurents	Jule Styne	Stephen Sondheim
	Bugsy Malone	Alan Parker	Paul Williams
	Guys and Dolls	Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows	Frank Loesser
	Seven Brides for Seven Brothers	Lawrence Kasha and David Landay	Gene de Paul, Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn	Johnny Mercer, Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn
2017
	Jesus Christ Superstar	Tim Rice	Andrew Lloyd Webber	Tim Rice
	Funny Girl	Isobel Lennart	Jule Styne	Bob Merrill
	Show Boat	Oscar Hammerstein II	Jerome Kern	Oscar Hammerstein II and P. G. Wodehouse
	Sunset Boulevard	Don Black and Christopher Hampton	Andrew Lloyd Webber	Don Black and Christopher Hampton
2018
	Follies	James Goldman	Stephen Sondheim
	42nd Street	Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble	Harry Warren	Al Dubin and Johnny Mercer
	On the Town	Betty Comden and Adolph Green	Leonard Bernstein	Betty Comden and Adolph Green
2019
	Company	George Furth	Stephen Sondheim
	Caroline, or Change	Tony Kushner	Jeanine Tesori	Tony Kushner
	The King and I	Oscar Hammerstein II	Richard Rodgers	Oscar Hammerstein II

2020s

Year	Musical	Book	Music	Lyrics
2020
	Fiddler on the Roof	Joseph Stein	Jerry Bock	Sheldon Harnick
	Evita	Tim Rice	Andrew Lloyd Webber	Tim Rice
	Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat	Tim Rice	Andrew Lloyd Webber	Tim Rice
	Mary Poppins	Julian Fellowes	Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, and George Stiles	Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, and Anthony Drewe
2021	Not presented due to extended closing of theatre productions during COVID-19 pandemic ^[A]
2022 ^[A]	Cabaret	Joe Masteroff	John Kander	Fred Ebb
	Anything Goes	Guy Bolton, Russel Crouse, Timothy Crouse, Howard Lindsay, John Weidman and P.G. Wodehouse	Cole Porter
	Spring Awakening	Steven Sater	Duncan Sheik	Steven Sater
2023
	Oklahoma!	Oscar Hammerstein II	Richard Rodgers	Oscar Hammerstein II
	My Fair Lady	Alan Jay Lerner	Frederick Loewe	Alan Jay Lerner
	Sister Act	Cheri Steinkellner and Bill Steinkellner	Alan Menken	Glenn Slater
	South Pacific	Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan	Richard Rodgers	Oscar Hammerstein II
2024
	Sunset Boulevard	Don Black and Christopher Hampton	Andrew Lloyd Webber	Don Black and Christopher Hampton
	Groundhog Day	Danny Rubin	Tim Minchin
	Guys and Dolls	Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows	Frank Loesser
	Hadestown	Anais Mitchell

1 2 Due to late March 2020^[1] to late July 2021^[2] closing of London theatre productions during the COVID-19 pandemic in England, the 2022 awards recognise productions that launched anytime from February 2020 to February 2022^[3]

Multiple awards and nominations

Awards

Two awards

Oklahoma!
Sweeney Todd

Nominations

Four nominations

Cabaret

Three nominations

Two nominations

References

↑ Johnson, The Rt Hon Boris, MP (2020-03-23). Prime Minister's statement on coronavirus (COVID-19): 23 March 2020 [transcript] (Speech). Prime Minister's Televised Speech to the United Kingdom. www.gov.uk. London, UK. Archived from the original on 2020-06-09. Retrieved 2022-04-25. From this evening I must give the British people a very simple instruction — you must stay at home.{{cite speech}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
↑ McPhee, Ryan (2021-06-14). "U.K. Postpones Reopening Roadmap; West End Theatres Will No Longer Reopen in Full in June". Playbill . Archived from the original on 2021-06-14. Retrieved 2022-04-25. Step 4 of the roadmap will allow productions to play without capacity restrictions. June 21 was the goal; now, the government is eyeing July 19.
↑ Thomas, Sophie (2022-03-08). "Everything you need to know about the Olivier Awards". londontheatre.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2022-04-11. Retrieved 2022-04-25. Any new production that opened between 19 Feb. 2020 to 22 Feb. 2022 are eligible for categories in the 2022 Olivier Awards. With two years worth of shows set for honours in one year's ceremony, the 2022 Olivier Awards will prove tougher competition than before.

London Theatre Guide (2008). "The Laurence Olivier Awards: Full List of Winners 1976-2008" (.PDF). The Society of London Theatre. Retrieved 2008-08-30.

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[COVID1-4] 1 2 Due to late March 2020^[1] to late July 2021^[2] closing of London theatre productions during the COVID-19 pandemic in England, the 2022 awards recognise productions that launched anytime from February 2020 to February 2022^[3]

[1] Johnson, The Rt Hon Boris, MP (2020-03-23). Prime Minister's statement on coronavirus (COVID-19): 23 March 2020 [transcript] (Speech). Prime Minister's Televised Speech to the United Kingdom. www.gov.uk. London, UK. Archived from the original on 2020-06-09. Retrieved 2022-04-25. From this evening I must give the British people a very simple instruction — you must stay at home.{{cite speech}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[2] McPhee, Ryan (2021-06-14). "U.K. Postpones Reopening Roadmap; West End Theatres Will No Longer Reopen in Full in June". Playbill . Archived from the original on 2021-06-14. Retrieved 2022-04-25. Step 4 of the roadmap will allow productions to play without capacity restrictions. June 21 was the goal; now, the government is eyeing July 19.

[3] Thomas, Sophie (2022-03-08). "Everything you need to know about the Olivier Awards". londontheatre.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2022-04-11. Retrieved 2022-04-25. Any new production that opened between 19 Feb. 2020 to 22 Feb. 2022 are eligible for categories in the 2022 Olivier Awards. With two years worth of shows set for honours in one year's ceremony, the 2022 Olivier Awards will prove tougher competition than before.

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v t e Laurence Olivier Awards
Drama	New Play Entertainment or Comedy Play Revival Actor Actress Actor in a Supporting Role Actress in a Supporting Role
Musical	New Musical Musical Revival Actor in a Musical Actress in a Musical Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical Musical Contribution
Production/Creatives	Director Theatre Choreographer Set Design Costume Design Lighting Design Sound Design
Dance/Opera	New Dance Production New Opera Production Achievement in Dance Achievement in Opera
Special/Other	Special Award Family Show Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre
Retired	Actor of the Year in a New Play Actress of the Year in a New Play Actor of the Year in a Revival Actress of the Year in a Revival Comedy Performance Performance in a Musical Supporting Artist of the Year Performance in a Supporting Role Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical Newcomer in a Play Most Promising Performer Company Performance Director of a Play Director of a Musical Most Promising Playwright Achievement in a Musical Audience Award
Ceremonies	1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 ~~1989 (see 1989/90)~~ 1989/90 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 ~~2021 (COVID-19)~~ 2022 2023 2024