Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play

Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play
Awarded for	Outstanding Revival of a Play
Location	New York City
Presented by	Outer Critics Circle
Currently held by	Vanya by Simon Stephens (2025)
Website	OuterCritics.org

The Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play is an annual award given to the best revival of a (non-musical) play on Broadway or Off-Broadway, as determined by Outer Critics Circle. An award for outstanding revival has been given out since 1987, with All My Sons by Arthur Miller winning the inaugural award; however, split revival categories (play and musical) have existed since 1992.

All My Sons and A View from the Bridge , both by Arthur Miller, have both won the award twice, with Miller having won the most as well, with five wins. The Crucible , A View from the Bridge and Death of a Salesman have each been nominated the most times, with three each—also all by Miller.

Award winners

Key

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1980s

Year	Work	Author	Production	Ref.
1987
	All My Sons	Arthur Miller	Arvin Brown, Jay H. Fuchs, Charles Patsos and Steven Warnick
1988	No award given.
1989	No award given.

1990s

Year	Work	Author	Production	Ref.
1990
	Cat on a Hot Tin Roof	Tennessee Williams	Howard Davies, Barry and Fran Weissler, Jujamcyn Theaters, James Cushing, Maureen O'Sullivan Cushing, and Alecia Parker
1991	No award given.
1992
	The Visit	Friedrich Dürrenmatt	Edwin Sherin, Cathie D. Quigley and The Roundabout Theatre Company
	The Crucible	Arthur Miller	Yossi Yzraely and National Actors Theatre
	Boesman and Lena	Athol Fugard	Athol Fugard and Manhattan Theater Club
	A Streetcar Named Desire	Tennessee Williams	Gregory Mosher, Capital Cities / ABC Inc., Suntory International Corporation, The Shubert Organization and James Walsh
1993
	Anna Christie	Eugene O'Neill	David Leveaux and The Roundabout Theatre Company
1994
	An Inspector Calls	J.B. Priestley	Stephen Daldry, Noel Pearson, The Shubert Organization and Capital Cities / ABC Inc
1995
	The Heiress	Augustus Goetz and Ruth Goetz	Gerald Gutierrez and Lincoln Center Theater
	A Month in the Country	Ivan Turgenev	Scott Ellis and The Roundabout Theatre Company
	Hamlet	William Shakespeare	Jonathan Kent, Dodger Productions, Roger Berlind, Endemol Theatre Productions, Inc., Jujamcyn Theaters, Kardana Productions and Scott Rudin
1996
	Inherit the Wind	Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee	John Tillinger and National Actors Theatre
1997
	A Doll's House	Henrik Ibsen	Anthony Page, Bill Kenwright and Thelma Holt
	Present Laughter	Noël Coward	Scott Elliott, David Richenthal, Anita Waxman and Jujamcyn Theaters
	The Gin Game	Donald L. Coburn	Charles Nelson Reilly and National Actors Theatre
	The Little Foxes	Lillian Hellman	Jack O'Brien, Lincoln Center Theater
1998
	A View from the Bridge	Arthur Miller	Michael Mayer, Hayley Finn and The Roundabout Theatre Company
	Ah, Wilderness!	Eugene O'Neill	Daniel J. Sullivan and Lincoln Center Theater
	The Diary of Anne Frank	Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett	James Lapine, David Stone, Amy Nederlander-Case, Jon B. Platt, Jujamcyn Theaters and Hal Luftig
	The Sunshine Boys	Neil Simon	John Tillinger and National Actors Theatre
1999
	The Iceman Cometh	Eugene O'Neill	Howard Davies, Allan S. Gordon, Bill Haber, Ira Pittelman, Élan McAllister, Trigger Street Productions and Emanuel Azenberg
	Death of a Salesman	Arthur Miller	Robert Falls, David Richenthal, Jujamcyn Theaters, Allan S. Gordon and Fox Theatricals
	Electra	Sophocles	David Leveaux, Eric Krebs, Randall L. Wreghitt, Anita Waxman, Elizabeth Williams and Lawrence Horowitz

2000s

Year	Work	Author	Production	Ref.
2000
	A Moon for the Misbegotten	Eugene O'Neill	Howard Davies, Barry and Fran Weissler, Daniel Sullivan, Elliot Martin, Chase Mishkin, Max Cooper and Jujamcyn Theaters
	Amadeus	Peter Shaffer	Peter Hall, Kim Poster, PW Productions Ltd., Adam Epstein, SFX Theatrical Group and Center Theatre Group / Ahmanson Theatre
	The Real Thing	Tom Stoppard	David Leveaux, Anita Waxman, Elizabeth Williams, Ron Kastner and Miramax Films
2001
	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	Dale Wasserman	Terry Kinney, Michael Leavitt, Fox Theatricals, Anita Waxman, Elizabeth Williams, John York Noble, Randall L. Wreghitt and Dori Berinstein
	The Best Man	Gore Vidal	Ethan McSweeny, Jeffrey Richards, Michael B. Rothfeld, Raymond J. Greenwald, Jerry Frankel and Darren Bagert
	Juno and the Paycock	Seán O'Casey	John Crowley and Roundabout Theatre Company
The Man Who Came to Dinner	George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart	Jerry Zaks and Roundabout Theatre Company
2002
	Morning's at Seven	Paul Osborn	Daniel J. Sullivan and Lincoln Center Theater
	Noises Off	Michael Frayn	Jeremy Sams, Ambassador Theatre Group, ACT Productions, Waxman / Williams Entertainment, Dede Harris, Morton Swinsky, USA OSTAR Theatricals and Nederlander Presentations, Inc.
	The Crucible	Arthur Miller	Richard Eyre, David Richenthal, Manocherian / Leve / Boyett, Max Cooper, Allan S. Gordon, Roy Furman, Us Productions, Élan V. McAllister, Adam Epstein and Margo Lion
	The Elephant Man	Bernard Pomerance	Sean Mathias, David Aukin, ACT Productions, Waxman / Williams Entertainment, Manhattan Theatre Club, Bob Boyett, Steve Martin and Joan Stein
2003
	A Day in the Death of Joe Egg	Peter Nichols	Peter Nichols, Roundabout Theater Company and Sonia Friedman
	Dinner at Eight	George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart	Gerald Gutierrez and Lincoln Center Theater
	Our Town	Thornton Wilder	James Naughton and Westport Country Playhouse
	Tartuffe	Molière	Joe Dowling and Roundabout Theatre Company
2004
	Henry IV	William Shakespeare	Jack O'Brien and Lincoln Center Theater
	Jumpers	Tom Stoppard	David Leveaux, Boyett Ostar Productions, Nederlander Presentations, Inc., Freddy DeMann, Jean Doumanian, Stephanie McClelland and Arielle Tepper
	Sly Fox	Larry Gelbart	Arthur Penn, Julian Schlossberg, Roy Furman, Ben Sprecher, Michael Gardner, James Fantaci, Cheryl Lachowicz, Christine Duncan and Nelle Nugent
	The Caretaker	Harold Pinter	David Jones and Roundabout Theatre Company
2005
	Twelve Angry Men	Reginald Rose	Scott Ellis and Roundabout Theater Company
	A Streetcar Named Desire	Tennessee Williams	Edward Hall and Roundabout Theater Company
	Counsellor-at-Law	William Wyler	Dan Wackerman
	Glengarry Glen Ross	David Mamet	Joe Mantello, Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Jam Theatricals, Boyett Ostar Productions, Ronald Frankel, Philip Lacerte, Stephanie McClelland, CJM Productions, Barry Weisbord and ZenDog Productions
	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	Edward Albee	Anthony Page, Elizabeth Ireland McCann, Daryl Roth, Terry Allen Kramer, Scott Rudin, Roger Berlind, James L. Nederlander and Nick Simunek
2006
	Awake and Sing!	Clifford Odets	Bartlett Sher and Lincoln Center Theatre
	The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial	Herman Wouk	Jerry Zaks, Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Debra Black, Roger Berlind, Ronald Frankel, Terry E. Schnuck, Sheldon Stein, Barry Weisbord
	The Trip to Bountiful	Horton Foote	Harris Yulin
	The Constant Wife	Somerset Maugham	Mark Brokaw and Roundabout Theatre Company
2007
	Journey's End	R.C. Sherriff	David Grindley, Boyett Ostar Productions, Stephanie McClelland, Bill Rollnick, James D'Orta and Philip Geier
	The Voysey Inheritance	Harley Granville-Barker	David Warren and Atlantic Theatre Company
	Talk Radio	Eric Bogosian	Robert Falls, Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Jam Theatricals, Francis Finlay, Ronald Frankel, James Fuld, Jr., Steven Alan Green, Judith Hansen, Patty Ann Lacerte, James Riley, Mary Lu Roffe / Mort Swinsky, Sheldon Stein, Terri & Timothy Childs / StyleFour Productions and Irving Welzer / Herb Blodgett
	Inherit the Wind	Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee	Doug Hughes, Boyett Ostar Productions, The Shubert Organization, Jam Theatricals, Lawrence Horowitz, Jon Avnet / Ralph Guild, Roy Furman, Debra Black / Daryl Roth, Bill Rollnick / Nancy Ellison Rollnick and Stephanie McClelland
2008
	The Homecoming	Harold Pinter	Daniel J. Sullivan, Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Jam Theatricals, Ergo Entertainment, Barbara Freitag and Buddy Freitag, Michael Gardner, Herbert Goldsmith Productions, Inc., Terry E. Schnuck, Harold Thau, Michael Filerman / Lynne Peyser and Ronald Frankel / David Jaroslawicz
	Les Liaisons Dangereuses	Christopher Hampton	Rufus Norris and Roundabout Theatre Company
	Cyrano de Bergerac	Edmond Rostand	David Leveaux, Susan Bristow LLC, James L. Nederlander, Terry Allen Kramer, Stewart F. Lane / Bonnie Comley, Barbara Manocherian, Stephanie McClelland and Jon B. Platt
	Come Back, Little Sheba	William Inge	Michael Pressman and Manhattan Theatre Club
2009
	The Norman Conquests Trilogy	Alan Ayckbourn	Matthew Warchus, Sonia Friedman Productions, Steven Baruch, Marc Routh, Richard Frankel, Thomas Viertel, Dede Harris, Tulchin / Bartner / Lauren Doll, Jamie deRoy, Eric Falkenstein, Harriet Newman Leve, Probo Productions, Douglas G. Smith, Michael Filerman / Jennifer Manocherian and Richard Winkler
	Waiting for Godot	Samuel Beckett	Anthony Page and Roundabout Theatre Company
	The Cripple of Inishmaan	Martin McDonagh	Garry Hynes and Atlantic Theatre Company
	Blithe Spirit	Noël Coward	Michael Blakemore, Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Steve Traxler, Scott M. Delman, Bat-Barry Productions, Broadway Across America, Ken Davenport, Michael Filerman, Jeffrey Finn, Arlene Scanlan, Ronald Frankel, JK Productions, Kathleen K. Johnson, Patty Ann McKinnon, Judith Resnick, Terry Schnuck, Jamie deRoy / Alan D. Marks, Zev Buffman, and Barbara & Buddy Freitag / Wendy Federman
	Joe Turner's Come and Gone	August Wilson	Bartlett Sher and Lincoln Center Theatre

2010s

Year	Work	Author	Production	Ref.
2010
	Fences	August Wilson	Kenny Leon, Carole Shorenstein Hays and Scott Rudin
	A View from the Bridge	Arthur Miller	Gregory Mosher, Stuart Thompson, The Araca Group, Jeffrey Finn, Broadway Across America, Olympus Theatricals, Marisa Sechrest, The Weinstein Company, Jon B. Platt, Sonia Friedman Productions / Robert G. Bartner, Mort Swinsky / Joseph Deitch, Adam Zotovich / Ruth Hendel / Orin Wolf, Shelter Island Enterprises and The Shubert Organization
	Lend Me a Tenor	Ken Ludwig	Stanley Tucci, The Araca Group, Stuart Thompson, Carl Moellenberg, Rodney Rigby, Olympus Theatricals, Broadway Across America and The Shubert Organization
	The Royal Family	George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber	Doug Hughes and Manhattan Theatre Club
2011
	The Normal Heart	Larry Kramer	Joel Grey, George C. Wolfe, Daryl Roth, Paul Boskind and Martian Entertainment
	Born Yesterday	Garson Kanin	Doug Hughes, Philip Morgaman, Anne Caruso, Vincent Caruso, Frankie Grande, James P. MacGilvray, Brian Kapetanis and Robert S. Basso
	The Importance of Being Earnest	Oscar Wilde	Brian Bedford and Roundabout Theatre Company
	The Merchant of Venice	William Shakespeare	Daniel J. Sullivan, The Public Theatre, Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Debbie Bisno & Eva Price, Amy Nederlander, Jonathan First, Stewart F. Lane / Bonnie Comley, Universal Pictures Stage Productions, Merritt Forrest Baer, The Araca Group, Broadway Across America, Joseph & Matthew Deitch, JK Productions, Terry Allen Kramer, Cathy Chernoff / Jay & Cindy Gutterman, Mallory Factor / Cheryl Lachowicz and The Shubert Organization; Associate Producer: Joy Newman, David Schumeister, Barry Edelstein, Jeremy Scott Blaustein, Elon Rutberg, S.D. Wagner and John Johnson
2012
	Death of a Salesman	Arthur Miller	Mike Nichols, Scott Rudin, Stuart Thompson, Jon Platt, Columbia Pictures, Jean Doumanian, Merritt Forrest Baer, Roger Berlind, Scott Delman, Sonia Friedman Productions, Ruth Hendel, Carl Moellenberg, Scott and Brian Zeilinger, and Eli Bush
	The Lady from Dubuque	Edward Albee	David Esbjornson and Signature Theatre Company
	Private Lives	Noël Coward	Sir Richard Eyre, Duncan C. Weldon & Paul Elliott, Theatre Royal Bath, Terri & Timothy Childs, Sonia Friedman Productions, Bill Ballard and David Mirvish
	The Best Man	Gore Vidal	Michael Wilson, Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, INFINITY Stages, Universal Pictures, Barbara Manocherian / Michael Palitz, Ken Mahoney / The Broadway Consortium, Kathleen K. Johnson, Andy Sandberg, Fifty Church Street Productions, Larry Hirschhorn / Bennu Productions, Patty Baker, Paul Boskind and Martian Entertainment, Wendy Federman, Mark S. Golub & David S. Golub, Cricket Hooper Jiranek, Stewart F. Lane & Bonnie Comley, Carl Moellenberg, Harold Thau and Will Trice
2013
	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	Edward Albee	Pam MacKinnon, Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Susan Quint Gallin, Mary Lu Roffe, Kit Seidel, Amy Danis & Mark Johannes, Patty Baker, Mark S. Golub & David S. Golub, Richard Gross, Jam Theatricals, Cheryl Lachowicz, Michael Palitz, Dramatic Forces / Angelina Fiordellisi, Luigi & Rose Caiola, Ken Greiner, Kathleen K. Johnson, Kirmser Ponturo Fund, Will Trice, GFour Productions and Steppenwolf Theatre
	The Trip to Bountiful	Horton Foote	Michael Wilson, Nelle Nugent, Kevin Liles, Paula Marie Black, David R. Weinreb, Stephen Byrd, Alia M. Jones, Kenneth Teaton, Carole L. Haber / Philip Geier, Wendy Federman / Carl Moellenberg / Ricardo Hornos and Fifty Church Street Productions / Hallie Foote / Tyson and Kimberly Chandler; Produced in association with Joseph Sirola, Howard and Janet Kagan / Charles Salameno, Sharon A. Carr / Patricia R. Klausner, Raymond Gaspard / Andréa M. Price and Willette Murphy Klausner / Reginald M. Browne
	The Piano Lesson	August Wilson	Ruben Santiago-Hudson and Signature Theatre Company
	Orphans	Lyle Kessler	Daniel J. Sullivan, Frederick Zollo, Robert Cole, The Shubert Organization, Orin Wolf, Lucky VIII, Scott M. Delman, James P. MacGilvray and StylesFour Productions
	Golden Boy	Cliffard Odets	Bartlett Sher and Lincoln Center Theatre
2014
	The Glass Menagerie	Tennessee Williams	John Tiffany, Jeffrey Richards, John N. Hart Jr., Jerry Frankel, Lou Spisto / Lucky VIII, INFINITY Stages, Scott M. Delman, Jam Theatricals, Mauro Taylor, Rebecca Gold, Michael Palitz, Charles E. Stone, Will Trice and GFour Productions
	The Cripple of Inishmaan	Martin McDonagh	Michael Grandage, Arielle Tepper Madover, L.T.D. Productions Inc., Stacey Mindich, Starry Night Entertainment, Scott M. Delman, Martin McCallum, Stephanie P. McClelland, Zeilinger Productions and The Shubert Organization
	Machinal	Sophie Treadwell	Lyndsey Turner and Roundabout Theatre Company
	Twelfth Night	William Shakespeare	Tim Carroll, Scott Landis; Roger Berlind; Glass Half Full Productions; Just For Laughs Theatricals; 1001 Nights Productions; Norman Tulchin; Robert G. Bartner; Jane Bergère; Paula Marie Black; Rupert Gavin; Stephanie P. McClelland; Shakespeare Globe Centre USA; Max Cooper; Tanya Link; Shakespeare Road Productions; Shakespeare's Globe
	The Winslow Boy	Terence Rattigan	Greg Backstrom, The Old Vic Theatre and Roundabout Theatre Company
2015
	You Can't Take It With You	George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart	Scott Ellis, Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Jam Theatricals, Dominion Pictures, Gutterman & Winkler, Daryl Roth, Terry Schnuck, Jane Bergère, Caiola Productions, Rebecca Gold, LaRuffa & Hinderliter, Larry Magid, Gabrielle Palitz, Spisto & Kierstead, SunnySpot Productions, VenuWorks Theatricals, Jessica Genick and Will Trice, Roundabout Theatre Company
	Fashions for Men	Ferenc Molnár	Davis McCallum and Mint Theater Company
	Skylight	David Hare	Stephen Daldry, Robert Fox, Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, Roger Berlind, William Berlind, Roy Furman, Jon B. Platt, The Shubert Organization, Stephanie P. McClelland, Catherine Adler, Jay Alix & Una Jackman, Scott M. Delman, Heni Koenigsberg, Spring Sirkin, Stuart Thompson, True Love Productions, The Araca Group, Carlos Arana, and David Mirvish
	The Heidi Chronicles	Wendy Wasserstein	Pam MacKinnon, Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel, Susan Gallin, Mary Lu Roffe, Eagle Productions LLC, Stacy Jacobs, LTPS Productions, Gabrielle Palitz, Sally Horchow, Rebecca Gold, Ken Greiner, Grimaldi & WSProductions, Jamie deRoy & friends, Amy Kaissar, Suzanne Friedman, Ed Goldstone, Jessica Genick and Will Trice
	The Elephant Man	Bernard Pomerance	Scott Ellis, James L. Nederlander, Terry Allen Kramer, Catherine Adler, Roger Berlind, Caiola Productions, Patrick Catullo, Roy Furman, Larry Hirschhorn, Jeffrey Finn Productions, Van Kaplan, Edward M. Kaufmann, Hal Luftig, Arielle Tepper Madover, Peter May, Stephanie P. McClelland, The Shubert Organization, Douglas Smith, Jonathan M. Tisch, WLE MSG, LLC. and Scott & Brian Zeilinger
2016
	A View from the Bridge	Arthur Miller	Ivo van Hove, Scott Rudin, Lincoln Center Theater, Eli Bush, Robert G. Bartner, Roger Berlind, William Berlind, Roy Furman, Peter May, Amanda Lipitz, Stephanie P. McClelland, Jay Alix & Una Jackman, Scott M. Delman, Sonia Friedman, John Gore, Ruth Hendel, JFL Theatricals, Heni Koenigsberg, Jon B. Platt, Daryl Roth and Spring Sirkin
	Long Day's Journey Into Night	Eugene O'Neill	Jonathan Kent, Ryan Murphy and Roundabout Theatre Company
	Fool for Love	Sam Shepard	Daniel Aukin and Manhattan Theatre Club
	Blackbird	David Harrower	Joe Mantello, Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, Roger Berlind, William Berlind, Scott M. Delman, Peter May, Jon B. Platt, Len Blavatnik, Tulchin Bartner Productions, Jay Alix & Una Jackman, Heni Koenigsberg, Stacey Mindich and Wendy Federman
	The Crucible	Arthur Miller	Ivo van Hove, Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, Roger Berlind, William Berlind, Len Blavatnik, Roy Furman, Peter May, Jay Alix & Una Jackman, Scott M. Delman, JFL Theatricals, Heni Koenigsberg, Daryl Roth, Jane Bergère, Sonia Friedman, Ruth Hendel, Stacey Mindich, Jon B. Platt, Megan Savage, Spring Sirkin and Tulchin Bartner Productions
2017
	Jitney	August Wilson	Ruben Santiago-Hudson and Manhattan Theatre Club
	The Front Page	Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur	Jack O'Brien, Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, Len Blavatnik, Peter May, The John Gore Organization, Eric Falkenstein, Seth A. Goldstein, The Araca Group, Jay Alix & Una Jackman, Scott M. Delman, Ruth Hendel, Heni Koenigsberg, Jon B. Platt, Daryl Roth, Tulchin Bartner Productions, Stephanie P. McClelland, True Love Productions, Jane Bergère, Wendy Federman, Anita Waxman, Meredith Lynsey Schade, Jamie deRoy, Al Nocciolino and Spring Sirkin
	The Price	Arthur Miller	Terry Kinney and Roundabout Theatre Company
	Othello	William Shakespeare	Sam Gold and New York Theatre Workshop
	The Little Foxes	Lillian Hellman	Daniel J. Sullivan and Manhattan Theatre Club
2018
	Angels in America	Tony Kushner	Marianne Elliott, Tim Levy, NT America, Jordan Roth, Rufus Norris & Lisa Burger, The Royal National Theatre, Elliott & Harper Productions, Kash Bennett, NT Productions, Aged In Wood, The Baruch-Viertel-Routh-Frankel Group, Jane Bergère, Adam Blanshay Productions, CatWenJam Productions, Jean Doumanian, Gilad-Rogowsky, Gold-Ross Productions, The John Gore Organization, Grove Entertainment, Harris Rubin Productions, Hornos-Moellenberg, Brian & Dayna Lee, Benjamin Lowy, Stephanie P. McClelland, David Mirvish, Mark Pigott, Jon B. Platt, E. Price-LD ENT., Daryl Roth, Catherine Schreiber, Barbara Whitman, Jujamcyn Theaters, The Nederlander Organization and The Shubert Organization
	Three Tall Women	Edward Albee	Joe Mantello, Scott Rudin, Barry Diller, Eli Bush, The John Gore Organization, James L. Nederlander, Candy Spelling, Len Blavatnik, Universal Theatrical Group, Rosalind Productions, Inc., Eric Falkenstein, Peter May, Jay Alix & Una Jackman, Patty Baker, Diana DiMenna, David Mirvish, Wendy Federman & Heni Koenigsberg, Benjamin Lowy & Adrian Salpeter, Jason Blum, Jamie deRoy, Gabrielle Palitz, Ted Snowdon and Richard Winkler
	Travesties	Sam Shepard	Patrick Marber and Roundabout Theatre Company
	Lobby Hero	Kenneth Lonergan	Trip Cullman and Second Stage Theatre
	Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train	Stephen Adly Guirgis	Signature Theatre Company and Mark Brokaw
2019
	All My Sons	Arthur Miller	Jack O'Brien and Roundabout Theatre Company
	By the Way, Meet Vera Stark	Lynn Nottage	Kamilah Forbes and Signature Theatre Company
	The Waverly Gallery	Kenneth Lonergan	Lila Neugebauer, Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, John Gore Organization, Len Blavatnik, Columbia Live Stage, Stephanie P. McClelland, James L. Nederlander, Universal Theatrical Group, Eric Falkenstein, Suzanne Grant, Benjamin Lowy, Peter May, Al Nocciolino, Tulchin Bartner Productions, Patty Baker, Bob Boyett, Wendy Federman, Barbara H. Freitag, Heni Koenigsberg, David Mirvish, True Love Productions, Roxanne Seeman & Jamie deRoy, Jason Blum and The Shubert Organization
	Juno and the Paycock	Sean O’Casey	Neil Pepe and Irish Repertory Theatre
	Our Lady of 121st Street	Stephen Adly Guirgis	Nicole Hess-Diestler and Borough of Manhattan Community College

2020s

Year	Work	Author	Production	Ref.
2020 (Honorees)	A Soldier's Play	Charles Fuller	Kenny Leon, and Roundabout Theatre Company
	Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune	Terrence McNally	Arin Arbus, Hunter Arnold, Debbie Bisno, Tom Kirdahy, Elizabeth Dewberry & Ali Ahmet Kocabiyik, Broadway Strategic Return Fund, Caiola Productions, FedermanGold Productions, Invisible Wall Productions, John Gore Organization, Mike Karns, Kilimanjaro Theatricals, Peter May, Tyler Mount, Seriff Productions, Silva Theatrical Group, Cliff Bleszinski/GetterLazarDaly, Jamie deRoy / Gary DiMauro, Suzi Dietz & Lenny Beer/Sally Cade Holmes, Barbara H. Freitag/Ken Davenport, Barry & Kimberly Gowdy/Mabee Family Office, Kayla Greenspan/Jamie Joeyen-Waldorf, John Joseph/Broadway Factor, Tilted Windmills / John Paterakis and The Shubert Organization
	For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf	Ntozake Shange	Camille A. Brown and The Public Theatre
	Fires in the Mirror	Anna Deavere Smith	Saheem Ali and Signature Theatre Company
	Betrayal	Harold Pinter	Jamie Lloyd, Ambassador Theatre Group, Benjamin Lowy Productions, Gavin Kalin Productions, Glass Half Full Productions, Annapurna Theatre, Hunter Arnold, Burnt Umber Productions, Rashad V. Chambers, Eilene Davidson Productions, KFF Productions, Dominick LaRuffa Jr., Antonio Marion, Stephanie P. McClelland, Smith & Brant Theatricals, Richard Winkler / Alan Shorr and The Jamie Lloyd Company
2021	No awards given due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2022
	Take Me Out	Richard Greenberg	Scott Ellis and Barry & Fran Weissler
	for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf	Ntozake Shange	Camille A. Brown and The Public Theatre
	Trouble in Mind	Alice Childress	Charles Randolph-Wright and Roundabout Theatre Company
	How I Learned to Drive	Paula Vogel	Mark Brokaw, Manhattan Theatre Club, Jordan Roth and Cody Lassen
	A Touch of the Poet	Eugene O’Neill	Ciarán O’Reilly and Irish Repertory Theatre
2023
	Topdog/Underdog	Suzan-Lori Parks	Kenny Leon, LaChanze, David Stone, Rashad V. Chambers, Marc Platt, Debra Martin Chase and The Shubert Organization	[1]
	Ohio State Murders	Adrienne Kennedy	Kenny Leon, Jeffrey Richards, Lincoln Center Theater, Rebecca Gold, Jayne Baron Sherman, Hunter Arnold, Louise Gund, Marc David Levine, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Jeremy Lentz, Kevin Ryan / Lisa Alexander-Taylor, Brad Blume, Robert Boyett, Irene Gandy, John Paterakis, Iris Smith, Willette and Manny S. Klausner, Kayla Greenspan, Franklin Theatrical Group, Marlene and Gary Cohen, William Parker Frisbie II, Ken and Rande Greiner, Diego Kolankowsky, Alexander "Sandy" Marshall / Jamie deRoy, Jacob Soroken Porter, Concord Theatricals, John Gore Organization, James L. Nederlander and The Shubert Organization
	Death of a Salesman	Arthur Miller	Miranda Cromwell, Cindy Tolan, Elliott & Harper Productions, Kwame Kwei-Armah and Steven Chaikelson
	Endgame	Samuel Beckett	Ciarán O’Reilly and Irish Repertory Theatre
	Wedding Band	Alice Childress	Awoye Timpo and Polonsky Shakespeare Center
2024
	Appropriate	Branden Jacobs-Jenkins	Lila Neugebauer and Second Stage Theatre	[2]
	An Enemy of the People	Henrik Ibsen	Sam Gold, Seaview, Patrick Catullo, Plan B, Roth-Manella Productions, Eric & Marsi Gardiner, John Gore Organization, James L. Nederlander, Jon B. Platt, Atekwana Hutton, Bob Boyett, Chris & Ashlee Clarke, Cohen-Demar Productions, Andrew Diamond, GI6 Productions, Sony Music Masterworks, Triptyk Studios, Trunfio Ryan, Kate Cannova and DJL Productions
	Philadelphia, Here I Come!	Brian Friel	Ciarán O’Reilly and Irish Repertory Theatre
	Mary Jane	Amy Herzog	Anne Kauffman and Manhattan Theatre Club
	Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch		Kenny Leon, Leslie Odom Jr., Jeffrey Richards, Hunter Arnold, Louise Gund, Bob Boyett, Curt Cronin, John Joseph, Willette and Manny Klausner, Brenda Boone, Salman Moudhy Al-Rashid, Creative Partners Productions, Irene Gandy, Kayla Greenspan, Mark and David Golub Productions, John Gore Organization, W3 Productions, Morwin Schmookler, Van Kaplan, Ken Greiner, Patrick W. Jones, Nicolette Robinson, National Black Theatre, Alan Alda, LaTanya Richardson Jackson, Samuel L. Jackson, Phylicia Rashad, Nnamdi Asomugha, Kerry Washington and The Shubert Organization
	Doubt, A Parable	John Patrick Shanley	Scott Ellis and Roundabout Theatre Company
2025
	Vanya	Simon Stephens	Sam Yates, Wessex Grove, Gavin Kalin Productions, and Kater Gordon	[3] [4]
	Yellow Face	David Henry Hwang	Leigh Silverman and Roundabout Theatre Company
	Beckett Briefs: From the Cradle to the Grave	Samuel Beckett	Ciarán O’Reilly and Irish Repertory Theatre
	Romeo + Juliet	William Shakespeare	Sam Gold, Seaview, Harbor Entertainment, Kevin Ryan, Eric & Marsi Gardiner, Roth-Manella Productions, Kate Cannova, J + J Productions, Julie Boardman, Alexander-Taylor Deignan, Atekwana Hutton, Bensmihen Mann Productions, Patrick Catullo, Chutzpah Productions, Corets Gough Willman Productions, Dave Johnson Productions, DJD Productions, Hornos Moellenberg, Pam Hurst-Della Pietra & Stephen Della Pietra, Mark Gordon Pictures, Oren Michels, No Guarantees Productions, Nothing Ventured Productions, Strus Lynch, Sunset Cruz Productions, Dennis Trunfio, Stephen C. Byrd, Fourth Wall Theatricals, Level Forward, Soto Productions and WMKlausner
	Glengarry Glen Ross	David Mamet	Patrick Marber, Jeffrey Richards, Rebecca Gold, Caiola Productions, Roy Furman, Patrick Myles, Jonathan Reinis, Stephanie P. McClelland, Stewart F. Lane / Bonnie Comley / Leah Lane, Oliver King, 42nd.club, Richard Batchelder, Marlene & Gary Cohen, Cue to Cue Productions, Roger & Carin Ehrenberg, GFour Productions, Jay & Cindy Gutterman, John Gore Organization, Willette & Manny Klausner, James L. Nederlander, No Guarantees Productions, Secret Hideout, Randy Jones Toll & Steven Toll, Craig Balsam / Ken Levitan, Bunny Rabbit Productions / Cyrena Esposito, Lynne & Marvin Garelick / Howard Hoffen, Ken & Rande Greiner / Ruth & Steve Hendel, Levine Padgett Productions / Alan Shorr, Ted & Richard Liebowitz / Alexander "Sandy" Marshall, Irene Gandy, Lloyd Tichio Productions / Michael T. Cohen & Robin Reinach, Eric Passmore / Brad Blume & Adam Zell, Susan Rose / Frederick Zollo, Patrick W. Jones, Maia Kayla Glasman, Brandon J. Schwartz and The Shubert Organization

Play statistics

Plays with multiple wins

2 wins

• All My Sons
• A View from the Bridge

Plays with multiple nominations

3 nominations

• The Crucible
• A View from the Bridge
• Death of a Salesman

2 nominations

• All My Sons
• A Streetcar Named Desire
• Inherit the Wind
• The Little Foxes
• The Best Man
• The Elephant Man
• Glengarry Glen Ross
• Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
• The Trip to Bountiful
• The Cripple of Inishmaan
• For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf

Playwright statistics

Playwrights with multiple wins

5 wins

• Arthur Miller

3 wins

• Eugene O'Neill

2 wins

• Tennessee Williams
• August Wilson

Playwrights with multiple nomination

12 nominations

• Arthur Miller

6 nominations

• Eugene O'Neill
• William Shakespeare

4 nominations

• Tennessee Williams
• George S. Kaufman
• Moss Hart
• Edward Albee
• August Wilson

3 nominations

• Noël Coward
• Harold Pinter
• Samuel Beckett

2 nominations

• Jerome Lawrence
• Robert Edwin Lee
• Henrik Ibsen
• Lillian Hellman
• Tom Stoppard
• Gore Vidal
• Seán O'Casey
• Bernard Pomerance
• David Mamet
• Horton Foote
• Martin McDonagh
• Clifford Odets
• Sam Shepard
• Kenneth Lonergan
• Stephen Adly Guirgis
• Ntozake Shange
• Alice Childress

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