Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival

The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival is presented by the Drama Desk, a committee of New York City theatre critics, writers, and editors. It honors the Broadway, off-Broadway, off-off-Broadway, or legitimate not-for-profit theater revival of a production previously staged in New York City.

It was not until the 22nd Annual Drama Desk Awards in 1988 that a specific category for Outstanding Revival was created. The first recipient was The Royal Family, a play by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber that originally was staged in 1937. The award was not presented again until 1982. In 1993, the category was divided to give separate awards for plays and musicals.

Additional winners

1970s

• 1976: The Royal Family
  • What Every Woman Knows
  • A Memory of Two Mondays / 27 Wagons Full of Cotton
  • They Knew What They Wanted
  • Trelawny of the 'Wells'
  • Very Good Eddie
  • Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

1980s

1982: Entertaining Mr. Sloane[1] The Chalk Garden Misalliance 1983: On Your Toes Vieux Carré The Cradle Will Rock All's Well That Ends Well Present Laughter The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial 1984: Death of a Salesman The Philanthropist Serenading Louie Heartbreak House 1985: A Day in the Death of Joe Egg[2] On Approval Balm in Gilead Pacific Overtures Aren't We All?

1986: The House of Blue Leaves Lemon Sky Long Day's Journey Into Night Loot The Iceman Cometh 1987: Anything Goes Flora the Red Menace Lost in the Stars Dreamgirls[3] Cabaret 1988: Our Town[4] Juno and the Paycock Long Day's Journey Into Night Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

1990s

1990: Gypsy The Sound of Music Cat on a Hot Tin Roof The Merchant of Venice 1991: A Little Night Music Camille Hamlet Machinal

1992: Guys and Dolls The Most Happy Fella 'Tis Pity She's a Whore Falsettos

References

1. "Browse Awards By Year for 1982". Broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
2. "Browse Awards By Year for 1985". Broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
3. "Dreamgirls Production History". Broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
4. "Browse Awards By Year for 1988". Broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 8 September 2023.