Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Musical

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival
Awarded for	Outstanding Revival of a Musical
Location	New York City
Country	United States
Presented by	Drama Desk
First award	1994
Currently held by	Gypsy (2025)
Website	dramadesk.org (defunct)

The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Musical 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 award was first presented at the 1994 ceremony, after Drama Desk retired the Outstanding Revival category (1955–1992), a singular award covering achievement by either a play or a musical production. The accompanying Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play was also created, though it was first presented at the 1993 ceremony.

She Loves Me, The King and I, La Cage aux Folles and Company are the only shows to win the award more than once, with two wins each. Meanwhile, Into the Woods, Gypsy, Fiddler on the Roof and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street each hold the record for most nominations, with three each.

Winners and nominees

Key

  and bold indicates the winner.

1990s

Year	Musical	Book	Music	Lyrics	Ref.
1994
	She Loves Me	Joe Masteroff	Jerry Bock	Sheldon Harnick	[1]
	Carousel	Oscar Hammerstein II	Richard Rodgers	Oscar Hammerstein II
	Damn Yankees	George Abbott and Douglass Wallop	Richard Adler	Jerry Ross
	My Fair Lady	Alan Jay Lerner	Frederick Loewe	Alan Jay Lerner
1995	—
1996
	The King and I	Oscar Hammerstein II	Richard Rodgers	Oscar Hammerstein II	[2][3]
	A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum	Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart	Stephen Sondheim
	I Do! I Do!	Tom Jones	Harvey Schmidt	Tom Jones
1997
	Chicago	Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse	John Kander	Fred Ebb	[4][5] [6]
	Candide	Lillian Hellman and Hugh Wheeler	Leonard Bernstein	Various
	Juan Darién	—	Elliot Goldenthal
1998
	Cabaret	Joe Masteroff	John Kander	Fred Ebb	[7][8]
	1776	Peter Stone	Sherman Edwards
1999
	You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown	John Gordon	Clark Gesner		[9][10] [11]
	Annie Get Your Gun	Herbert and Dorothy Fields	Irving Berlin

2000s

Year	Musical	Book	Music	Lyrics	Ref.
2000
	Kiss Me, Kate	Samuel and Bella Spewack	Cole Porter		[12][13]
	The Music Man	Meredith Willson and Franklin Lacey	Meredith Willson
2001
	42nd Street	Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble	Harry Warren	Al Dubin	[14][15]
	Bells Are Ringing	Betty Comden and Adolph Green	Jule Styne	Betty Comden and Adolph Green
	Follies	James Goldman	Stephen Sondheim
	The Rocky Horror Show	Richard O'Brien
2002
	Into the Woods	James Lapine	Stephen Sondheim		[16][17]
	Oklahoma!	Oscar Hammerstein II	Richard Rodgers	Oscar Hammerstein II
2003
	Nine	Arthur Kopit	Maury Yeston		[18][19] [20]
	Gypsy	Arthur Laurents	Jule Styne	Stephen Sondheim
	La bohème	Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa	Giacomo Puccini	Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa
	Man of La Mancha	Dale Wasserman	Mitch Leigh	Joe Darion
2004
	Assassins	John Weidman	Stephen Sondheim		[21][22] [23]
	Big River	William Hauptman	Roger Miller
	Fiddler on the Roof	Joseph Stein	Jerry Bock	Sheldon Harnick
	Finian's Rainbow	E.Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy	Burton Lane	E.Y. Harburg
	First Lady Suite	Michael John LaChiusa
	Wonderful Town	Joseph A. Fields and Jerome Chodorov	Leonard Bernstein	Betty Comden and Adolph Green
2005
	La Cage aux Folles	Harvey Fierstein	Jerry Herman		[24][25]
	Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death	Melvin Van Peebles
	On Second Avenue	—	Various
	Sweet Charity	Neil Simon	Cy Coleman	Dorothy Fields
2006
	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	Hugh Wheeler	Stephen Sondheim		[26][27]
	Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris	Eric Blau and Mort Shuman	Jacques Brel	Jacques Brel, Eric Blau and Mort Shuman
	The Pajama Game	George Abbott and Richard Bissell	Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
2007
	Company	George Furth	Stephen Sondheim		[28][29] [30]
	110 in the Shade	N. Richard Nash	Harvey Schmidt	Tom Jones
	The Apple Tree	Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick	Jerry Bock	Sheldon Harnick
	Di Yam Gazlonim!	W. S. Gilbert	Arthur Sullivan	W. S. Gilbert
	H.M.S. Pinafore	W. S. Gilbert	Arthur Sullivan	W. S. Gilbert
	Les Misérables	Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil	Claude-Michel Schönberg	Herbert Kretzmer
2008
	South Pacific	Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan	Richard Rodgers	Oscar Hammerstein II	[31][32] [33]
	Black Nativity	Langston Hughes	Various
	Gypsy	Arthur Laurents	Jule Styne	Stephen Sondheim
	Sunday in the Park with George	James Lapine	Stephen Sondheim
	Take Me Along	Joseph Stein and Robert Russell	Bob Merrill
2009
	Hair	James Rado and Gerome Ragni	Galt MacDermot	James Rado and Gerome Ragni	[34][35] [36]
	Pal Joey	John O'Hara	Richard Rodgers	Lorenz Hart
	West Side Story	Arthur Laurents	Leonard Bernstein	Stephen Sondheim

2010s

Year	Musical	Book	Music	Lyrics	Ref.
2010
	La Cage aux Folles	Harvey Fierstein	Jerry Herman		[37]
	A Little Night Music	Hugh Wheeler	Stephen Sondheim
	Finian's Rainbow	E.Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy	Burton Lane	E.Y. Harburg
	Promises, Promises	Neil Simon	Burt Bacharach	Hal David
	Ragtime	Terrence McNally	Stephen Flaherty	Lynn Ahrens
2011
	Anything Goes	Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse	Cole Porter		[38][39] [40]
	Hello Again	Michael John LaChiusa
	How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying	Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock and Willie Gilbert	Frank Loesser
2012
	Follies	James Goldman	Stephen Sondheim		[41][42] [43]
	Carrie	Lawrence D. Cohen	Michael Gore	Dean Pitchford
	Evita	Tim Rice	Andrew Lloyd Webber	Tim Rice
	Jesus Christ Superstar	Tim Rice	Andrew Lloyd Webber	Tim Rice
	Porgy and Bess	DuBose Heyward	George Gershwin	DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin
	The Threepenny Opera	Bertolt Brecht	Kurt Weill	Bertolt Brecht
2013
	Pippin	Roger O. Hirson	Stephen Schwartz		[44][45]
	The Golden Land	Zalmen Mlotek and Moishe Rosenfeld
	The Mystery of Edwin Drood	Rupert Holmes
	Passion	James Lapine	Stephen Sondheim
	Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella	Oscar Hammerstein II and Douglas Carter Beane	Richard Rodgers	Oscar Hammerstein II
	Working	Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso	Various
2014
	Hedwig and the Angry Inch	John Cameron Mitchell	Stephen Trask		[46][47] [48]
	Les Misérables	Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil	Claude-Michel Schönberg	Herbert Kretzmer
	Violet	Brian Crawley	Jeanine Tesori	Brian Crawley
2015
	The King and I	Oscar Hammerstein II	Richard Rodgers	Oscar Hammerstein II	[49][50]
	Into the Woods	James Lapine	Stephen Sondheim
	On the Town	Betty Comden and Adolph Green	Leonard Bernstein	Betty Comden and Adolph Green
	On the Twentieth Century	Betty Comden and Adolph Green	Cy Coleman	Betty Comden and Adolph Green
	Pageant	Bill Russell and Frank Kelly	Albert Evans	Bill Russell and Frank Kelly
	Side Show	Bill Russell	Henry Krieger	Bill Russell
2016
	She Loves Me	Joe Masteroff	Jerry Bock	Sheldon Harnick	[51][52]
	The Color Purple	Marsha Norman	Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray
	The Golden Bride	Frieda Freiman	Joseph Rumshinsky	Louis Gilrod
	Fiddler on the Roof	Joseph Stein	Jerry Bock	Sheldon Harnick
	Spring Awakening	Steven Sater	Duncan Sheik	Steven Sater
2017
	Hello, Dolly!	Michael Stewart	Jerry Herman		[53][54]
	Falsettos	James Lapine and William Finn	William Finn
	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	Hugh Wheeler	Stephen Sondheim
	Sweet Charity	Neil Simon	Cy Coleman	Dorothy Fields
	Tick, Tick... Boom!	Jonathan Larson and David Auburn	Jonathan Larson
2018
	My Fair Lady	Alan Jay Lerner	Frederick Loewe	Alan Jay Lerner	[55][56]
	Amerike – The Golden Land	Moishe Rosenfeld and Zalmen Mlotek
	Carousel	Oscar Hammerstein II	Richard Rodgers	Oscar Hammerstein II
	Once On This Island	Lynn Ahrens	Stephen Flaherty	Lynn Ahrens
	Pacific Overtures	John Weidman	Stephen Sondheim
2019
	Fiddler on the Roof (Fidler Afn Dakh)	Joseph Stein	Jerry Bock	Sheldon Harnick	[57][58]
	Carmen Jones	Oscar Hammerstein II	Georges Bizet	Oscar Hammerstein II
	Kiss Me, Kate	Bella and Samuel Spewack	Cole Porter
	Merrily We Roll Along	George Furth	Stephen Sondheim
	Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma!	Oscar Hammerstein II	Richard Rodgers	Oscar Hammerstein II

2020s

Year	Musical	Book	Music	Lyrics	Ref.
2020
	Little Shop of Horrors	Howard Ashman	Alan Menken	Howard Ashman	[59][60]
	The Unsinkable Molly Brown	Richard Morris	Meredith Willson
	West Side Story	Arthur Laurents	Leonard Bernstein	Stephen Sondheim
2021	No awards: New York theatres shuttered, March 2020 to September 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City[61]
2022
	Company	George Furth	Stephen Sondheim		[62][63] [64]
	Assassins	John Weidman	Stephen Sondheim
	Baby	Sybille Pearson	David Shire	Richard Maltby Jr.
	Caroline, or Change	Tony Kushner	Jeanine Tesori	Tony Kushner
2023
	Parade	Alfred Uhry	Jason Robert Brown		[65][66]
	A Man of No Importance	Terrence McNally	Stephen Flaherty	Lynn Ahrens
	Into the Woods	James Lapine	Stephen Sondheim
	Merrily We Roll Along	George Furth	Stephen Sondheim
	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	Hugh Wheeler	Stephen Sondheim
2024[67]	I Can Get It for You Wholesale	Jerome Weidman	Harold Rome		[68][69]
	Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club	Joe Masteroff	John Kander	Fred Ebb
	Gutenberg! The Musical!	Scott Brown and Anthony King
2025[70]
	Gypsy	Arthur Laurents	Jule Styne	Stephen Sondheim	[71][72]
	Cats: "The Jellicle Ball	T. S. Eliot	Andrew Lloyd Webber	T. S. Eliot, Trevor Nunn, and Richard Stilgoe
	Floyd Collins	Tina Landau	Adam Guettel
	Once Upon a Mattress	Jay Thompson, Marshall Barer, Dean Fuller, and Amy Sherman-Palladino	Mary Rodgers	Marshall Barer
	See What I Wanna See	Michael John LaChiusa
	Sunset Blvd.	Don Black and Christopher Hampton	Andrew Lloyd Webber	Don Black and Christopher Hampton

Shows with multiple wins

2 wins

• She Loves Me
• The King and I
• La Cage aux Folles
• Company

Shows with multiple nominations

3 nominations

• Into the Woods
• Gypsy
• Fiddler on the Roof
• Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

2 nominations

• She Loves Me
• Carousel
• My Fair Lady
• The King and I
• Cabaret
• Kiss Me, Kate
• Follies
• Oklahoma!
• Assassins
• Finian's Rainbow
• La Cage aux Folles
• Sweet Charity
• Company
• Les Misérables
• West Side Story
• Merrily We Roll Along

See also

• Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival
• Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical

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