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
1990s Year Musical Book Music Lyrics Ref. 1994 She Loves Me Joe Masteroff Jerry Bock Sheldon Harnick 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 colspan="4" 1996 The King and I Oscar Hammerstein II Richard Rodgers Oscar Hammerstein II 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 Candide Lillian Hellman and Hugh Wheeler Leonard Bernstein Various Juan Darién Elliot Goldenthal 1998 Cabaret Joe Masteroff John Kander Fred Ebb 1776 Peter Stone Sherman Edwards 1999 You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown John Gordon Clark Gesner 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 The Music Man Meredith Willson and Franklin Lacey Meredith Willson 2001 42nd Street Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble Harry Warren Al Dubin 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 Oklahoma! Oscar Hammerstein II Richard Rodgers Oscar Hammerstein II 2003 Nine Arthur Kopit Maury Yeston 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 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 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 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 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 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 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| colspan="2"| Jerry Herman|rowspan=5| |- | A Little Night Music | Hugh Wheeler | colspan="2"| 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 |- ! rowspan="4"| 2011 |- style="background:#DCEEFF | Anything Goes | Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse| colspan="2"| Cole Porter|align=center rowspan=3| |- | Hello Again | colspan="3"| Michael John LaChiusa |- | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying | Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock and Willie Gilbert | colspan="2"| Frank Loesser |- ! rowspan="7"| 2012 |- style="background:#DCEEFF | Follies | James Goldman| colspan="2"| Stephen Sondheim|rowspan=6 align=center| |- | 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 |- ! rowspan="7"| 2013 |- style="background:#DCEEFF | Pippin | Roger O. Hirson| colspan="2"| Stephen Schwartz|rowspan=6| |- | The Golden Land | colspan="3"| Zalmen Mlotek and Moishe Rosenfeld |- | The Mystery of Edwin Drood | colspan="3"| Rupert Holmes |- | Passion | James Lapine | colspan="2"| Stephen Sondheim |- | Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella | Oscar Hammerstein II and Douglas Carter Beane | Richard Rodgers | Oscar Hammerstein II |- | Working | Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso | colspan="2"| Various |- ! rowspan="4"| 2014 |- style="background:#DCEEFF | Hedwig and the Angry Inch | John Cameron Mitchell| colspan="2"| Stephen Trask|align=center rowspan=3| |- | Les Misérables | Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil | Claude-Michel Schönberg | Herbert Kretzmer |- | Violet | Brian Crawley | Jeanine Tesori | Brian Crawley |- ! rowspan="7"| 2015 |- style="background:#DCEEFF | The King and I | Oscar Hammerstein II| Richard Rodgers| Oscar Hammerstein II|rowspan=6| |- | Into the Woods | James Lapine | colspan=2| 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 |- ! rowspan="6"| 2016 |- style="background:#DCEEFF | She Loves Me | Joe Masteroff| Jerry Bock| Sheldon Harnick|rowspan=5| |- | The Color Purple | Marsha Norman | colspan="2"| 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 |- ! rowspan="6" |2017 |- style="background:#DCEEFF |Hello, Dolly! |Michael Stewart | colspan="2" |Jerry Herman|rowspan=5| |- |Falsettos |James Lapine and William Finn | colspan="2" |William Finn |- |Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street |Hugh Wheeler | colspan="2" |Stephen Sondheim |- |Sweet Charity |Neil Simon |Cy Coleman |Dorothy Fields |- |Tick, Tick... Boom! |Jonathan Larson and David Auburn | colspan="2" |Jonathan Larson |- ! rowspan="6"|2018 |- style="background:#DCEEFF |My Fair Lady |Alan Jay Lerner|Frederick Loewe|Alan Jay Lerner|rowspan=5| |- |Amerike – The Golden Land |colspan="3"|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 |colspan="2"|Stephen Sondheim |- ! rowspan="6"|2019 |- style="background:#DCEEFF | Fiddler on the Roof (Fidler Afn Dakh) Joseph Stein Jerry Bock Sheldon HarnickCarmen JonesOscar Hammerstein IIGeorges BizetOscar Hammerstein IIKiss Me, Kate Bella and Samuel SpewackCole PorterMerrily We Roll AlongGeorge FurthStephen SondheimRodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! Oscar Hammerstein IIRichard RodgersOscar Hammerstein II
2020s Year Musical Book Music Lyrics Ref. 2020Little Shop of HorrorsHoward AshmanAlan MenkenHoward AshmanThe Unsinkable Molly BrownRichard Morris Meredith WillsonWest Side StoryArthur LaurentsLeonard BernsteinStephen Sondheim 2021 colspan="5" 2022CompanyGeorge Furth Stephen SondheimAssassinsJohn Weidman Stephen SondheimBabySybille PearsonDavid ShireRichard Maltby Jr.Caroline, or ChangeTony KushnerJeanine TesoriTony Kushner 2023ParadeAlfred UhryJason Robert BrownA Man of No ImportanceTerrence McNallyStephen FlahertyLynn AhrensInto the WoodsJames Lapine Stephen SondheimMerrily We Roll AlongGeorge Furth Stephen SondheimSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetHugh Wheeler Stephen Sondheim2024I Can Get It for You Wholesale Jerome WeidmanHarold Rome Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club Joe Masteroff John Kander Fred EbbGutenberg! The Musical!Scott Brown and Anthony King 2025 Gypsy Arthur Laurents Jule Styne Stephen Sondheim 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 Hampton2026RagtimeTerrence McNallyStephen FlahertyLynn AhrensChessDanny StrongBenny Andersson and Björn UlvaeusTim RiceAmahl and the Night VisitorsGian Carlo MenottiThe 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling BeeRachel SheinkinWilliam FinnThe Baker's WifeJoseph SteinStephen SchwartzThe Rocky Horror ShowRichard O'Brien
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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