The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revue 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 category, recognizing the mixed nature of revue productions (as compared to plays or musical productions), was first presented at the 1991 ceremony, as the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical Revue/Entertainment, changing to the shorter name in 1992.
Winners and nominees Key
1990s Year Production Producers Ref. 1991 And the World Goes 'RoundGary McAvay, Aldo Scrofani, R. Tyler Gatchell, Jr. and Peter Neufeld Forever PlaidBenni Korzen, Barney Cohen and Suren M. Seron Smoke on the MountainMcCarter Theatre Those Were the DaysMoe Septee, Victor H. Potamkin, Zalmen Lotek and Moishe Rosenfeld 1992, 1993N/A 1994 Whoop-Dee-Doo!Charles Catanese, John Glines, Michael Wantuck AmphigoreyThe Q.R.V. Company A Grand Night for SingingThe Roundabout Theatre Company 1995, 1996 N/A 1997 When Pigs FlyKees Kasander and Denis Wigman Forbidden Broadway Strikes BackJohn Freedson, Harriet Yellin, Jon B. Platt, Steve McGraw, Nancy McCall, Peter Martin, and Masakauzo Shiboka I Love You, You're Perfect, Now ChangeJames Hammerstein, Bernie Kukoff and Jonathan Pollard 1998N/A 1999 FosseLivent Forbidden Broadway Cleans Up Its ActHarriet Yellin It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues Eric Krebs, Jonathan Reinis, Lawrence Horowitz, Anita Waxman, Elizabeth Williams, CTM Productions (David Jiranek, David Weil, Cricket Hooper) and Anne Strickland Squadron, Lincoln Center Theater, Electric Factory Concerts, Adam Friedson, David Friedson, Richard Martini, Marcia Roberts and Murray Schwartz Woody Guthrie's American SongPeter Glazer
2000s Year Production Producers Ref. 2000 N/A 2001 Forbidden Broadway 2001: A Spoof OdysseyJon B. Platt, Steven Adaire, Mark Headley, Gary Hoffman and Jerry Kravat American RhapsodyStephen Downey, Peter Martin and Louise Westergard newyorkersManhattan Theatre Club 2002-2004 N/A 2005 Forbidden Broadway: Special Victims UnitJohn Freedson, Harriet Yellin and Jon B. Platt Absolutely FabulousFascinating Aïda NewsicalFred M. Caruso 2006-2007 N/A 2008 Forbidden Broadway: Rude AwakeningJohn Freedson, Harriet Yellin, Jon B. Platt, Gary Hoffman, Jerry Kravat and Masakazu Shibaoka Fugitive SongsDreamlight Theatre Company Make Me a Song Rob Ruggiero and TheaterWorks 2009 N/A
2010s Year Production Producers Ref. 2010 Sondheim on SondheimRoundabout Theatre Company Fascinating Aïda Absolutely Miraculous!Fascinating Aïda Million Dollar QuartetRelevant Theatricals, John Cossette Productions, American Pop Anthology, Broadway Across America and James L. Nederlander NewsicalTom D'Angora and Rick Crom Simon Green: Traveling Light59E59 Theaters 2011 RAIN – A Tribute to the Beatles Annerin Productions, Magic Arts & Entertainment, Tix Productions, Nederlander Presentations, Inc. and RAIN Fyvush Finkel Live!National Yiddish Theatre – Folksbiene Newsical the Musical: Full Spin AheadTom D'Angora and Rick Crom 2012 The Best is Yet to Come: The Music of Cy ColemanMichael Jackowitz, Rubicon Theatre Company, David Elzer, Barbara Meister, Dottie and Bernie Novatt, Charles Hughen – Stage Two, Marvin Kahan, Normand Kurtz, and Dean, Justin Scribner and Dale Joan Young Newsical the Musical: End of the World EditionTom D'Angora and Rick Crom 2013 Old HatsSignature Theatre Company Forbidden Broadway: Alive and Kicking!John Freedson, Harriet Yellin, and Paul Bartz, Paul G. Rice, Carol Ostrow, Paxton Quigley, Robert Driemeyer, Jamie DeRoy, Lawrence Poster, and Tweiss Productions Old Jews Telling JokesDaniel Okrent, Peter Gethers, Tom Viertel, Marc Routh, Richard Frankel, and Steven Baruch 2014 After MidnightScott Sanders Productions, Wynton Marsalis, Marks-Moore-Turnbull Group, Stephen, Ruth Hendel and Tom Kirdahy I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Musik from the Weimar and BeyondMark Nadler and York Theatre Company Le Jazz Hot: How the French Saved JazzPeter Tear and 59E59 Theatres Til Divorce Do Us PartRuthe Ponturo, Rosemary Kalikow, Dean A. Carpenter, and Leslie Simpson What's It All About? Bacharach ReimaginedNew York Theatre Workshop, Kyle Riabko and David Lane Seltzer 2015 Just Jim DaleJim Dale, Adrian Bate, Pip Broughton, Gareth I. Davies, Edward Fletcher, Paul Higgins, and Adam Partridge Forbidden Broadway Comes Out Swinging!John Freedson, Harriet Yellin, and Paul Bartz, Paul G. Rice, Carol Ostrow, Paxton Quigley, Robert Driemeyer, Jamie DeRoy, Lawrence Poster, and Tweiss Productions Lennon: Through a Glass OnionJohn R. Waters, Stewart D'Arrietta and Union Square Theater Lonesome Traveler59E59 Theatres2016N/A2017Life is for Living: Conversations with Coward59E59 TheatresHello Dillie!Dillie Keane and 59E59 Theatres2018-2019N/A
2020s Year Production Producers Ref.2020-2023N/A2024Amid Falling WallsAvram Mlotek, Zalmen Mlotek and National Yiddish Theatre2025Forbidden Broadway: Merrily We Stole a SongJohn Freedson and Harriet YellinMama, I'm a Big Girl Now!Lisa Dozier ShacketThe Jonathan Larson ProjectJennifer Ashley TepperThe World According to Micki GrantNew Federal Theatre and Nora Cole2026About TimeJoey Parnes, Janet Brenner, and Laura IveyBaile CangrejeroPuerto Rican Traveling TheaterI Wish My Life Were Like a MusicalJames Seabright
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