Drama Desk Award
for Outstanding Revival
Awarded forOutstanding Revival of a Play
LocationNew York City
CountryUnited States
Presented byDrama Desk
First awarded1993
Currently held byThe Piano Lesson (2023)
Websitedramadesk.org (defunct)

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

Winners and nominees

1990s

Year Play Writer
1993
Anna Christie Eugene O'Neill
As You Like It William Shakespeare
The Price Arthur Miller
Wilder, Wilder, Wilder Thornton Wilder
1994
An Inspector Calls J. B. Priestley
Abe Lincoln in Illinois Robert E. Sherwood
The Loman Family Picnic Donald Margulies
Medea Euripides
Timon of Athens William Shakespeare
1995
The Heiress Ruth Goetz and Augustus Goetz
As You Like It William Shakespeare
Henry VI William Shakespeare
Indiscretions Jean Cocteau
The Molière Comedies Molière and Richard Wilbur
1996
A Delicate Balance Edward Albee
A Midsummer Night's Dream William Shakespeare
An Ideal Husband Oscar Wilde
Dangerous Corner J. B. Priestley
Endgame Samuel Beckett
The Tempest William Shakespeare
1997
A Doll's House Henrik Ibsen
The Gin Game Donald L. Coburn
June Moon George S. Kaufman and Ring Lardner
Present Laughter Noël Coward
1998
A View from the Bridge Arthur Miller
All My Sons Arthur Miller
The American Clock Arthur Miller
The Chairs Eugène Ionesco
Ivanov Anton Chekhov
1999
Death of a Salesman Arthur Miller
The Iceman Cometh Eugene O'Neill
A Majority of One Leonard Spigelgass
Bosoms and Neglect John Guare
Electra Sophocles
Killer Joe Tracy Letts

2000s

Year Play Writer
2000
The Real Thing Tom Stoppard
A Moon for the Misbegotten Eugene O'Neill
The Price Arthur Miller
True West Sam Shepard
Uncle Vanya Anton Chekhov
Waste Harley Granville Barker
2001
The Best Man Gore Vidal
Betrayal Harold Pinter
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Dale Wasserman
Richard II William Shakespeare
The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe Jane Wagner
Tiny Alice Edward Albee
2002
Private Lives Noël Coward
The Crucible Arthur Miller
Cymbeline William Shakespeare
Morning's at Seven Paul Osborn
Noises Off Michael Frayn
The Seagull Anton Chekhov
2002
Long Day's Journey into Night Eugene O'Neill
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg Peter Nichols
Dinner at Eight George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber
Medea Euripides
Twelfth Night William Shakespeare
Uncle Vanya Anton Chekhov
2003 —
2004
Henry IV William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night's Dream William Shakespeare
A Raisin in the Sun Lorraine Hansberry
The Colleen Bawn Dion Boucicault
The Daughter-in-Law D. H. Lawrence
The Normal Heart Larry Kramer
2005
Twelve Angry Men Reginald Rose
Glengarry Glen Ross David Mamet
Hurlyburly David Rabe
Outward Bound Sutton Vane
Pullman Car Hiawatha Thornton Wilder
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Edward Albee
2006
Awake and Sing! Clifford Odets
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial Herman Wouk
Philadelphia, Here I Come! Brian Friel
Soldier's Wife Rose Franken
The Traveling Lady Horton Foote
The Trip to Bountiful Horton Foote
2007
Journey's End R. C. Sherriff
The Hairy Ape Eugene O'Neill
Hedda Gabler Henrik Ibsen
Talk Radio Eric Bogosian
The Taming of the Shrew William Shakespeare
Woyzeck Georg Büchner
2008
Boeing-Boeing Marc Camoletti
The Country Girl Clifford Odets
The Dining Room A. R. Gurney
Happy Days Samuel Beckett
Macbeth William Shakespeare
The Return of the Prodigal St. John Emile Clavering Hankin
2009
The Norman Conquests Alan Ayckbourn
Blithe Spirit Noël Coward
The Cripple of Inishmaan Martin McDonagh
Exit the King Eugène Ionesco
Mary Stuart Friedrich Schiller
Waiting for Godot Samuel Beckett

2010s

Year Play Writer
2010
A View from the Bridge Arthur Miller
Fences August Wilson
The Boys in the Band Mart Crowley
Brighton Beach Memoirs Neil Simon
Hamlet William Shakespeare
So Help Me God! Maurine Dallas Watkins
2011
The Normal Heart Larry Kramer
Born Yesterday Garson Kanin
The House of Blue Leaves John Guare
The Importance of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde
The Merchant of Venice William Shakespeare
Three Sisters Anton Chekhov
2012
Death of a Salesman Arthur Miller
A Little Journey Albert Lewin and George Marion Jr.
The Best Man Gore Vidal
The Lady from Dubuque Edward Albee
Lost in Yonkers Neil Simon
Richard III William Shakespeare
2013
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Edward Albee
Golden Boy Clifford Odets
The Good Person of Szechwan Bertolt Brecht
The Piano Lesson August Wilson
The Trip to Bountiful Horton Foote
Uncle Vanya Anton Chekhov
2014
Twelfth Night William Shakespeare
The Cripple of Inishmaan Martin McDonagh
I Remember Mama John Van Druten
London Wall John Van Druten
The Model Apartment Donald Margulies
No Man's Land Harold Pinter
Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck
2015
The Elephant Man Bernard Pomerance
Fashions for Men Ferenc Molnár
Ghosts Henrik Ibsen
The Iceman Cometh Eugene O'Neill
Tamburlaine the Great Christopher Marlowe
The Wayside Motor Inn A. R. Gurney
2016
A View from the Bridge Arthur Miller
Cloud 9 Caryl Churchill
Death of a Salesman Arthur Miller
Henry IV William Shakespeare
Long Day's Journey into Night Eugene O'Neill
Women Without Men Hazel Ellis
2017
Jitney August Wilson
The Front Page Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur
The Hairy Ape Eugene O'Neill
The Little Foxes Lillian Hellman
"Master Harold"...and the Boys Athol Fugard
Picnic William Inge
2018
Angels in America Tony Kushner
Hindle Wakes Stanley Houghton
In the Blood Suzan-Lori Parks
Three Tall Women Edward Albee
Travesties Tom Stoppard
2019
The Waverly Gallery Kenneth Lonergan
Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine Lynn Nottage
Henry VI: Shakespeare's Trilogy in Two Parts William Shakespeare
Our Lady of 121st Street Stephen Adly Guirgis
Summer and Smoke Tennessee Williams
Uncle Vanya Anton Chekhov

2020s

Year Play Writer
2020
A Soldier's Play Charles Fuller
Fefu and Her Friends María Irene Fornés
for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf Ntozake Shange
Mac Beth William Shakespeare
Much Ado About Nothing
2021 No awards: New York theatres shuttered, March 2020 to September 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City[1]
2022
How I Learned to Drive Paula Vogel
for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf Ntozake Shange
Lackawanna Blues Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Skeleton Crew Dominique Morisseau
Trouble in Mind Alice Childress
Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 Anna Deavere Smith
2023
The Piano Lesson August Wilson
A Raisin in the Sun Lorraine Hansberry
Death of a Salesman Arthur Miller
Endgame Samuel Beckett
Ohio State Murders Adrienne Kennedy
Wedding Band Alice Childress

See also

References

  1. ^ Evans, Greg (2021-05-05). "Broadway To Reopen Sept. 14, Says Gov. Andrew Cuomo; Broadway League "Cautiously Optimistic"". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 2023-06-02. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
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