Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play

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 among Broadway, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway productions. The award was initially introduced in 1976 as Outstanding Revival and included musicals as well as plays.

Drama Desk Award
for Outstanding Revival
Awarded forOutstanding Revival of a Play
LocationUnited States
Presented byDrama Desk
Currently held byA Soldier's Play (2020)
WebsiteDramaDeskAwards.com

† - indicates the performance won the Tony Award
‡ - indicates the performance was also nominated for the Tony Award

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 N/A
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

See also

References
  • "Drama Desk Award for Revival of a Play". Internet Broadway Database. 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-21.
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