| Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Outstanding Revival |
| Location | New York City |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Drama Desk |
| First award | 1976 |
| Final award | 1992 |
| Website | dramadesk.org (defunct) |
TheDrama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival is presented by the Drama Desk, a committee ofNew York City theatre critics, writers, and editors. It honors theBroadway,off-Broadway,off-off-Broadway, or legitimate not-for-profit theaterrevival of a production previously staged in New York City.
It was not until the 22nd Annual Drama Desk Awards in 1988 that a specific category for Outstanding Revival was created. The first recipient wasThe Royal Family, a play byGeorge S. Kaufman andEdna Ferber that originally was staged in 1937. The award was not presented again until 1982. In 1993, the category was divided to give separate awards for plays and musicals.
| Year | Work | Author(s) | Producer(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | ||||
| The Royal Family | George S. Kaufman andEdna Ferber | Barry M. Brown, Burry Fredrik,Fritz Holt and Sally Sears | [1] | |
| What Every Woman Knows | J. M. Barrie | Roundabout Theater Company[2] | ||
| A Memory of Two Mondays / 27 Wagons Full of Cotton | Arthur Miller /Tennessee Williams | The Phoenix Theatre | ||
| They Knew What They Wanted | Sidney Howard | |||
| Trelawny of the 'Wells' | Arthur Wing Pinero | The New York Shakespeare Festival | ||
| Very Good Eddie | Jerome Kern, Schuyler Greene,Philip Bartholomae andGuy Bolton | David Merrick, Max Brown and Byron Goldman | ||
| Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | Edward Albee | Ken Marsolais and James Scott Productions, Inc. | ||
| 1977 -1979 | No award given. | |||