# Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Musical

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.

## Winners and nominees
### 1990s

| Year | Musical | Book | Music | Lyrics |
| 1994 |
| 1994 | She Loves Me | Joe Masteroff | Jerry Bock | Sheldon Harnick |
| 1994 | Carousel | Oscar Hammerstein II | Richard Rodgers | Oscar Hammerstein II |
| 1994 | Damn Yankees | George Abbott and Douglass Wallop | Richard Adler | Jerry Ross |
| 1994 | My Fair Lady | Alan Jay Lerner | Frederick Loewe | Alan Jay Lerner |
| 1995 | — | — | — | — |
| 1996 |
| 1996 | The King and I | Oscar Hammerstein II | Richard Rodgers | Oscar Hammerstein II |
| 1996 | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart | Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim |
| 1996 | I Do! I Do! | Tom Jones | Harvey Schmidt | Tom Jones |
| 1997 |
| 1997 | Chicago | Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse | John Kander | Fred Ebb |
| 1997 | Candide | Lillian Hellman and Hugh Wheeler | Leonard Bernstein | Various |
| 1997 | Juan Darién | — | Elliot Goldenthal | Elliot Goldenthal |
| 1998 |
| 1998 | Cabaret | Joe Masteroff | John Kander | Fred Ebb |
| 1998 | 1776 | Peter Stone | Sherman Edwards | Sherman Edwards |
| 1999 |
| 1999 | You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown | John Gordon | Clark Gesner | Clark Gesner |
| 1999 | Annie Get Your Gun | Herbert and Dorothy Fields | Irving Berlin | Irving Berlin |

### 2000s

| Year | Musical | Book | Music | Lyrics |
| 2000 |
| 2000 | Kiss Me, Kate | Samuel and Bella Spewack | Cole Porter | Cole Porter |
| 2000 | The Music Man | Meredith Willson and Franklin Lacey | Meredith Willson | Meredith Willson |
| 2001 |
| 2001 | 42nd Street | Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble | Harry Warren | Al Dubin |
| 2001 | Bells Are Ringing | Betty Comden and Adolph Green | Jule Styne | Betty Comden and Adolph Green |
| 2001 | Follies | James Goldman | Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim |
| 2001 | The Rocky Horror Show | Richard O'Brien | Richard O'Brien | Richard O'Brien |
| 2002 |
| 2002 | Into the Woods | James Lapine | Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim |
| 2002 | Oklahoma! | Oscar Hammerstein II | Richard Rodgers | Oscar Hammerstein II |
| 2003 |
| 2003 | Nine | Arthur Kopit | Maury Yeston | Maury Yeston |
| 2003 | Gypsy | Arthur Laurents | Jule Styne | Stephen Sondheim |
| 2003 | La bohème | Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa | Giacomo Puccini | Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa |
| 2003 | Man of La Mancha | Dale Wasserman | Mitch Leigh | Joe Darion |
| 2004 |
| 2004 | Assassins | John Weidman | Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim |
| 2004 | Big River | William Hauptman | Roger Miller | Roger Miller |
| 2004 | Fiddler on the Roof | Joseph Stein | Jerry Bock | Sheldon Harnick |
| 2004 | Finian's Rainbow | E.Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy | Burton Lane | E.Y. Harburg |
| 2004 | First Lady Suite | Michael John LaChiusa | Michael John LaChiusa | Michael John LaChiusa |
| 2004 | Wonderful Town | Joseph A. Fields and Jerome Chodorov | Leonard Bernstein | Betty Comden and Adolph Green |
| 2005 |
| 2005 | La Cage aux Folles | Harvey Fierstein | Jerry Herman | Jerry Herman |
| 2005 | Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death | Melvin Van Peebles | Melvin Van Peebles | Melvin Van Peebles |
| 2005 | On Second Avenue | — | Various | Various |
| 2005 | Sweet Charity | Neil Simon | Cy Coleman | Dorothy Fields |
| 2006 |
| 2006 | Sweeney Todd | Hugh Wheeler | Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim |
| 2006 | Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris | Eric Blau and Mort Shuman | Jacques Brel | Jacques Brel, Eric Blau and Mort Shuman |
| 2006 | The Pajama Game | George Abbott and Richard Bissell | Richard Adler and Jerry Ross | Richard Adler and Jerry Ross |
| 2007 |
| 2007 | Company | George Furth | Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim |
| 2007 | 110 in the Shade | N. Richard Nash | Harvey Schmidt | Tom Jones |
| 2007 | The Apple Tree | Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick | Jerry Bock | Sheldon Harnick |
| 2007 | Di Yam Gazlonim! | W. S. Gilbert | Arthur Sullivan | W. S. Gilbert |
| 2007 | H.M.S. Pinafore | W. S. Gilbert | Arthur Sullivan | W. S. Gilbert |
| 2007 | Les Misérables | Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil | Claude-Michel Schönberg | Herbert Kretzmer |
| 2008 |
| 2008 | South Pacific | Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan | Richard Rodgers | Oscar Hammerstein II |
| 2008 | Black Nativity | Langston Hughes | Various | Various |
| 2008 | Gypsy | Arthur Laurents | Jule Styne | Stephen Sondheim |
| 2008 | Sunday in the Park with George | James Lapine | Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim |
| 2008 | Take Me Along | Joseph Stein and Robert Russell | Bob Merrill | Bob Merrill |
| 2009 |
| 2009 | Hair | James Rado and Gerome Ragni | Galt MacDermot | James Rado and Gerome Ragni |
| 2009 | Pal Joey | John O'Hara | Richard Rodgers | Lorenz Hart |
| 2009 | West Side Story | Arthur Laurents | Leonard Bernstein | Stephen Sondheim |

### 2010s

| Year | Musical | Book | Music | Lyrics |
| 2010 |
| 2010 | La Cage aux Folles | Harvey Fierstein | Jerry Herman | Jerry Herman |
| 2010 | A Little Night Music | Hugh Wheeler | Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim |
| 2010 | Finian's Rainbow | E.Y. Harburg and Fred Saidy | Burton Lane | E.Y. Harburg |
| 2010 | Promises, Promises | Neil Simon | Burt Bacharach | Hal David |
| 2010 | Ragtime | Terrence McNally | Stephen Flaherty | Lynn Ahrens |
| 2011 |
| 2011 | Anything Goes | Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse | Cole Porter | Cole Porter |
| 2011 | Hello Again | Michael John LaChiusa | Michael John LaChiusa | Michael John LaChiusa |
| 2011 | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying | Abe Burrows, Jack Weinstock and Willie Gilbert | Frank Loesser | Frank Loesser |
| 2012 |
| 2012 | Follies | James Goldman | Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim |
| 2012 | Carrie | Lawrence D. Cohen | Michael Gore | Dean Pitchford |
| 2012 | Evita | Tim Rice | Andrew Lloyd Webber | Tim Rice |
| 2012 | Jesus Christ Superstar | Tim Rice | Andrew Lloyd Webber | Tim Rice |
| 2012 | Porgy and Bess | DuBose Heyward | George Gershwin | DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin |
| 2012 | The Threepenny Opera | Bertolt Brecht | Kurt Weill | Bertolt Brecht |
| 2013 |
| 2013 | Pippin | Roger O. Hirson | Stephen Schwartz | Stephen Schwartz |
| 2013 | The Golden Land | Zalmen Mlotek and Moishe Rosenfeld | Zalmen Mlotek and Moishe Rosenfeld | Zalmen Mlotek and Moishe Rosenfeld |
| 2013 | The Mystery of Edwin Drood | Rupert Holmes | Rupert Holmes | Rupert Holmes |
| 2013 | Passion | James Lapine | Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim |
| 2013 | Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella | Oscar Hammerstein II and Douglas Carter Beane | Richard Rodgers | Oscar Hammerstein II |
| 2013 | Working | Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso | Various | Various |
| 2014 |
| 2014 | Hedwig and the Angry Inch | John Cameron Mitchell | Stephen Trask | Stephen Trask |
| 2014 | Les Misérables | Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil | Claude-Michel Schönberg | Herbert Kretzmer |
| 2014 | Violet | Brian Crawley | Jeanine Tesori | Brian Crawley |
| 2015 |
| 2015 | The King and I | Oscar Hammerstein II | Richard Rodgers | Oscar Hammerstein II |
| 2015 | Into the Woods | James Lapine | Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim |
| 2015 | On the Town | Betty Comden and Adolph Green | Leonard Bernstein | Betty Comden and Adolph Green |
| 2015 | On the Twentieth Century | Betty Comden and Adolph Green | Cy Coleman | Betty Comden and Adolph Green |
| 2015 | Pageant | Bill Russell and Frank Kelly | Albert Evans | Bill Russell and Frank Kelly |
| 2015 | Side Show | Bill Russell | Henry Krieger | Bill Russell |
| 2016 |
| 2016 | She Loves Me | Joe Masteroff | Jerry Bock | Sheldon Harnick |
| 2016 | The Color Purple | Marsha Norman | Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray | Brenda Russell, Allee Willis and Stephen Bray |
| 2016 | The Golden Bride | Frieda Freiman | Joseph Rumshinsky | Louis Gilrod |
| 2016 | Fiddler on the Roof | Joseph Stein | Jerry Bock | Sheldon Harnick |
| 2016 | Spring Awakening | Steven Sater | Duncan Sheik | Steven Sater |
| 2017 |
| 2017 | Hello, Dolly! | Michael Stewart | Jerry Herman | Jerry Herman |
| 2017 | Falsettos | James Lapine and William Finn | William Finn | William Finn |
| 2017 | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Hugh Wheeler | Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim |
| 2017 | Sweet Charity | Neil Simon | Cy Coleman | Dorothy Fields |
| 2017 | Tick, Tick... Boom! | Jonathan Larson and David Auburn | Jonathan Larson | Jonathan Larson |
| 2018 |
| 2018 | My Fair Lady | Alan Jay Lerner | Frederick Loewe | Alan Jay Lerner |
| 2018 | Amerike – The Golden Land | Moishe Rosenfeld and Zalmen Mlotek | Moishe Rosenfeld and Zalmen Mlotek | Moishe Rosenfeld and Zalmen Mlotek |
| 2018 | Carousel | Oscar Hammerstein II | Richard Rodgers | Oscar Hammerstein II |
| 2018 | Once On This Island | Lynn Ahrens | Stephen Flaherty | Lynn Ahrens |
| 2018 | Pacific Overtures | John Weidman | Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim |
| 2019 |
| 2019 | Fiddler on the Roof (Fidler Afn Dakh) | Joseph Stein | Jerry Bock | Sheldon Harnick |
| 2019 | Carmen Jones | Oscar Hammerstein II | Georges Bizet | Oscar Hammerstein II |
| 2019 | Kiss Me, Kate | Bella and Samuel Spewack | Cole Porter | Cole Porter |
| 2019 | Merrily We Roll Along | George Furth | Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim |
| 2019 | Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! | Oscar Hammerstein II | Richard Rodgers | Oscar Hammerstein II |

### 2020s

| Year | Musical | Book | Music | Lyrics |
| 2020 |
| 2020 | Little Shop of Horrors | Howard Ashman | Alan Menken | Howard Ashman |
| 2020 | The Unsinkable Molly Brown | Richard Morris | Meredith Willson | Meredith Willson |
| 2020 | West Side Story | Arthur Laurents | Leonard Bernstein | Stephen Sondheim |
| 2021 | No awards: New York theatres shuttered, March 2020 to September 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City | No awards: New York theatres shuttered, March 2020 to September 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City | No awards: New York theatres shuttered, March 2020 to September 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City | No awards: New York theatres shuttered, March 2020 to September 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City |
| 2022 |
| 2022 | Company | George Furth | Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim |
| 2022 | Assassins | John Weidman | Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim |
| 2022 | Baby | Sybille Pearson | David Shire | Richard Maltby Jr. |
| 2022 | Caroline, or Change | Tony Kushner | Jeanine Tesori | Tony Kushner |
| 2023 |
| 2023 | Parade | Alfred Uhry | Jason Robert Brown | Jason Robert Brown |
| 2023 | A Man of No Importance | Terrence McNally | Stephen Flaherty | Lynn Ahrens |
| 2023 | Into the Woods | James Lapine | Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim |
| 2023 | Merrily We Roll Along | George Furth | Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim |
| 2023 | Sweeney Todd | Hugh Wheeler | Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim |
| 2024 |
| 2024 | I Can Get It for You Wholesale | Jerome Weidman | Harold Rome | Harold Rome |
| 2024 | Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club | Joe Masteroff | John Kander | Fred Ebb |
| 2024 | Gutenberg! The Musical! | Scott Brown and Anthony King | Scott Brown and Anthony King | Scott Brown and Anthony King |