Tony Award for Best Revival
| Tony Award for Best Revival | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best Revival |
| Location | United States New York City |
| Presented by | American Theatre Wing The Broadway League |
| Website | TonyAwards.com |
The Tony Award for Best Revival was given to the best play, musical or non-musical, which had already appeared on Broadway in a previous production. It was presented from 1977, where it was called Most Innovative Production of a Revival and later Reproduction (Play or Musical) in 1980, until 1994, when it was split into the Best Revival of a Musical and the Best Revival of a Play.
If there are not enough revivals, it is possible under the current Tony rules for this category to return. Any time there are three play revivals and three musical revivals, the categories are automatically separated; if there are fewer, the Tony Awards Administration Committee may still choose to split up the categories.
Winners and nominees[]
indicates the winner
1970s[]
| Year | Production | Book | Music | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 31st Tony Awards | ||||
| Porgy and Bess | Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward | George Gershwin | Ira Gershwin | |
| Guys and Dolls | Abe Burrows and Jo Swerling | Frank Loesser | ||
| The Cherry Orchard | Anton Chekhov | N/A | ||
| The Threepenny Opera | Bertolt Brecht and Elisabeth Hauptmann |
Kurt Weill | Bertolt Brecht and Elisabeth Hauptmann | |
| 1978 32nd Tony Awards | ||||
| Dracula | John L. Balderston and Hamilton Deane |
N/A | ||
| Tartuffe | Molière | N/A | ||
| Timbuktu! | Luther Davis | George Forrest and Robert Wright | ||
| A Touch of the Poet | Eugene O'Neill | N/A | ||
| 1979 33rd Tony Awards |
N/A | |||
1980s[]
| Year | Production | Book | Music | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 34th Tony Awards | ||||
| Morning's at Seven | Paul Osborn | N/A | ||
| Major Barbara | George Bernard Shaw | N/A | ||
| Peter Pan | J. M. Barrie | Mark Charlap and Jule Styne | Betty Comden, Adolph Green and Carolyn Leigh | |
| West Side Story | Arthur Laurents | Leonard Bernstein | Stephen Sondheim | |
| 1981 35th Tony Awards | ||||
| The Pirates of Penzance | W. S. Gilbert | Arthur Sullivan | W. S. Gilbert | |
| Brigadoon | Alan Jay Lerner | Frederick Loewe | Alan Jay Lerner | |
| Camelot | Alan Jay Lerner | Frederick Loewe | Alan Jay Lerner | |
| The Little Foxes | Lillian Hellman | N/A | ||
| 1982 36th Tony Awards | ||||
| Othello | William Shakespeare | N/A | ||
| A Taste of Honey | Shelagh Delaney | N/A | ||
| My Fair Lady | Alan Jay Lerner | Frederick Loewe | Alan Jay Lerner | |
| 1983 37th Tony Awards | ||||
| On Your Toes | George Abbott, Lorenz Hart and Richard Rodgers | Richard Rodgers | Lorenz Hart | |
| All's Well That Ends Well | William Shakespeare | N/A | ||
| A View from the Bridge | Arthur Miller | N/A | ||
| The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial | Herman Wouk | N/A | ||
| 1984 38th Tony Awards | ||||
| Death of a Salesman | Arthur Miller | N/A | ||
| American Buffalo | David Mamet | N/A | ||
| Heartbreak House | George Bernard Shaw | N/A | ||
| A Moon for the Misbegotten | Eugene O'Neill | N/A | ||
| 1985 39th Tony Awards | ||||
| A Day in the Death of Joe Egg | Peter Nichols | N/A | ||
| Cyrano de Bergerac | Edmond Rostand | N/A | ||
| Much Ado about Nothing | William Shakespeare | N/A | ||
| Strange Interlude | Eugene O'Neill | N/A | ||
| 1986 40th Tony Awards | ||||
| Sweet Charity | Neil Simon | Cy Coleman | Dorothy Fields | |
| Hay Fever | Noël Coward | N/A | ||
| The Iceman Cometh | Eugene O'Neill | N/A | ||
| Loot | Joe Orton | N/A | ||
| 1987 41st Tony Awards | ||||
| All My Sons | Arthur Miller | N/A | ||
| The Front Page | Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur | N/A | ||
| The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby | David Edgar | N/A | ||
| Pygmalion | George Bernard Shaw | N/A | ||
| 1988 42nd Tony Awards | ||||
| Anything Goes | Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse | Cole Porter | ||
| A Streetcar Named Desire | Tennessee Williams | N/A | ||
| Cabaret | Joe Masteroff | John Kander | Fred Ebb | |
| Dreamgirls | Tom Eyen | Henry Krieger | Tom Eyen | |
| 1989 43rd Tony Awards | ||||
| Our Town | Thornton Wilder | N/A | ||
| Ah, Wilderness! | Eugene O'Neill | N/A | ||
| Ain't Misbehavin' | Murray Horwitz and Richard Maltby, Jr. |
Fats Waller | Various | |
| Cafe Crown | Hy Kraft | N/A | ||
1990s[]
| Year | Production | Book | Music | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 44th Tony Awards | ||||
| Gypsy | Arthur Laurents | Jule Styne | Stephen Sondheim | |
| Sweeney Todd | Hugh Wheeler | Stephen Sondheim | ||
| The Circle | W. Somerset Maugham | N/A | ||
| The Merchant of Venice | William Shakespeare | N/A | ||
| 1991 45th Tony Awards | ||||
| Fiddler on the Roof | Joseph Stein | Jerry Bock | Sheldon Harnick | |
| The Miser | Molière | N/A | ||
| Peter Pan | J. M. Barrie | Mark Charlap and Jule Styne | Betty Comden, Adolph Green and Carolyn Leigh | |
| 1992 46th Tony Awards | ||||
| Guys and Dolls | Abe Burrows and Jo Swerling | Frank Loesser | ||
| The Most Happy Fella | Frank Loesser | |||
| On Borrowed Time | Paul Osborn | N/A | ||
| The Visit | Friedrich Dürrenmatt | N/A | ||
| 1993 47th Tony Awards | ||||
| Anna Christie | Eugene O'Neill | N/A | ||
| Saint Joan | George Bernard Shaw | N/A | ||
| The Price | Arthur Miller | N/A | ||
| Wilder, Wilder, Wilder | Thornton Wilder | N/A | ||
See also[]
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Musical
- Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play
- Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival
- Laurence Olivier Award for Best Revival
- Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical
- Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play
External links[]
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- Tony Awards
- Awards established in 1977
- 1977 establishments in New York City
- Awards disestablished in 1993
- 1993 disestablishments in the United States
- 1994 disestablishments in New York (state)