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{{Short description|American theatre award}}
The '''Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revue''' is presented by the Drama Desk, an organization of New York City theatre critics, writers, and editors. It honors the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]], [[Off-Broadway]], [[off-off-Broadway]], or legitimate not-for-profit theatre production of a [[revue]] staged in New York City.
{{Infobox award
| name = [[Drama Desk Award]] <br> for Outstanding Revue
| awarded_for = Outstanding Revue
| presenter = Drama Desk<!--- [[MOS:CIRCULAR]] to [[Drama Desk Award]] --->
| location = New York City
| country = United States
| year = 1991
| holder = ''Amid Falling Walls'' (2024)
| website = {{Website defunct|dramadesk.org}}
}}
The '''[[Drama Desk Award]] for Outstanding Revue''' is an annual award presented by Drama Desk<!--- Drama Desk link redirects to [[Drama Desk Award]] ---> in recognition of achievements in the theatre across collective [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]], [[off-Broadway]] and [[off-off-Broadway]] productions in [[New York City]].


The category, recognizing the mixed nature of [[revue]] productions (as compared to [[Play (theatre)|plays]] or [[Musical theatre|musical]] productions), was first presented at the 1991 ceremony, as the '''Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical Revue/Entertainment''', changing to the shorter name in 1992. It was last presented in 2017.
==Winners==

*2009-10 ''[[Sondheim on Sondheim]]''<ref>Gans, Andrew.[http://www.playbill.com/news/article/139754-Red-Memphis-Bridge-Fences-and-La-Cage-Win-Drama-Desk-Awards " 'Red', 'Memphis', 'Bridge', 'Fences' and 'La Cage' Win Drama Desk Awards"] playbill.com, May 23, 2010</ref>
==Winners and nominees==
*2007-08 ''[[Forbidden Broadway: Rude Awakening]]''<ref>Gans, Andrew.[http://www.playbill.com/news/article/117848-August-and-Passing-Strange-Win-Top-Honors-at-Drama-Desk-Awards "August and Passing Strange Win Top Honors at Drama Desk Awards"] playbill.com, May 18, 2008</ref>
===1990s===
*2004-05 ''[[Forbidden Broadway: Special Victims Unit]]''
{| class="wikitable" style="width:98%;"
*1996-97 Howard Crabtree's ''When Pigs Fly''<ref>Viagas, Robert.[http://www.playbill.com/news/article/34022-Life-Chicago-Drive-Win-Drama-Desk-Awards "'Life', 'Chicago', 'Drive' Win Drama Desk Awards"] playbill.com, May 20, 1997</ref>
|- style="background:#bebebe;"
*1993-94 Howard Crabtree's ''[[Whoop-Dee-Doo!]]''
! style="width:10%;"| Year
! style="width:90%;"| Production
|-
! rowspan="5"| 1991
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| '''''[[And the World Goes 'Round]]'''''
|-
| ''[[Forever Plaid]]''
|-
| ''[[Smoke on the Mountain]]''
|-
| ''Those Were the Days''
|-
! 1992, 1993
| {{n/a}}
|-
! rowspan="4"| 1994
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| '''''[[Whoop-Dee-Doo!]]'''''
|-
| ''Amphigorey''
|-
| ''[[A Grand Night for Singing]]''
|-
! 1995, 1996
| {{n/a}}
|-
! rowspan="4"| 1997
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| '''''[[When Pigs Fly (musical)|When Pigs Fly]]'''''
|-
| ''[[Forbidden Broadway Strikes Back]]''
|-
| ''[[I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change]]''
|-
! 1998
| {{n/a}}
|-
! rowspan="5"| 1999
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| '''''[[Fosse (musical)|Fosse]]'''''
|-
| ''[[Forbidden Broadway Cleans Up Its Act]]''
|-
| ''[[It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues]]''
|-
| ''Woody Guthrie's American Song''
|}

===2000s===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:98%;"
|- style="background:#bebebe;"
! style="width:10%;"| Year
! style="width:90%;"| Production
|-
! 2000
| {{n/a}}
|-
! rowspan="4"| 2001
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| '''''[[Forbidden Broadway 2001: A Spoof Odyssey]]'''''
|-
| ''American Rhapsody''<!--- the musical, not the link to the older music composition --->
|-
| ''newyorkers''
|-
! 2002–2004
| {{n/a}}
|-
! rowspan="4"| 2005
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| '''''[[Forbidden Broadway: Special Victims Unit]]'''''
|-
| ''Absolutely Fascinating''
|-
| ''[[Newsical]]''
|-
! 2006, 2007
| {{n/a}}
|-
! rowspan="4"| 2008
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| '''''[[Forbidden Broadway: Rude Awakening]]'''''
|-
| ''Fugitive Songs''
|-
| ''[[Make Me a Song (musical)|Make Me a Song]]''
|-
! 2009
| {{n/a}}
|}

===2010s===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:98%;"
|- style="background:#bebebe;"
! style="width:10%;"| Year
! style="width:90%;"| Production
|-
! rowspan="6"| 2010
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| '''''[[Sondheim on Sondheim]]'''''
|-
| ''[[Fascinating Aïda|Fascinating Aïda Absolutely Miraculous!]]''
|-
| ''[[Million Dollar Quartet (musical)|Million Dollar Quartet]]''
|-
| ''[[Newsical]]''
|-
| ''Simon Green: Traveling Light''
|-
! rowspan="4"| 2011
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| '''''[[RAIN – A Tribute to the Beatles]]'''''
|-
| ''[[Fyvush Finkel]] Live!''
|-
| ''[[Newsical|Newsical the Musical: Full Spin Ahead]]''
|-
! rowspan="3"| 2012
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| '''''The Best is Yet to Come: The Music of Cy Coleman'''''
|-
| ''[[Newsical|Newsical the Musical: End of the World Edition]]''
|-
! rowspan="4"| 2013
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| '''''Old Hats'''''
|-
| ''Forbidden Broadway: Alive and Kicking!''
|-
| ''[[Old Jews Telling Jokes]]''
|-
! rowspan="6"| 2014
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| '''''[[After Midnight (musical)|After Midnight]]'''''
|-
| ''I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Musik from the Weimar and Beyond''
|-
| ''Le Jazz Hot: How the French Saved Jazz''
|-
| ''Til Divorce Do Us Part''
|-
| ''What's It All About? Bacharach Reimagined''
|-
! rowspan="5" | 2015
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| '''''Just Jim Dale'''''
|-
| ''[[Forbidden Broadway]] Comes Out Swinging!''
|-
| ''Lennon: Through a Glass Onion''
|-
| ''Lonesome Traveler''
|-
!2016
| {{n/a}}
|-
! rowspan="3" |2017
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
|'''''Life is for Living: Conversations with Coward'''''
|-
|''Hello Dillie!''
|-
!2018-2023
| {{n/a}}
|-
! rowspan="3" |2024
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
|'''''Amid Falling Walls'''''
|}


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}

==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.dramadesk.com/index.html Official Drama Desk Award website]


{{DramaDesk Revue}}
{{Drama Desk Awards}}
{{Drama Desk Awards}}


Latest revision as of 15:17, 18 June 2024

Drama Desk Award
for Outstanding Revue
Awarded forOutstanding Revue
LocationNew York City
CountryUnited States
Presented byDrama Desk
First awarded1991
Currently held byAmid Falling Walls (2024)
Websitedramadesk.org (defunct)

The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revue 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 category, recognizing the mixed nature of revue productions (as compared to plays or musical productions), was first presented at the 1991 ceremony, as the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical Revue/Entertainment, changing to the shorter name in 1992. It was last presented in 2017.

Winners and nominees

[edit]

1990s

[edit]
Year Production
1991
And the World Goes 'Round
Forever Plaid
Smoke on the Mountain
Those Were the Days
1992, 1993 —
1994
Whoop-Dee-Doo!
Amphigorey
A Grand Night for Singing
1995, 1996 —
1997
When Pigs Fly
Forbidden Broadway Strikes Back
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change
1998 —
1999
Fosse
Forbidden Broadway Cleans Up Its Act
It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues
Woody Guthrie's American Song

2000s

[edit]
Year Production
2000 —
2001
Forbidden Broadway 2001: A Spoof Odyssey
American Rhapsody
newyorkers
2002–2004 —
2005
Forbidden Broadway: Special Victims Unit
Absolutely Fascinating
Newsical
2006, 2007 —
2008
Forbidden Broadway: Rude Awakening
Fugitive Songs
Make Me a Song
2009 —

2010s

[edit]
Year Production
2010
Sondheim on Sondheim
Fascinating Aïda Absolutely Miraculous!
Million Dollar Quartet
Newsical
Simon Green: Traveling Light
2011
RAIN – A Tribute to the Beatles
Fyvush Finkel Live!
Newsical the Musical: Full Spin Ahead
2012
The Best is Yet to Come: The Music of Cy Coleman
Newsical the Musical: End of the World Edition
2013
Old Hats
Forbidden Broadway: Alive and Kicking!
Old Jews Telling Jokes
2014
After Midnight
I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Musik from the Weimar and Beyond
Le Jazz Hot: How the French Saved Jazz
Til Divorce Do Us Part
What's It All About? Bacharach Reimagined
2015
Just Jim Dale
Forbidden Broadway Comes Out Swinging!
Lennon: Through a Glass Onion
Lonesome Traveler
2016 —
2017
Life is for Living: Conversations with Coward
Hello Dillie!
2018-2023 —
2024
Amid Falling Walls

References

[edit]
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