Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival
# Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival

The Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival is an annual award presented by the Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements in commercial London theatre. The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre Awards in 1976, and renamed in 1984 in honour of English actor and director Laurence Olivier.

This award was introduced in 1991. From 1997 to 2007, the award was presented as Outstanding Musical Production.

## Winners and nominees

### 1990s

| Year | Musical | Book | Music | Lyrics |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1991 |
| 1991 | Show Boat | Oscar Hammerstein II | Jerome Kern | Oscar Hammerstein II |
| 1991 | The Fantasticks | Tom Jones | Harvey Schmidt | Tom Jones |
| 1991 | The Rocky Horror Show | Richard O'Brien | Richard O'Brien | Richard O'Brien |
| 1992 |
| 1992 | The Boys from Syracuse | George Abbott | Richard Rodgers | Lorenz Hart |
| 1992 | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | Frank Dunlop | Andrew Lloyd Webber | Tim Rice |
| 1993 |
| 1993 | Carousel | Oscar Hammerstein II | Richard Rodgers | Oscar Hammerstein II |
| 1993 | Annie Get Your Gun | Herbert and Dorothy Fields | Irving Berlin | Irving Berlin |
| 1993 | Lady, Be Good | Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson | George and Ira Gershwin | George and Ira Gershwin |
| 1994 |
| 1994 | Sweeney Todd | Hugh Wheeler | Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim |
| 1994 | Cabaret | Joe Masteroff | John Kander | Fred Ebb |
| 1994 | Grease | Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey | Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey | Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey |
| 1994 | The Beggar's Opera | John Gay | John Gay | John Gay |
| 1995 |
| 1995 | She Loves Me | Joe Masteroff | Jerry Bock | Sheldon Harnick |
| 1995 | The Card | Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall | Tony Hatch | Anthony Drewe |
| 1995 | Oliver! | Lionel Bart | Lionel Bart | Lionel Bart |
| 1995 | The Threepenny Opera | Bertolt Brecht | Kurt Weill | Bertolt Brecht |
| 1997 |
| 1997 | The Who's Tommy | Pete Townshend and Des McAnuff | Pete Townshend | Pete Townshend |
| 1997 | By Jeeves | Alan Ayckbourn | Andrew Lloyd Webber | Alan Ayckbourn |
| 1997 | Jesus Christ Superstar | Tom O'Horgan | Andrew Lloyd Webber | Tim Rice |
| 1997 | Smokey Joe's Cafe | Jerry Zaks | Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller | Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller |
| 1998 |
| 1998 | Chicago | Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse | John Kander | Fred Ebb |
| 1998 | Damn Yankees | George Abbott and Douglass Wallop | Richard Adler | Jerry Ross |
| 1998 | Kiss Me, Kate | Samuel and Bella Spewack | Cole Porter | Cole Porter |
| 1999 |
| 1999 | Oklahoma! | Oscar Hammerstein II | Richard Rodgers | Oscar Hammerstein II |
| 1999 | Annie | Thomas Meehan | Charles Strouse | Martin Charnin |
| 1999 | Into the Woods | James Lapine | Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim |
| 1999 | Show Boat | Oscar Hammerstein II | Jerome Kern | Oscar Hammerstein II |

### 2000s

| Year | Musical | Book | Music | Lyrics |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2000 |
| 2000 | Candide | Hugh Wheeler | Leonard Bernstein | Richard Wilbur |
| 2000 | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart | Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim |
| 2000 | Dick Whittington | Gillian Lynne, Stephen Clarke and Chris Walker | Gillian Lynne, Stephen Clarke and Chris Walker | Gillian Lynne, Stephen Clarke and Chris Walker |
| 2000 | The Pajama Game | George Abbott and Richard Bissell | Richard Adler and Jerry Ross | Richard Adler and Jerry Ross |
| 2001 |
| 2001 | Singin' in the Rain | Betty Comden and Adolph Green | Nacio Herb Brown | Arthur Freed |
| 2001 | H.M.S. Pinafore | W. S. Gilbert | Arthur Sullivan | W. S. Gilbert |
| 2001 | The King and I | Oscar Hammerstein II | Richard Rodgers | Oscar Hammerstein II |
| 2001 | The Mikado | W. S. Gilbert | Arthur Sullivan | W. S. Gilbert |
| 2001 | The Pirates of Penzance | W. S. Gilbert | Arthur Sullivan | W. S. Gilbert |
| 2002 |
| 2002 | My Fair Lady | Alan Jay Lerner | Frederick Loewe | Alan Jay Lerner |
| 2002 | Kiss Me, Kate | Samuel and Bella Spewack | Cole Porter | Cole Porter |
| 2002 | South Pacific | Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan | Richard Rodgers | Oscar Hammerstein II |
| 2003 |
| 2003 | Anything Goes | Timothy Crouse and John Weidman | Cole Porter | Cole Porter |
| 2003 | Oh, What a Lovely War! | Joan Littlewood and Theatre Workshop | Various Artists | Various Artists |
| 2004 |
| 2004 | Pacific Overtures | John Weidman and Hugh Wheeler | Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim |
| 2004 | High Society | Arthur Kopit | Cole Porter | Cole Porter and Susan Birkenhead |
| 2004 | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | Frank Dunlop | Andrew Lloyd Webber | Tim Rice |
| 2004 | Tell Me on a Sunday | Don Black | Andrew Lloyd Webber | Don Black |
| 2005 |
| 2005 | Grand Hotel | Luther Davis | Robert Wright and George Forrest | Robert Wright and George Forrest |
| 2005 | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart | Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim |
| 2005 | Simply Heavenly | Langston Hughes | David Martin | Langston Hughes |
| 2005 | Sweeney Todd | Hugh Wheeler | Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim |
| 2006 |
| 2006 | Guys and Dolls | Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows | Frank Loesser | Frank Loesser |
| 2006 | H.M.S. Pinafore | W. S. Gilbert | Arthur Sullivan | W. S. Gilbert |
| 2007 |
| 2007 | Sunday in the Park with George | James Lapine | Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim |
| 2007 | Cabaret | Joe Masteroff | John Kander | Fred Ebb |
| 2007 | Evita | Tim Rice | Andrew Lloyd Webber | Tim Rice |
| 2007 | The Sound of Music | Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse | Richard Rodgers | Oscar Hammerstein II |
| 2008 |
| 2008 | The Magic Flute | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Mark Dornford-May | Various Artists | Various Artists |
| 2008 | Fiddler on the Roof | Joseph Stein | Jerry Bock | Sheldon Harnick |
| 2008 | Little Shop of Horrors | Howard Ashman | Alan Menken | Howard Ashman |
| 2009 |
| 2009 | La Cage aux Folles | Harvey Fierstein | Jerry Herman | Jerry Herman |
| 2009 | Piaf | Pam Gems | Various Artists | Various Artists |
| 2009 | Sunset Boulevard | Don Black and Christopher Hampton | Andrew Lloyd Webber | Don Black and Christopher Hampton |
| 2009 | West Side Story | Arthur Laurents | Leonard Bernstein | Stephen Sondheim |

### 2010s

| Year | Musical | Book | Music | Lyrics |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2010 |
| 2010 | Hello, Dolly! | Michael Stewart | Jerry Herman | Jerry Herman |
| 2010 | Annie Get Your Gun | Herbert and Dorothy Fields | Irving Berlin | Irving Berlin |
| 2010 | A Little Night Music | Hugh Wheeler | Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim |
| 2010 | Oliver! | Lionel Bart | Lionel Bart | Lionel Bart |
| 2011 |
| 2011 | Into the Woods | James Lapine | Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim |
| 2011 | Passion | James Lapine | Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim |
| 2011 | Sweet Charity | Neil Simon | Cy Coleman | Dorothy Fields |
| 2012 |
| 2012 | Crazy for You | Ken Ludwig | George Gershwin | Ira Gershwin |
| 2012 | Singin' in the Rain | Betty Comden and Adolph Green | Nacio Herb Brown | Arthur Freed |
| 2012 | South Pacific | Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan | Richard Rodgers | Oscar Hammerstein II |
| 2012 | The Wizard of Oz | Andrew Lloyd Webber and Jeremy Sams | Andrew Lloyd Webber and Harold Arlen | Tim Rice and E. Y. Harburg |
| 2013 |
| 2013 | Sweeney Todd | Hugh Wheeler | Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim |
| 2013 | A Chorus Line | James Kirkwood, Jr. and Nicholas Dante | Marvin Hamlisch | Edward Kleban |
| 2013 | Cabaret | Joe Masteroff | John Kander | Fred Ebb |
| 2013 | Kiss Me, Kate | Samuel and Bella Spewack | Cole Porter | Cole Porter |
| 2014 |
| 2014 | Merrily We Roll Along | George Furth | Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim |
| 2014 | The Sound of Music | Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse | Richard Rodgers | Oscar Hammerstein II |
| 2014 | Tell Me on a Sunday | Don Black | Andrew Lloyd Webber | Don Black |
| 2015 |
| 2015 | City of Angels | Larry Gelbart | Cy Coleman | David Zippel |
| 2015 | Cats | T. S. Eliot | Andrew Lloyd Webber | T. S. Eliot, additional by Trevor Nunn and Richard Stilgoe |
| 2015 | Miss Saigon | Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg | Claude-Michel Schönberg | Alain Boublil and Richard Maltby, Jr. |
| 2015 | Porgy and Bess | Dorothy Heyward, DuBose Heyward and Suzan-Lori Parks | George Gershwin and Diedre Murray | Dorothy Heyward, DuBose Heyward and Ira Gershwin |
| 2016 |
| 2016 | Gypsy | Arthur Laurents | Jule Styne | Stephen Sondheim |
| 2016 | Bugsy Malone | Alan Parker | Paul Williams | Paul Williams |
| 2016 | Guys and Dolls | Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows | Frank Loesser | Frank Loesser |
| 2016 | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | Lawrence Kasha and David Landay | Gene de Paul, Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn | Johnny Mercer, Al Kasha and Joel Hirschhorn |
| 2017 |
| 2017 | Jesus Christ Superstar | Tim Rice | Andrew Lloyd Webber | Tim Rice |
| 2017 | Funny Girl | Isobel Lennart | Jule Styne | Bob Merrill |
| 2017 | Show Boat | Oscar Hammerstein II | Jerome Kern | Oscar Hammerstein II and P. G. Wodehouse |
| 2017 | Sunset Boulevard | Don Black and Christopher Hampton | Andrew Lloyd Webber | Don Black and Christopher Hampton |
| 2018 |
| 2018 | Follies | James Goldman | Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim |
| 2018 | 42nd Street | Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble | Harry Warren | Al Dubin and Johnny Mercer |
| 2018 | On the Town | Betty Comden and Adolph Green | Leonard Bernstein | Betty Comden and Adolph Green |
| 2019 |
| 2019 | Company | George Furth | Stephen Sondheim | Stephen Sondheim |
| 2019 | Caroline, or Change | Tony Kushner | Jeanine Tesori | Tony Kushner |
| 2019 | The King and I | Oscar Hammerstein II | Richard Rodgers | Oscar Hammerstein II |

### 2020s

| Year | Musical | Book | Music | Lyrics |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2020 |
| 2020 | Fiddler on the Roof | Joseph Stein | Jerry Bock | Sheldon Harnick |
| 2020 | Evita | Tim Rice | Andrew Lloyd Webber | Tim Rice |
| 2020 | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | Tim Rice | Andrew Lloyd Webber | Tim Rice |
| 2020 | Mary Poppins | Julian Fellowes | Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, and George Stiles | Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, and Anthony Drewe |
| 2021 | Not presented due to extended closing of theatre productions during COVID-19 pandemic | Not presented due to extended closing of theatre productions during COVID-19 pandemic | Not presented due to extended closing of theatre productions during COVID-19 pandemic | Not presented due to extended closing of theatre productions during COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2022 | Cabaret | Joe Masteroff | John Kander | Fred Ebb |
| 2022 | Anything Goes | Guy Bolton, Russel Crouse, Timothy Crouse, Howard Lindsay, John Weidman and P.G. Wodehouse | Cole Porter | Cole Porter |
| 2022 | Spring Awakening | Steven Sater | Duncan Sheik | Steven Sater |
| 2023 |
| 2023 | Oklahoma! | Oscar Hammerstein II | Richard Rodgers | Oscar Hammerstein II |
| 2023 | My Fair Lady | Alan Jay Lerner | Frederick Loewe | Alan Jay Lerner |
| 2023 | Sister Act | Cheri Steinkellner and Bill Steinkellner | Alan Menken | Glenn Slater |
| 2023 | South Pacific | Oscar Hammerstein II and Joshua Logan | Richard Rodgers | Oscar Hammerstein II |

* 1 2 Due to late March 2020 to late July 2021 closing of London theatre productions during the COVID-19 pandemic in England, the 2022 awards recognise productions that launched anytime from February 2020 to February 2022

## Multiple awards and nominations

### Awards

**Two awards**

* Oklahoma!
* Sweeney Todd

### Nominations

Four nominations

* Cabaret

**Three nominations**

* Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
* Kiss Me Kate
* Show Boat
* South Pacific
* Sweeney Todd

**Two nominations**

* Annie Get Your Gun
* Anything Goes
* Evita
* Fiddler on the Roof
* A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
* Guys and Dolls
* H.M.S. Pinafore
* Into the Woods
* Jesus Christ Superstar
* The King and I
* My Fair Lady
* Oklahoma!
* Oliver!
* Singin' in the Rain
* The Sound of Music
* Sunset Boulevard
* Tell Me on a Sunday
