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Funny Face

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{{Short description|1957 American musical romantic comedy film by Stanley Donen}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Funny Face
| image = Funny Face (1957 poster).jpg
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Stanley Donen]]
| producer = [[Roger Edens]]
| writer = [[Leonard Gershe]]
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [[Audrey Hepburn]]
* [[Fred Astaire]]
* [[Kay Thompson]]
* [[Michel Auclair]]
* [[Robert Flemyng]]
}}
| music = {{Plainlist|
* [[Adolph Deutsch]]
* '''Songs:'''
* [[George Gershwin]]
* [[Ira Gershwin]]
* [[Roger Edens]]
}}
| cinematography = [[Ray June]]
| editing = [[Frank Bracht]]
| distributor = [[Paramount Pictures]]
| released = {{Film date|1957|02|13|United States}}
| runtime = 103 minutes<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/funny-face-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0yndq0mze| title=''FUNNY FACE'' (U) | work=[[British Board of Film Classification]] | date=February 1, 1957 | access-date=October 18, 2024}}</ref>
| country = United States
| language = {{Plainlist|
* English
* French
}}
| budget = $3 million
| gross = $2.5 million<ref>"Top Grosses of 1957", ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', 8 January 1958: 30.</ref>
}}
'''''Funny Face''''' is a 1957 American [[Musical film|musical]] [[romantic comedy]] film directed by [[Stanley Donen]] and written by [[Leonard Gershe]], containing assorted songs by [[George Gershwin|George]] and [[Ira Gershwin]]. Although having the same title as the 1927 Broadway musical [[Funny Face (musical)|''Funny Face'']] by the Gershwin brothers, and featuring the same male star ([[Fred Astaire]]), the plot is completely different and only four of the songs from the stage musical are included. Alongside Astaire, the film stars [[Audrey Hepburn]] and [[Kay Thompson]].

==Plot==
Maggie Prescott, a [[fashion magazine]] publisher and editor for ''Quality'' magazine, is looking for the next big fashion trend. She wants a new look which is to be both "beautiful" and "intellectual". She and top fashion photographer Dick Avery want models who can "think as well as they look." The two brainstorm and come up with the idea to use a book store in [[Greenwich Village]] as backdrop.

They find what they want in "Embryo Concepts", which is being run by the shy shop assistant and amateur philosopher, Jo Stockton. Jo thinks the fashion and modelling industry is nonsense, calling it "[[wikt:chichi|chichi]], and an unrealistic approach to self-impressions as well as economics". Maggie decides to use Jo but after the first shot Jo is locked outside to keep her from interrupting Maggie’s take-over of the shop. The crew leaves the store in a shambles; Dick stays behind to help clean up and apologizes to Jo, then kisses her impulsively. Jo dismisses him, but her song "[[How Long Has This Been Going On?]]" shows that she feels the stirrings of romance.

What Jo wants above all is to go to [[Paris, France|Paris]] and attend the famous Professor Émile Flostre's philosophy lectures about empathicalism. When Dick gets back to the darkroom, he sees something in Jo's face which is new and fresh and would be perfect for the campaign, giving it "character", "spirit", and "intelligence". They send for Jo, pretending they want to order some books from her shop. Once she arrives, they try to make her over and attempt to cut her hair. She is outraged and runs away, only to hide in the darkroom where Dick is working. When Dick mentions Paris, Jo becomes interested in the chance to see Professor Flostre and is finally persuaded to model for the magazine. Dick sings "[[Funny Face (1927 song)|Funny Face]]".

Soon, Maggie, Dick, and Jo are off to Paris to prepare for a major fashion event, shooting photos at famous landmarks from the area. During the various shoots, Jo and Dick fall in love ("[[He Loves and She Loves]]"). One night, when Jo is getting ready for a gala, she learns Flostre is giving a lecture at a cafe nearby, which she attends. Eventually, Dick brings her back and they get into an argument at the gala's opening, which results in Jo being publicly embarrassed and Maggie outraged.

Jo goes to talk to Flostre at his home. Through some scheming, Maggie and Dick gain entrance to the soirée there. After performing an impromptu song and dance (“Clap Yo’ Hands” from the Gershwins’ 1926 musical ''Oh, Kay!'') for Flostre's disciples, they confront Jo and Flostre. This leads to Dick causing Flostre to fall and knock himself out. Jo urges them to leave but when Flostre comes round, he tries to seduce her. Shocked at the behavior of her "idol", she smashes a vase over his head and runs out, returning just in time to take part in the final fashion show. During this, Maggie tries to get in touch with Dick, who has made plans to leave Paris. Before her wedding gown finale, Jo looks out the window and sees the plane Dick was supposed to be on flying over the city. Believing that he has refused to return to her, she runs off the runway in tears at the conclusion of the show.

Meanwhile, Dick is still at the airport. He runs into Flostre and learns how Jo had attacked him. Realizing how much Jo cares, Dick returns to the fashion show, but Jo is nowhere to be found. Finally, after applying the insights of empathicalism at Maggie's behest, Dick guesses that Jo would return to the church where he had photographed her in a wedding dress and they shared their first romantic moment. On his arrival there himself, he finds Jo (in the wedding gown) by a little brook. They join in the duet "[['S Wonderful]]" and embrace.

==Cast==
* [[Audrey Hepburn]] as Jo Stockton
* [[Fred Astaire]] as Dick Avery
* [[Kay Thompson]] as Maggie Prescott
* [[Michel Auclair]] as Professor Émile Flostre
* [[Robert Flemyng]] as Paul Duval
* [[Dovima]] as Marion
* [[Jean Del Val]] as Hairdresser
* [[Virginia Gibson]] as Babs
* [[Sue England]] as Laura
* [[Ruta Lee]] as Lettie
* Alex Gerry as Dovitch
* [[Suzy Parker]] as Specialty Dancer (Pink Number)
* [[Sunny Harnett]] as Specialty Dancer (Pink Number)

==Musical numbers==
* "Think Pink!"
* "[[How Long Has This Been Going On?]]" - originally composed for the musical ''Funny Face'', but not used
* "How Long Has This Been Going On? (Reprise)"
* "[[Funny Face (1927 song)|Funny Face]]" - from ''[[Funny Face (musical)|Funny Face]]'' (1927 musical)
* "Bonjour, Paris!"
* "Basal Metabolism"
* "Let's Kiss and Make Up" - from ''Funny Face''
* "[[He Loves and She Loves]]" - from ''Funny Face''
* "Bonjour, Paris! (Reprise)"
* "On How to Be Lovely"
* "[[Clap Yo' Hands]]" - from ''[[Oh, Kay!]]''
* "[['S Wonderful]]" - from ''Funny Face''

==Production==
[[File:Audrey Hepburn, Funny Face costume.jpg|thumb|Clothing worn by Hepburn in ''Funny Face'']]

The plot of the film version is drastically different from that of the Broadway musical, and only four of the songs remain. Astaire also starred in the stage version alongside his sister, [[Adele Astaire]]. The film plot is actually adapted from another Broadway musical, ''Wedding Bells'', by [[Leonard Gershe]]. The original title for the film was ''Wedding Day''.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

Hepburn sings the songs herself in this, her first musical. She performs one solo, "[[How Long Has This Been Going On?]]"; a duet with Astaire, "[['S Wonderful]]"; a duet with [[Kay Thompson]] called "On How to Be Lovely"; and takes part in an ensemble performance of "Bonjour, Paris!". Her previous dance training is also called into play, not only in the two dance numbers she performs with Astaire but also for a [[Bohemianism|Bohemian]]-style solo dance in a nightclub.

As was the case with many of her leading men, Astaire was much older than Hepburn. At 58, three decades Hepburn's senior, he was approaching the end of his musical film career, in this, the second in a consecutive series of three French-themed musicals he made in the 1950s. He performs a song and [[Fred Astaire's Solo and Partnered Dances#Solos with miscellaneous props|dance solo with umbrella and cape]] to Gershwin's "Let's Kiss and Make Up". According to Hepburn, she insisted on Astaire as a precondition for her participation. Thompson, who usually worked behind the scenes as a musical director for films, makes a rare appearance on camera as Maggie Prescott, a fashion magazine editor loosely based on [[Diana Vreeland]]. (Architectural historian [[Francis Morrone]] says <ref>{{YouTube|id=KjbgLtfW6KI|t=1722}} “20th Century Architecture in New York, with Francis Morrone”</ref> it was [[Carmel Snow]], editor-in-chief of ''[[Harper’s Bazaar]]'', who was the inspiration for the Maggie Prescott character.) Besides her duet with Hepburn, she performs the solo number "Think Pink!" in the presence of a dance chorus, and Thompson and Astaire perform a comic dance duet to "[[Clap Yo' Hands]]". (While at ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'', Vreeland once sent a memo to staff urging them to "Today let's think pig white! Wouldn't it be wonderful to have stockings that were pig white! The color of baby pigs, not quite white and not quite pink!"<ref name="mahon19890910">{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/09/10/magazine/si-newhouse-and-conde-nast-taking-off-the-white-gloves.html |title=S.I. Newhouse and Conde Nast; Taking Off The White Gloves |last=Mahon |first=Gigi |work=The New York Times |date=1989-09-10}}</ref>)

Astaire's character was loosely based on the career of [[Richard Avedon]],<ref>Landazuri, Margarita.
[https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/4588/funny-face#overview "Spotlight: ''Funny Face ''"] - [[Turner Classic Movies]]</ref><ref>Puente, Maria. [https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2004-10-01-avedon-obit_x.htm "Avedon pushed photography to the edge"] - ''[[USA Today]]'' - October 1, 2004</ref><ref>Grundberg, Andy. [https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/01/arts/01CND-AVED.html "Richard Avedon, the Eye of Fashion, Dies at 81"] - ''[[New York Times]]'' - October 1, 2004</ref><ref>Feeney, Mark. [http://www.boston.com/news/globe/obituaries/articles/2004/10/02/photographer_richard_avedon_dies/ "Photographer Richard Avedon dies"] - ''[[Boston Globe]]'' - October 2, 2004</ref> who provided a number of the photographs seen in the film, including the stills for the opening credits, which were also used in the halls of ''Quality'' magazine. Probably the most famous single image from the film is the intentionally overexposed close-up of Hepburn's face in which only her facial features—her eyes, eyebrows, nose and mouth—are visible. This image is seen briefly in black-and-white at the very beginning of the opening title sequence, which was designed by Avedon, during the [[Funny Face (1927 song)|"Funny Face"]] musical number which takes place in a [[darkroom]], and when Dick (Astaire) presents it to Maggie (Thompson).

==Release==

===Box office===
On initial release, ''Funny Face'' was a [[box office bomb|box office disappointment]] and failed to break even. However, in 1964, when ''[[My Fair Lady (film)|My Fair Lady]]'' (also starring Hepburn) was released to excellent reviews and huge box office grosses, Paramount theatrically reissued ''Funny Face''. As a result, the film drew substantial crowds and finally turned a profit.{{Citation needed|date=November 2015}}

===Critical reception===
The film was generally well received in the United States. [[Bosley Crowther]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'', for example, lauded it as "delightfully balmy," "colorful and glittering," and "extraordinarily stylish," "with class in every considerable department on which this sort of picture depends."<ref name="Crowther">{{cite news|last=Crowther|first=Bosley|title=Screen: 'Funny Face' Brings Spring to Music Hall|date=March 29, 1957|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/03/29/archives/screen-funny-face-brings-spring-to-music-hall-audrey-hepburn-and.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=14 January 2022}}</ref> The reviewer for ''[[The Times]]'', however, was not impressed when the film opened at the [[Odeon Leicester Square|Odeon]] in London on April 25, 1957: "...a displeasing piece of work, pseudo-sophisticated, expensive and brash in approach, vulgar in taste and insensitive in outlook. This, in fact, is the American 'musical' at its worst; not even the presence of Mr Fred Astaire, who was in the original stage production, can save the day. It may seem extravagant to discuss a 'musical' in terms proper to a serious creative work, yet there is that in the film's attitude towards the 'intellectual', whether in Greenwich Village or Paris, which offends. It is not amiable parody and it is not telling satire; it has its roots in the ill-based instinct to jeer, and its jeers are offensive."<ref name=Times>The Times review 25 April 1957: ''Odeon Cinema: "Funny Face" with Fred Astaire''</ref>

On review aggregator website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has an 88% rating, based on 40 reviews, with an average rating of 7.8/10. The consensus summarizes: "A timeless and elegant musical feast, ''Funny Face'' thrives on the agile and vibrant performances from legendary screen titans Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/funny_face/ | title=Funny Face (1957) | work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] | access-date=January 21, 2022}}</ref>

===Accolades===
The [[National Board of Review]] gave the film Special Citation award for the photographic innovations. [[Leonard Gershe]] was nominated for "Best Written American Musical" by the [[Writers Guild of America]]. Stanley Donen was nominated by the [[Directors Guild of America]] for "Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures" and for a "Golden Palm" at the [[1957 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/f/funny-face/ |title=Festival de Cannes: Funny Face |access-date=2024-10-18|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref> Fred Astaire received a Golden Laurel nomination for "Top Male Musical Performance". The film received four [[Academy Award]] "Oscar" nominations: Leonard Gershe for "Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen"; [[Edith Head]] and [[Hubert de Givenchy]] (Hepburn's costume designer) for "Best Costume Design"; [[Ray June]] for "Best Cinematography"; and [[Hal Pereira]], [[George Davis (art director)|George W. Davis]], [[Sam Comer]], and [[Ray Moyer]] for "Best Art Direction-Set Decoration".<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050419/awards ''Funny Face'' awards] - at [[IMDb]]</ref>

==Home media==
To date, ''Funny Face'' has been released to [[DVD]] in Region 1 ([[North America]]) in three editions from [[Paramount Pictures#Paramount Home Entertainment|Paramount Home Entertainment]]: in 2001 as part of the "Audrey Hepburn Widescreen Collection" series, in 2007 in a 50th Anniversary edition, and in 2009 as part of Paramount's Centennial Collection. The 2007 version has additional featurettes as well as improved picture and sound quality from the 2001 edition.<ref>Keizer, Mark. [http://dvdfile.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6295&Itemid=3 "Funny Face - 50th Anniversary Edition"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015141716/http://dvdfile.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6295&Itemid=3 |date=October 15, 2007 }} - DVDFile - October 1, 2007</ref> The 2009 release is spread over two discs and includes a few additional featurettes not included in the 2007 edition such as Kay Thompson's "Think Pink", "This is VistaVision" and "Fashion Photographers Exposed".

==See also==
* [[List of American films of 1957]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Rotten Tomatoes}}
* {{AFI film}}
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Sweet Bird of Youth

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{{About|the Tennessee Williams play|other uses|Sweet Bird of Youth (disambiguation)}}
{{short description|1959 play by Tennessee Williams}}
{{use MDY dates|date=June 2019}}
{{italic title}}
[[File:SweetBirdOfYouth.jpg|thumb|First edition (publ. [[New Directions Publishing|New Directions]]) ]]

'''''Sweet Bird of Youth''''' is a 1959 play by [[Tennessee Williams]] that tells the story of a [[gigolo]] and drifter, Chance Wayne, who returns to his hometown as the companion of a faded movie star, Alexandra del Lago (travelling incognito as Princess Kosmonopolis), whom he hopes to use to help him break into the movies. The main reason for his homecoming is to get back what he had in his youth, primarily, his old girlfriend, whose father had run him out of town years before. The play was written for [[Tallulah Bankhead]], a good friend of Williams.

''Sweet Bird of Youth'' originated around 1956 as two plays: a two-character version of the final play featuring only Chance and the Princess, and a one-act play titled '''''The Pink Bedroom''''' that was later developed into Act Two of the play, featuring Boss Finley and his family.<ref name="encyclopedia" />

== Plot ==
In St. Cloud, native son Chance Wayne has fled his hometown, seeking to profit from his beauty and youth in New York or Hollywood. When he fails as an actor and a personality in both cities, he becomes a gigolo. As the traveling escort of his employer, Chance returns to St. Cloud to win back his childhood lover, escorting an aging, depressed, semi-alcoholic film star: Alexandra del Lago, who is running away from the negative criticism of her recently released comeback film.

Del Lago had been burying herself in sex, alcohol, and drugs until Chance recognized her while hustling in a Florida resort. He saw in her a last chance to build a relationship (taking care of her while on their drive back to Hollywood, with him as her escort). As he and del Lago are driving along the Sunset Route back to California, Chance hopes that he will reunite with Heavenly Finley, his childhood sweetheart, and bring her back to Hollywood, where – with del Lago's aid – they will both achieve stardom.

Once back in St. Cloud, Chance discovers Heavenly is only a shadow of the girl he knew. During his last visit to St. Cloud, she became pregnant. When she discovered the problem, she had to have an abortion and because of an unskilled doctor's knife, the abortion resulted in a hysterectomy and her sterility. Her father and brother are determined to make Chance pay for the injury done to Heavenly. Chance worries that he will receive the same fate as a Black man in town who was recently attacked and castrated.

Using Alexandra's car and funds, Chance tries to prove to the town that he is a success, but his old friends call his bluff and see him for what he has become. Meanwhile, del Lago receives news that the criticism she has been running from is actually praise and that her comeback could not have gone better. Chance believes he will ride with her to the top, but she now has no interest helping him start an acting career. With his youth gone, Chance does not know how to move on with his life. Although she will not recommend him for a job in Hollywood, del Lago urges him to continue as her escort, but he decides to stay and accept his punishment in St. Cloud.

== Production history ==
[[File:Tennessee Williams, Mila ptica mladosti, Drama SNG v Ljubljani.jpg|thumb|A scene from the play as presented by the [[Ljubljana Drama Theatre]] in 1961]]
=== Pre-Broadway ===
Williams began work on the play in the fall of 1959, calling it at first ''The Enemy of Time''.<ref name="Lahr">Lahr, John ''Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh'' W. W. Norton & Company, 2014.</ref>
As ''Sweet Bird of Youth'', the work-in-progress had a tryout production starring [[Tallulah Bankhead]] and [[Robert Drivas]] in Coral Gables, Florida, directed by George Keathley<ref name="Lahr" /> at his Studio M Playhouse in 1956<ref>{{cite book|title=The World of Tennessee Williams|first1=Richard Freeman|last1=Leavitt|first2=Kenneth|last2=Holditch|publisher=Hansen Publishing Group|date=2011|isbn=978-1-60182-000-6}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Thomas W.|last=Ennis|title=Robert Drivas|newspaper=The New York Times|date=July 1, 1986}}</ref> which began before Williams' agent [[Audrey Wood (literary agent)|Audrey Wood ]] knew he had a new play.<ref name="Barranger">{{cite book|last=Barranger|first=Milly|title=Audrey Wood and the Playwrights|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|date=2012|isbn=978-1-137-38547-5|page=48}}</ref> [[Elia Kazan]] saw it.<ref>[http://www.tennesseewilliamsstudies.org/journal/work.php?ID=58 ''Elia Kazan and Sweet Bird of Youth''].</ref> Kazan and [[Cheryl Crawford]] were "party to the secret and petitioned Audrey to let them produce and direct the new play."<ref name="Barranger" />

=== Broadway ===
The original production by [[Cheryl Crawford]] opened on March 10, 1959, at the [[Martin Beck Theatre]] in New York City. Directed by [[Elia Kazan]], it starred [[Paul Newman]], [[Geraldine Page]], [[Sidney Blackmer]], [[Madeleine Sherwood]], [[Diana Hyland]], [[Logan Ramsey]], and [[Rip Torn]]. [[Bruce Dern]] also played a small role. The production was nominated for three [[Tony Awards]], including Best Actress for Page. The play ran for more than a year and 375 performances.<ref>[https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/sweet-bird-of-youth-2082 Internet Broadway Database]</ref>

A revival opened on December 29, 1975, at the [[Harkness Theatre]], in a production directed by Edwin Sherin, starring [[Christopher Walken]] as Chance Wayne and [[Irene Worth]] as Princess Kosmonopolis. Worth won the 1976 [[Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play|Tony Award for Best Actress]].<ref>[https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/sweet-bird-of-youth-3781 Internet Broadway Database]</ref>

A production was planned to open in 2011 with [[David Cromer]] directing and [[Scott Rudin]] serving as producer. In 2012, the production was at the [[Goodman Theatre]] to much acclaim, with [[Diane Lane]] in the lead role.<ref>{{cite news| first=Steven |last=Oxman | date= 25 September 2012 | url= https://variety.com/2012/legit/reviews/sweet-bird-of-youth-1117948423/|title= Sweet Bird of Youth| work= Variety}}</ref>

=== London ===
After 26 years, ''Sweet Bird of Youth'' appeared in London's [[West End theatre|West End]]. It opened on July 8, 1985, at the [[Haymarket Theatre]] in a production directed by [[Harold Pinter]] and presented by impresario [[Douglas Urbanski]]; it starred [[Lauren Bacall]] and [[Michael Beck]] with [[James Grout]] and [[David Cunningham (actor)|David Cunningham]]. This production later transferred to Los Angeles under the direction of [[Michael Blakemore]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}}

The play returned to the London stage on 1 June 2013 with a production at [[The Old Vic]] directed by [[Marianne Elliott]] and starring [[Kim Cattrall]] as Del Lago and [[Seth Numrich]] as Chance.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sweet Bird of Youth|url=https://www.oldvictheatre.com/whats-on/2013/sweet-bird-of-youth|access-date=2020-12-06|website=The Old Vic|language=en}}</ref>

=== Chichester ===
The play was revived in 2017 at [[Chichester Festival Theatre]], running from June 2 to 24. Directed by [[Jonathan Kent (director)|Jonathan Kent]], it starred [[Marcia Gay Harden]] as Alexandra del Lago/The Princess Kosmonopolis and [[Brian J. Smith]] as Chance Wayne. Co-stars included [[Emma Amos (actress)|Emma Amos]] and [[Richard Cordery]].<ref>[https://www.cft.org.uk/news/full-casting-announced-for-sweet-bird-of-youth/ Full casting announced for Sweet Bird of Youth], Chichester Festival Theatre. Accessed 2017-06-04.</ref>

==Film adaptations==
===1962 feature film===
{{Main|Sweet Bird of Youth (1962 film)}}
In 1962, the play was made into a [[Sweet Bird of Youth (1962 film)|feature film]] starring [[Paul Newman]], [[Geraldine Page]], [[Shirley Knight]], [[Madeleine Sherwood]], [[Ed Begley]], [[Rip Torn]] and [[Mildred Dunnock]]. The movie was adapted and directed by [[Richard Brooks]].<ref name="Variety" /><ref name="Harrison" /> The film version earned three Academy Award nominations, all for acting: Geraldine Page for Best Actress, Shirley Knight for Best Supporting Actress, and Ed Begley for Best Supporting Actor, which he won.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1963|title=1963|date=October 5, 2014 |publisher=orscars.org|access-date=5 November 2020}}</ref>
===1989 television film===
{{Main|Sweet Bird of Youth (1989 film)}}
''[[Sweet Bird of Youth (1989 film)|Sweet Bird of Youth]]'' was made for television in 1989, directed by [[Nicolas Roeg]] and starring [[Elizabeth Taylor]], [[Mark Harmon]], [[Valerie Perrine]], [[Ronnie Claire Edwards]], [[Cheryl Paris]], [[Kevin Geer]] and [[Rip Torn]]. It was adapted by [[Gavin Lambert]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}}

== In popular culture ==
* In the [[Robert Zemeckis]] film ''[[Death Becomes Her]]'' (1992), lead character Madeline Ashton (played by [[Meryl Streep]]) is depicted as the star of a failing Broadway musical adaptation of ''Sweet Bird of Youth'' titled ''Songbird!''.<ref>{{cite web| last=Dobbs| first=Sarah| url=https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/revisiting-robert-zemeckis-death-becomes-her/| title=Revisiting Robert Zemeckis' Death Becomes Her| work=Den of Geek| date=October 9, 2014}}</ref>
* The song "Sweet Bird of Truth" by the rock group [[The The]] is a reference to the Tennessee Williams play.{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}}
* A reference to the Tennessee Williams play (as well as Williams) was written by [[Bernie Taupin]] in his lyric for [[Elton John]]'s song "Lies" from John's 1995 album ''[[Made in England (Elton John album)|Made in England]]''.{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}}
* The Greek composer [[Eleni Karaindrou]] wrote incidental music for the play (2016-17)

== References ==
{{reflist
| refs =

<ref name="encyclopedia">{{cite book|last=Kolin|first=Phillip|title=The Tennessee Williams Encyclopedia|year=2004|pages=262–263|publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |isbn=0-313-32101-9}}</ref>

<ref name="Variety">{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety Film Reviews|Variety]]|title=Film review|date=February 28, 1962|page=6}}</ref>

<ref name="Harrison">{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Harrison's Reports and Film Reviews|Harrison's Reports]]|title=Film review|date=March 10, 1962|page=34}}</ref>

}}

== External links ==
* {{Ibdb show|8455}}
* {{IMDb title|qid=Q7655230|id=tt0056541|title=Sweet Bird of Youth (film)}}

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The Bishop's Wife

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{{Short description|1947 film directed by Henry Koster}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = The Bishop's Wife
| image = The Bishop's Wife (1948 poster).jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster by [[William Rose (illustrator)|William Rose]]
| director = [[Henry Koster]]
| based_on = {{based on|''The Bishop's Wife'' 1928 novella|[[Robert Nathan]]}}
| screenplay = {{Plainlist|
* [[Leonardo Bercovici]]
* [[Robert E. Sherwood]]
* [[Billy Wilder]] (uncredited)
* [[Charles Brackett]] (uncredited)
}}
| producer = [[Samuel Goldwyn]]
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [[Cary Grant]]
* [[Loretta Young]]
* [[David Niven]]
}}
| cinematography = [[Gregg Toland]]
| editing = [[Monica Collingwood]]
| music = [[Hugo Friedhofer]]
| studio = [[Samuel Goldwyn Productions]]
| distributor = [[RKO Radio Pictures]]
| released = {{Film date|1947|11|25|Premiere|1947|12|9|New York City|1948|2|16|United States|ref2=<ref name=AFI>{{cite web | url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/25469-THE-BISHOPSWIFE| title=The Bishop's Wife: Detail View | website=[[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]] | access-date=November 18, 2022}}</ref>|ref3=<ref name=AFI/>}}
| runtime = 109 minutes{{efn|2013 release of Blu-ray from [[Warner Home Video]] is slightly cut.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/RE3VQ7Q5S0BJG/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B00DW475CC|title="NOT a complete print!! Missing key musical footage!"|website=Amazon }}at amazon.com review</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/RL0U3CYJPKXTU/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B00DW475CC|title=Great movie, but terrible blu ray transfer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!|website=Amazon }}at amazon.com review</ref>}}
| language = English
| gross = $3 million (US [[Distributor rental|rentals]])<ref>{{cite magazine| url=https://archive.org/stream/variety173-1949-01#page/n45/mode/1up| title=Top Grossers of 1948| magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]| date=January 5, 1949| page=46}}</ref>
| country = United States
}}

'''''The Bishop's Wife''''' (also known as '''''Cary and the Bishop's Wife''''')<ref name=GrantWeb>{{cite news| url=http://www.carygrant.net/articles/tookhollywood.htm| first=Pete| last=Martin| newspaper=[[The Saturday Evening Post]]| date=February 19, 1949| page=22| title=How Grant Took Hollywood| access-date=December 5, 2021| via=GaryGrant.net}}</ref> is a 1947 American [[Christmas]] [[Romance film|romantic]] [[fantasy comedy]] film directed by [[Henry Koster]], starring [[Cary Grant]], [[Loretta Young]] and [[David Niven]]. The plot is about an angel who helps a bishop with his problems. The film was adapted by [[Leonardo Bercovici]] and [[Robert E. Sherwood]] from the 1928 novel of the same name by [[Robert Nathan]].

It was remade in 1996 as ''[[The Preacher's Wife]]'' starring [[Denzel Washington]], [[Whitney Houston]], and [[Courtney B. Vance]].

==Plot==
[[Bishop]] Henry Brougham, having difficulties finding the funding for the building of a new [[cathedral]], prays for divine guidance. His plea is seemingly answered by a suave [[angel]] named Dudley, who reveals his heavenly identity only to the clergyman.

Dudley's mission turns out, however, not to be to help construct a cathedral, but to guide Henry and the people around him spiritually. Henry has become obsessed with raising funds, to the detriment of his family life. His relationships with wife Julia and their young daughter Debby are strained by his focus on the cathedral.

Everyone, except for Henry, is charmed by Dudley, even the non-religious Professor Wutheridge. When Dudley spends time cheering up Julia, though, an unexpected development occurs: he finds himself strongly attracted to her. Sensing this, Henry becomes jealous and anxious for his now unwelcome guest to finish and depart. He reveals Dudley's true identity to Professor Wutheridge, who urges him to stand up and fight for the woman he loves.

Dudley persuades a wealthy parishioner, the widowed Agnes Hamilton, to contribute her much needed funds, but not to build the cathedral, as Henry had hoped. Instead, he coaxes Mrs. Hamilton to donate her money to feed and clothe the needy, much to Henry's chagrin.

On several occasions throughout the film, Dudley is shown to have special powers as an [[angel]]. He helps Julia and Sylvester (a taxi driver) ice skate like pros, redecorates the Broughams' Christmas tree in seconds, saves an old church by restoring interest in the boys' choir, dictates to a [[typewriter]] to magically produce Henry's new [[sermon]]—without Henry's knowledge— and other smaller things.

Eventually, Dudley hints to Julia his desire to stay with her and not move on to his next "assignment". Although Julia doesn't fully understand what he's talking about, she senses what he means and tells him it is time for him to leave. Dudley tells the bishop it is rare for an angel to envy a mortal. When Henry wants to know why his cathedral plans were derailed, Dudley reminds the Bishop that he had prayed for guidance, not a building.

With his mission completed and now knowing that Julia loves her husband, Dudley leaves, promising never to return, but satisfied that his work is done. All memories of him are erased, and later that [[Christmas Eve]] at midnight, Henry delivers the sermon he believes he has written.

==Cast==
{{Cast listing|
* [[Cary Grant]] as Dudley
* [[Loretta Young]] as Julia Brougham
* [[David Niven]] as Bishop Henry Brougham
* [[Monty Woolley]] as Professor Wutheridge
* [[James Gleason]] as Sylvester, a sympathetic taxi driver
* [[Gladys Cooper]] as Mrs. Agnes Hamilton
* [[Elsa Lanchester]] as Matilda, the Broughams' housekeeper
* [[Sara Haden]] as Mildred Cassaway, the Bishop's secretary
* [[Karolyn Grimes]] as Debby Brougham, the Broughams' daughter
* [[Tito Vuolo]] as Maggenti
* [[Regis Toomey]] as Reverend Miller
* [[Sarah Edwards (actress)|Sarah Edwards]] as Mrs. Duffy
* [[Margaret McWade]] as Miss Trumbull
* [[Anne O'Neal]] as Mrs. Ward
* Ben Erway as Mr. Perry
* [[Erville Alderson]] as Stevens
* [[Bobby Anderson (actor)|Bobby Anderson]] as Defense Captain
* [[Teddy Infuhr]] as Attack Captain
* [[Eugene Borden]] as Michel
* [[Almira Sessions]] as first lady in Michel's
* [[Claire Du Brey]] (credited as Claire DuBrey) as second lady
* [[Florence Auer]] as third lady
* Margaret Wells as hat shop proprietress
* Kitty O'Neil (credited as Kitty O'Neill) as hat shop customer
* [[Isabel Jewell]] as hysterical mother
* David Leonard as blind man
* [[Dorothy Vaughan (actress)|Dorothy Vaughan]] as Delia
* [[Edgar Dearing]] as policeman
* [[Robert Mitchell (organist)#Robert Mitchell Boys Choir|The Mitchell Boychoir]] as vocal ensemble
}}

Niven was originally cast as the angel, [[Dana Andrews]] as the bishop, and [[Teresa Wright]] as his wife. However, Wright had to bow out due to pregnancy. According to [[Robert Osborne]], Andrews was lent to RKO in order to obtain Loretta Young. Koster then brought in Cary Grant, but he wanted to play the angel, so the role of the bishop was given to Niven.{{cn|date=December 2024}}

==Production==
[[File:The Bishop's Wife poster with textbox.jpg|thumb|150px|right|In markets where the original title was kept, the posters had a black text box added]]
[[File:Cary and the Bishop's Wife poster.jpg|thumb|200px|right|In some US markets, the film was retitled ''Cary and the Bishop's Wife'']]
[[File:Cary Grant in 'The Bishop's Wife', 1947.jpg|thumb|Advertisement in the ''[[Ladies' Home Journal]]'']]

The film's production faced several difficulties. Producer Samuel Goldwyn replaced director [[William A. Seiter]] with Henry Koster to create a completely new film. In early previews, audiences disliked the film, so [[Billy Wilder]] and [[Charles Brackett]] made uncredited rewrites. Though the premiere of ''The Bishop's Wife'' was acclaimed by critics as a success, the film did not initially perform well at the box office. Market research showed that moviegoers avoided the film because they thought it was religious. As a result, Goldwyn decided to retitle it ''Cary and the Bishop's Wife'' for certain US markets, while adding a black text box with the question "Have you heard about CARY AND THE BISHOP'S WIFE?" on posters in markets where the film kept the original title. By adding Grant's first name to the title, the film's business increased by as much as 25 percent.<ref name=GrantWeb/><ref>{{cite book| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sMPSqFrycu0C&dq=%22Cary+and+the+Bishop%27s+wife%22&pg=PA93| first=Peter E.| last=Dans| title=Christians in the Movies: A Century of Saints and Sinners| page=93| publisher=Rowman & Littlefield| date=May 16, 2009| isbn=978-0-7425-7032-0| access-date=December 5, 2021}}</ref>

Location filming was in [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]].<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039190/locations Filming locations for ''The Bishop's Wife''] at [[IMDb]]</ref> In the scene in which Dudley conducts the boys' choir, the [[Charles Gounod]] composition 'Noël: Montez à Dieu' ('O Sing to God') was performed by the [[Robert Mitchell Boys Choir]].<ref>{{YouTube| id=EgIvJl2P3JI| title=Boys' Choir scene from ''The Bishop's Wife''}}</ref> [[Emil Newman]] and [[Herbert W. Spencer]]'s melody, "Lost April," was given lyrics by [[Eddie DeLange]] and recorded by [[Nat King Cole]].

==Release==
The film was the second to be chosen for a [[Royal Film Performance|Royal Command Performance]] and premiered at the [[Odeon Cinemas|Odeon cinema]] in London on November 25, 1947. Its American premiere was at the [[Astor Theatre (New York City)|Astor Theatre]] in New York City.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=October 22, 1947|page=3|title='Bishop's Wife' Named Royal 'Command' Pic|url=https://archive.org/details/variety168-1947-10/page/n172/mode/1up?view=theater|access-date=January 15, 2024|via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>

==Reception==
On the [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], ''The Bishop's Wife'' holds an approval rating of {{RT data|score}} based on {{RT data|count}} reviews. The website's critical consensus reads, "''The Bishop's Wife'' succeeds thanks to the strength of winning performances from a stellar cast, which includes Cary Grant and Loretta Young."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_bishops_wife|title=The Bishop's Wife|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date={{RT data|access date|df=dmy}}}}{{RT data|edit}}</ref>

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Award
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
! Ref.
|-
| rowspan="5"| [[20th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Motion Picture]]
| [[Samuel Goldwyn Productions]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="5"| <ref name="Oscars1948">{{Cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1948 |title=The 20th Academy Awards (1948) Nominees and Winners |publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] |access-date=August 18, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706093801/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/20th-winners.html |archive-date=July 6, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| [[Henry Koster]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Film Editing|Best Film Editing]]
| [[Monica Collingwood]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture]]
| [[Hugo Friedhofer]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Sound|Best Sound Recording]]
| [[Gordon E. Sawyer]]
| {{won}}
|}

==Adaptations to other media==
''The Bishop's Wife'' was dramatized as a half-hour radio play on the March 1, 1948, broadcast of ''[[The Screen Guild Theater]]'' with Cary Grant, Loretta Young and David Niven in their original film roles. It was also presented on ''[[Lux Radio Theater]]'' three times as an hour-long broadcast: first on December 19, 1949, with [[Tyrone Power]] and David Niven, second on May 11, 1953, with Cary Grant and Phyllis Thaxter and third on March 1, 1955, again with Grant and Thaxter.<ref>{{cite news| last1=Kirby| first1=Walter| title=Better Radio Programs for the Week| url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2695625/the_decatur_daily_review/| newspaper=The Decatur Daily Review| date=May 10, 1953| page=50| via=[[Newspapers.com]]| access-date=June 27, 2015}}</ref>

The soundtrack has been released on [[compact disc]].<ref>{{cite web| title=The Bishop's Wife (1947)| website=SoundtrackInfo| url=http://www.soundtrackinfo.com/title/bishopswife.asp| access-date=October 10, 2009}}</ref>

The 1996 film ''[[The Preacher's Wife]]'' was a remake based on ''The Bishop's Wife''.

==Note==
{{Notelist}}

==See also==
* [[List of films about angels]]
* [[List of Christmas films]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|The Bishop's Wife (film)}}
* {{IMDb title}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes}}
* {{AFI film}}
* {{TCMDb title}}

'''Streaming audio'''
* [https://archive.org/download/ScreenGuildTheater/Sgt_48-03-01_ep377_The_Bishops_Wife.mp3 ''The Bishop's Wife''] on [[Screen Guild Theater]]: March 1, 1948
* [https://archive.org/download/Lux18/Lux-530511-49m12s-829-BiopsWife-CGrantPThaxter.mp3 ''The Bishop's Wife''] on [[Lux Radio Theater]]: May 11, 1953

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Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play

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{{Short description|American theatre award for Broadway}}
{{Infobox award
| name = [[Tony Award]] for Best Revival of a Play
| awarded_for = Best Revival of a Play
| presenter = [[American Theatre Wing]] [[The Broadway League]]
| location = [[New York City]]
| holder = ''[[Eureka Day]]'' by Jonathan Spector {{small|(2025)}}
| website = [http://www.tonyawards.com/en_US/index.html TonyAwards.com]
}}
The '''[[Tony Award]] for Best Revival of a Play''' has only been awarded since 1994. Prior to that, plays and musicals were considered together for the [[Tony Award for Best Revival]]. The award is given to the best non-musical play that has appeared on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in a previous production, or which is determined to be a "classic" or in the historical or popular repertoire despite not having been produced on Broadway. The award goes to the producers of the play. In addition, as of 2019, authors (if living)<ref>{{cite web |title=Tony Awards Rules and Regulations 2024-2025 |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/documents/21/2025_Tony_Rules_and_Regulations.pdf |website=TonyAwards.com |access-date=2025-04-02 |page=12 }}</ref> are also eligible for the award for shows that are considered revivals but that have not previously appeared on Broadway.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.broadwaynews.com/tony-awards-committee-sets-new-rules-for-revivals/ |title=Tony Awards committee sets new rules for revivals |last= |first= |date=April 11, 2019 |website=Broadway News |access-date=August 10, 2023}}</ref>

==Winners and nominees==
{{legend|#B0C4DE|indicates the winner}}

===1970s===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;
|- style="background:#bebebe;"
! style="width:5%;"| Year
! style="width:20%;"| Production
! style="width:75%;"| Nominees
|-
! colspan="5"|Best Revival
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1977''' {{small|([[31st Tony Awards|31st]])}} <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1977/category/any/show/any/ |title=1977 Tony Awards Nominees |author= |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Porgy and Bess]]''
| Sherwin M. Goldman and [[Houston Grand Opera]]
|-
| ''[[The Cherry Orchard]]''
| [[Joseph Papp]]
|-
| ''[[Guys and Dolls]]''
| Moe Septee in association with [[Victor Potamkin|Victor H. Potamkin]], Carmen F. Zollo and Ashton Springer
|-
| ''[[The Threepenny Opera]]''
| [[Joseph Papp]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1978''' {{small|([[32nd Tony Awards|32nd]])}} <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1978/category/any/show/any/ |title=1978 Tony Awards Nominees |author= |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Dracula (1924 play)|Dracula]]''
| [[Jujamcyn Theaters]], [[Elizabeth Ireland McCann]], [[John Wulp]], Victor Lurie, [[Nelle Nugent]] and Max Weitzenhoffer
|-
| ''[[Tartuffe]]''
| [[Circle in the Square Theatre|Circle in the Square]]
|-
| ''[[Timbuktu!]]''
| [[Luther Davis]]
|-
| ''[[A Touch of the Poet]]''
| [[Elliot Martin]]
|-
|}

===1980s===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;
|- style="background:#bebebe;"
! style="width:5%;"| Year
! style="width:20%;"| Production
! style="width:75%;"| Nominees
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1980''' {{small|([[34th Tony Awards|34th]])}} <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1980/category/any/show/any/ |title=1980 Tony Awards Nominees |author= |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Morning's at Seven]]''
| [[Elizabeth Ireland McCann]], [[Nelle Nugent]] and Ray Larson
|-
| ''[[Major Barbara]]''
| [[Circle in the Square Theatre|Circle in the Square]]
|-
| ''[[Peter Pan (1954 musical)|Peter Pan]]''
| [[Zev Buffman]]
|-
| ''[[West Side Story]]''
| Gladys Rackmil, [[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]], [[James M. Nederlander]] and [[Ruth Mitchell]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1981''' {{small|([[35th Tony Awards|35th]])}} <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1981/category/any/show/any/ |title=1981 Tony Awards Nominees |author= |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[The Pirates of Penzance]]''
| [[Joseph Papp]] and [[Shakespeare in the Park (New York City)|New York Shakespeare Festival]]
|-
| ''[[Brigadoon]]''
| Zev Bufman and [[The Shubert Organization]]
|-
| ''[[Camelot (musical)|Camelot]]''
| Mike Merrick and [[Don Gregory]]
|-
| ''[[The Little Foxes]]''
| Zev Bufman, Donald C. Carter and Jon Cultler
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1982''' {{small|([[36th Tony Awards|36th]])}} <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1982/category/any/show/any/ |title=1982 Tony Awards Nominees |author= |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Othello]]''
| [[Barry and Fran Weissler]] and [[CBS Home Entertainment|CBS Video Enterprises]]
|-
| ''[[Medea (play)|Medea]]''
| [[Barry and Fran Weissler]], [[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]] and Bunny and Warren Austin
|-
| ''[[My Fair Lady]]''
| Mike Merrick and [[Don Gregory]]
|-
| ''[[A Taste of Honey]]''
| [[Roundabout Theatre Company]], [[Gene Feist]] and Michael Fried
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1983''' {{small|([[37th Tony Awards|37th]])}} <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1983/category/any/show/any/ |title=1983 Tony Awards Nominees |author= |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[On Your Toes]]''
| Alfred de Liagre Jr., [[Roger L. Stevens]], John Mauceri, Donald R. Seawell and Andre Pastoria
|-
| ''[[All's Well That Ends Well]]''
| [[Royal Shakespeare Company]]
|-
| ''[[The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (play)|The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial]]''
| [[Circle in the Square Theatre]] and [[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]]
|-
| ''[[A View from the Bridge]]''
| [[Zev Buffman]] and Sidney Schlenker
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1984''' {{small|([[38th Tony Awards|38th]])}} <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1984/category/any/show/any/ |title=1984 Tony Awards Nominees |author= |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Death of a Salesman]]''
| [[Robert Whitehead (theatre producer)|Robert Whitehead]] and [[Roger L. Stevens]]
|-
| ''[[American Buffalo (play)|American Buffalo]]''
| [[Elliot Martin]] and Arnold Bernhard
|-
| ''[[Heartbreak House]]''
| [[Circle in the Square Theatre|Circle in the Square]]
|-
| ''[[A Moon for the Misbegotten]]''
| [[The Shubert Organization]] and [[Emanuel Azenberg]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1985''' {{small|([[39th Tony Awards|39th]])}} <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1985/category/any/show/any/ |title=1985 Tony Awards Nominees |author= |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[A Day in the Death of Joe Egg|Joe Egg]]''
| [[The Shubert Organization]], [[Emanuel Azenberg]], [[Roger Berlind]], Ivan Bloch and [[MTM Enterprises|MTM Enterprises Inc.]]
|-
| ''[[Cyrano de Bergerac (play)|Cyrano de Bergerac]]''
| rowspan=2| [[James M. Nederlander]], [[Elizabeth Ireland McCann]], [[Nelle Nugent]], Cynthia Wood, Dale Duffy and [[Allan Carr]]
|-
| ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]''
|-
| ''[[Strange Interlude]]''
| Robert Michael Geisler, John Roberdeau, Douglas Urbanski, [[James M. Nederlander]], [[Duncan Weldon (producer)|Duncan Weldon]], Paul Gregg, Lionel Becker and Jerome Minskoff
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1986''' {{small|([[40th Tony Awards|40th]])}} <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1986/category/any/show/any/ |title=1986 Tony Awards Nominees |author= |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Sweet Charity]]''
| Jerome Minskoff, [[James M. Nederlander]], Arthur Rubin and Joseph Harris
|-
| ''[[Hay Fever (play)|Hay Fever]]''
| Roger Peters and MBS Co.
|-
| ''[[The Iceman Cometh]]''
| [[Lewis M. Allen|Lewis Allen]], [[James M. Nederlander]], Stephen Graham and Ben Edwards
|-
| ''[[Loot (play)|Loot]]''
| [[David Merrick|David Merrick Arts Foundation]], Charles P. Kopelman and Mark Simon
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1987''' {{small|([[41st Tony Awards|41st]])}} <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1987/category/any/show/any/ |title=1987 Tony Awards Nominees |author= |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[All My Sons]]''
| Jay H. Fuchs, Steven Warnick and Charles Patsos
|-
| ''[[The Front Page]]''
| [[Lincoln Center|Lincoln Center Theater]], [[Gregory Mosher]] and [[Bernard Gersten]]
|-
| ''[[The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (play)|The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby]]''
| [[The Shubert Organization]], Three Knights, Ltd. and [[Robert Fox (producer)|Robert Fox Ltd.]]
|-
| ''[[Pygmalion (play)|Pygmalion]]''
| [[The Shubert Organization]], Jerome Minskoff and [[Duncan Weldon (producer)|Duncan Weldon]]
|-
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center"| '''1988''' {{small|([[42nd Tony Awards|42nd]])}} <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1988/category/any/show/any/ |title=1988 Tony Awards Nominees |author= |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Anything Goes]]''
| [[Lincoln Center|Lincoln Center Theater]], [[Gregory Mosher]] and [[Bernard Gersten]]
|-
| ''[[Cabaret (musical)|Cabaret]]''
| [[Barry and Fran Weissler]]
|-
| ''[[Dreamgirls]]''
| Marvin A. Krauss and Irving Siders
|-
| ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire (play)|A Streetcar Named Desire]]''
| [[Circle in the Square Theatre|Circle in the Square]], [[Theodore Mann]] and Paul Libin
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1989''' {{small|([[43rd Tony Awards|43rd]])}} <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1989/category/any/show/any/ |title=1989 Tony Awards Nominees |author= |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Our Town]]''
| [[Lincoln Center|Lincoln Center Theater]], [[Gregory Mosher]] and [[Bernard Gersten]]
|-
| ''[[Ah, Wilderness!]]''
| Ken Marsolis, [[Alexander H. Cohen]], [[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]], [[Yale Repertory Theatre]], Richard Norton, Irma Oestreicher, and Elizabeth D. White
|-
| ''[[Ain't Misbehavin' (musical)|Ain't Misbehavin']]''
| [[The Shubert Organization]], [[Emanuel Azenberg]], Dasha Epstein and [[Roger Berlind]]
|-
| ''[[Cafe Crown]]''
| LeFrak Entertainment, [[James M. Nederlander]], Francine LeFrak, [[James L. Nederlander]] and Arthur Rubin
|-
|}

===1990s===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;
|- style="background:#bebebe;"
! style="width:5%;"| Year
! style="width:20%;"| Production
! style="width:75%;"| Nominees
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1990''' {{small|([[44th Tony Awards|44th]])}} <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1990/category/any/show/any/ |title=1990 Tony Awards Nominees |author= |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Gypsy (musical)|Gypsy]]''
| [[Barry and Fran Weissler]], Kathy Levin and Barry Brown
|-
| ''The Circle''
| [[Elliot Martin]], [[The Shubert Organization]] and Suntory International Corp.
|-
| ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]''
| [[Duncan Weldon (producer)|Duncan Weldon]], Jerome Minskoff, Punch Productions and Peter Hall
|-
| ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street|Sweeney Todd]]''
| [[Circle in the Square Theatre]], [[Theodore Mann]] and Paul Libin
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center"| '''1991''' {{small|([[45th Tony Awards|45th]])}} <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1991/category/any/show/any/ |title=1991 Tony Awards Nominees |author= |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Fiddler on the Roof]]''
| [[Barry and Fran Weissler]] and Pace Theatrical Group
|-
| ''[[The Miser]]''
| [[Circle in the Square Theatre]], [[Theodore Mann]] and Paul Libin
|-
| ''[[Peter Pan (1954 musical)|Peter Pan]]''
| [[James M. Nederlander]], Arthur Rubin, Thomas P. McCoy, Keith Stava, PP Investments, Inc. and John. B. Platt
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1992''' {{small|([[46th Tony Awards|46th]])}} <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1992/category/any/show/any/ |title=1992 Tony Awards Nominees |author= |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Guys and Dolls]]''
| Dodger Productions, [[Roger Berlind]], [[Jujamcyn Theaters]] / [[TV Asahi]], Kardana Productions and [[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]]
|-
| ''[[The Most Happy Fella]]''
| [[Goodspeed Musicals|Goodspeed Opera House]], [[Center Theatre Group]] / [[Ahmanson Theatre]], [[Lincoln Center|Lincoln Center Theater]], [[The Shubert Organization]] and Japan Satellite Broadcasting / Stagevision
|-
| ''[[On Borrowed Time]]''
| [[Circle in the Square Theatre]], [[Theodore Mann]], Robert Buckley and Paul Libin
|-
| ''[[The Visit (play)|The Visit]]''
| [[Roundabout Theatre Company]], [[Todd Haimes]] and [[Gene Feist]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1993''' {{small|([[47th Tony Awards|47th]])}} <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1993/category/any/show/any/ |title=1993 Tony Awards Nominees |author= |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Anna Christie]]''
| [[Roundabout Theatre Company]] and [[Todd Haimes]]
|-
| ''[[Saint Joan (play)|Saint Joan]]''
| [[National Actors Theatre]], [[Tony Randall]] and [[Duncan Weldon (producer)|Duncan Weldon]]
|-
| ''[[The Price (play)|The Price]]''
| [[Roundabout Theatre Company]] and [[Todd Haimes]]
|-
| ''Wilder, Wilder, Wilder''
| [[Circle in the Square Theatre]], [[Theodore Mann]], George Elmer, Paul Libin, Willow Cabin Theatre Company, Edward Berkeley, Adam Oliensis and Maria Radman
|-
! colspan="5"|Best Revival of a Play
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1994''' {{small|([[48th Tony Awards|48th]])}} <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1994/category/any/show/any/ |title=1994 Tony Awards Nominees |author= |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[An Inspector Calls]]''
| Noel Pearson, [[The Shubert Organization]], [[Capital Cities/ABC]] and Joseph Harris
|-
| ''[[Abe Lincoln in Illinois (play)|Abe Lincoln in Illinois]]''
| [[Lincoln Center|Lincoln Center Theater]], [[André Bishop]] and [[Bernard Gersten]]
|-
| ''[[Medea (play)|Medea]]''
| [[Bill Kenwright]]
|-
| ''[[Timon of Athens]]''
| [[National Actors Theatre]] and [[Tony Randall]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1995''' {{small|([[49th Tony Awards|49th]])}} <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1995/category/any/show/any/ |title=1995 Tony Awards Nominees |author= |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[The Heiress (1947 play)|The Heiress]]''
| [[Lincoln Center|Lincoln Center Theater]], [[André Bishop]] and [[Bernard Gersten]]
|-
| ''[[Hamlet]]''
| Dodger Productions, [[Roger Berlind]], Endemol Theatre Productions, Inc., [[Jujamcyn Theaters]], Kardana Productions, Inc., [[Scott Rudin]] and [[Almeida Theatre|Almeida Theatre Company]]
|-
| ''[[Molière|The Molière Comedies]]''
| [[Roundabout Theatre Company]] and [[Todd Haimes]]
|-
| ''[[The Rose Tattoo]]''
| [[Circle in the Square Theatre]], [[Theodore Mann]], Josephine R. Abady and Robert Bennett
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1996''' {{small|([[50th Tony Awards|50th]])}} <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1996/category/any/show/any/ |title=1996 Tony Awards Nominees |author= |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[A Delicate Balance (play)|A Delicate Balance]]''
| [[Lincoln Center|Lincoln Center Theater]], [[André Bishop]] and [[Bernard Gersten]]
|-
| ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]''
| Terry Allen Kramer, [[James L. Nederlander]], [[Carole Shorenstein Hays]], [[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]], [[Elizabeth Ireland McCann]] and The Royal Shakespeare Company
|-
| ''[[An Ideal Husband]]''
| [[Bill Kenwright]]
|-
| ''[[Inherit the Wind (play)|Inherit the Wind]]''
| [[National Actors Theatre]] and [[Tony Randall]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1997''' {{small|([[51st Tony Awards|51st]])}} <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1997/category/any/show/any/ |title=1997 Tony Awards Nominees |author= |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[A Doll's House]]''
| [[Bill Kenwright]] and Thelma Holt
|-
| ''[[London Assurance]]''
| [[Roundabout Theatre Company]], [[Todd Haimes]] and Ellen Richard
|-
| ''[[Present Laughter]]''
| [[David Richenthal]], Anita Waxman and [[Jujamcyn Theaters]]
|-
| ''[[The Gin Game]]''
| [[National Actors Theatre]] and [[Tony Randall]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1998''' {{small|([[52nd Tony Awards|52nd]])}} <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1998/category/any/show/any/ |title=1998 Tony Awards Nominees |author= |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[A View from the Bridge]]''
| [[Roundabout Theatre Company]], [[Todd Haimes]], Ellen Richard, [[Roger Berlind]], [[James M. Nederlander]], Nathaniel Kramer, [[Elizabeth Ireland McCann]], Roy Gabay and Old Ivy Productions
|-
| ''[[Ah, Wilderness!]]''
| [[Lincoln Center|Lincoln Center Theater]], [[André Bishop]] and [[Bernard Gersten]]
|-
| ''[[The Chairs]]''
| [[Bill Kenwright]], [[Carole Shorenstein Hays]], [[Scott Rudin]], Stuart Thompson and Theatre de Complicite / [[Royal Court Theatre]]
|-
| ''[[The Diary of Anne Frank (play)|The Diary of Anne Frank]]''
| David Stone, Amy Nederlander-Case, Jon B. Platt, [[Jujamcyn Theaters]], Hal Luftig, Harriet Newman Leve and James D. Stern
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''1999''' {{small|([[53rd Tony Awards|53rd]])}} <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1999/category/any/show/any/ |title=1999 Tony Awards Nominees |author= |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Death of a Salesman]]''
| David Richenthal, [[Jujamcyn Theaters]], Allan S, Gordon, Fox Theatricals, [[Jerry Frankel]] and [[Goodman Theatre]]
|-
| ''[[Electra (Sophocles play)|Electra]]''
| Eric Krebs, Randall L. Wreghitt, Anita Waxman, [[Elizabeth Williams (producer)|Elizabeth Williams]], Lawrence Horowitz, [[McCarter Theatre]] / [[Donmar Warehouse]] and [[Duncan Weldon (producer)|Duncan Weldon]]
|-
| ''[[The Iceman Cometh]]''
| Allan S. Gordon, Bill Haber, Ira Pittelman, Élan McAllister, Trigger Street Productions and [[Emanuel Azenberg]]
|-
| ''[[Twelfth Night]]''
| [[Lincoln Center|Lincoln Center Theater]], [[André Bishop]] and [[Bernard Gersten]]
|-
|}

===2000s===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;
|- style="background:#bebebe;"
! style="width:5%;"| Year
! style="width:20%;"| Play
! style="width:75%;"| Nominees
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''2000''' {{small|([[54th Tony Awards|54th]])}} <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/2000/category/any/show/any/ |title=2000 Tony Awards Nominees |author= |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[The Real Thing (play)|The Real Thing]]''
| Anita Waxman, [[Elizabeth Williams (producer)|Elizabeth Williams]], Rob Kastner, [[Miramax|Miramax Films]] and [[Donmar Warehouse]]
|-
| ''[[Amadeus (play)|Amadeus]]''
| Kim Poster, PW Productions, Adam Epstein, SFX Theatrical Group, [[Center Theatre Group]] / [[Ahmanson Theatre]], Back Row Productions and Old Ivy Productions
|-
| ''[[A Moon for the Misbegotten]]''
| [[Elliot Martin]], [[Chase Mishkin]], Max Cooper, [[Jujamcyn Theaters]], Anita Waxman, [[Elizabeth Williams (producer)|Elizabeth Williams]]Williams and [[Goodman Theatre]]
|-
| ''[[The Price (play)|The Price]]''
| David Richenthal
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''2001''' {{small|([[55th Tony Awards|55th]])}} <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/2001/category/any/show/any/ |title=2001 Tony Awards Nominees |author= |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (play)|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest]]''
| Michael Leavitt, Fox Theatricals, Anita Waxman, [[Elizabeth Williams (producer)|Elizabeth Williams]], John York Noble, Randall L. Wreghitt, Dori Berinstein and [[Steppenwolf Theatre Company]]
|-
| ''[[The Best Man (play)|The Best Man]]''
| [[Jeffrey Richards (producer)|Jeffrey Richards]] / Michael B. Rothfeld, Raymond J. Greenwald, [[Jerry Frankel]] and Darren Bagert
|-
| ''[[Betrayal (play)|Betrayal]]''
| [[Roundabout Theatre Company]], [[Todd Haimes]], Ellen Richard and Julia C. Levy
|-
| ''[[The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe]]''
| Tomlin and Wagner Theatricalz
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''2002''' {{small|([[56th Tony Awards|56th]])}} <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/2002/category/any/show/any/ |title=2002 Tony Awards Nominees |author= |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Private Lives]]''
| [[Emanuel Azenberg]], Ira Pittelman, Scott Nederlander, [[Frederick Zollo]], [[Nicholas Paleologos]], Broccoli/Sine, James Nederlander, [[Kevin McCollum]], [[Jeffrey Seller]], [[Duncan Weldon (producer)|Duncan Weldon]] and Paul Elliott for Triumph Entertainment Partners Ltd.
|-
| ''[[The Crucible]]''
| David Richenthal, Manocherian/Leve/Boyett, Max Cooper, Allan S. Gordon, Roy Furman, Us Productions, É‰lan V. McAllister, Adam Epstein, [[Margo Lion]], Dede Harris/Morton Swinsky, Clear Channel Entertainment, Old Ivy Productions, [[Jujamcyn Theaters]], Jeffrey Ash, Berinstein/Selig, Golden/Skipper, Gene Korf, Robert Cole and [[Roundabout Theatre Company]]
|-
| ''[[Morning's at Seven]]''
| [[Lincoln Center|Lincoln Center Theater]], [[André Bishop]] and [[Bernard Gersten]]
|-
| ''[[Noises Off]]''
| [[Ambassador Theatre Group]] and Act Productions, Waxman Williams Entertainment, D. Harris/M. Swinsky, USA Ostar Theatricals and Nederlander Presentations Inc. and [[Royal National Theatre]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''2003''' {{small|([[57th Tony Awards|57th]])}} <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/2003/category/any/show/any/ |title=2003 Tony Awards Nominees |author= |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Long Day's Journey into Night]]''
| David Richenthal, Max Cooper, [[Eric Falkenstein]], Anthony and Charlene Marshall, Darren Bagert, Kara Medoff, Lisa Vioni and Gene Korf
|-
| ''[[A Day in the Death of Joe Egg]]''
| [[Roundabout Theatre Company]], [[Todd Haimes]], Ellen Richard, Julia C. Levy and [[Ambassador Theatre Group|Sonia Friedman Productions]]
|-
| ''[[Dinner at Eight (play)|Dinner at Eight]]''
| [[Lincoln Center|Lincoln Center Theater]], [[André Bishop]] and [[Bernard Gersten]]
|-
| ''[[Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune]]''
| [[The Araca Group]], [[Jean Doumanian|Jean Doumanian Productions]], USA Ostar Theatricals, Jam Theatricals, Ray and Kit Sawyer
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''2004''' {{small|([[58th Tony Awards|58th]])}} <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/2004/category/any/show/any/ |title=2004 Tony Awards Nominees |author= |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Henry IV, Part 1|Henry IV]]''
| [[Lincoln Center|Lincoln Center Theater]], [[André Bishop]] and [[Bernard Gersten]]
|-
| ''[[Jumpers (play)|Jumpers]]''
| Boyett Ostar Productions, Nederlander Presentations Inc., Freddy DeMann, [[Jean Doumanian]], Stephanie McClelland, [[Arielle Tepper]] and [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]]
|-
| ''[[King Lear]]''
| [[Lincoln Center|Lincoln Center Theater]], [[André Bishop]], [[Bernard Gersten]] and [[Stratford Festival|Stratford Festival of Canada]]
|-
| ''[[A Raisin in the Sun]]''
| [[David Binder]], Vivek J. Tiwary, Susan Batson, Carl Rumbaugh, Ruth Hendel, [[Arielle Tepper]], Jayne Baron Sherman, Dede Harris, [[Barbara Whitman]] and Cynthia Stroum
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''2005''' {{small|([[59th Tony Awards|59th]])}} <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/2005/category/any/show/any/ |title=2005 Tony Awards Nominees |author= |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Glengarry Glen Ross]]''
| [[Jeffrey Richards (producer)|Jeffrey Richards]], [[Jerry Frankel]], Jam Theatricals, Boyett Ostar Productions, Ronald Frankel, Philip Lacerte, Stephanie P. McClelland / CJM Productions, Barry Weisbord, Zendog Productions, Herbert Goldsmith Productions, [[Roundabout Theatre Company]], [[Todd Haimes]], Ellen Richard and Julia C. Levy
|-
| ''[[On Golden Pond (play)|On Golden Pond]]''
| [[Jeffrey Finn]], Arlene Scanlan and Stuart Thompson
|-
| ''[[Twelve Angry Men (play)|Twelve Angry Men]]''
| [[Roundabout Theatre Company]], [[Todd Haimes]], Ellen Richard and Julia C. Levy
|-
| ''[[Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?]]''
| [[Elizabeth Ireland McCann]], [[Daryl Roth]], Terry Allen Kramer, [[Scott Rudin]], [[Roger Berlind]], [[James L. Nederlander]], Nick Simunek and Joey Parnes
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''2006''' {{small|([[60th Tony Awards|60th]])}} <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/2006/category/any/show/any/ |title=2006 Tony Awards Nominees |author= |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Awake and Sing!]]''
| [[Lincoln Center|Lincoln Center Theater]], [[André Bishop]] and [[Bernard Gersten]]
|-
| ''[[The Constant Wife]]''
| [[Roundabout Theatre Company]], [[Todd Haimes]], Ellen Richard and Julia C. Levy
|-
| ''[[Faith Healer]]''
| Michael Colgan and [[Ambassador Theatre Group|Sonia Friedman Productions]], [[The Shubert Organization]], Robert Bartner, [[Roger Berlind]], [[Scott Rudin]], Spring Sirkin and Gate Theatre Dublin
|-
| ''[[Seascape (play)|Seascape]]''
| [[Lincoln Center|Lincoln Center Theater]], [[André Bishop]] and [[Bernard Gersten]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''2007''' {{small|([[61st Tony Awards|61st]])}} <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/2007/category/any/show/any/ |title=2007 Tony Awards Nominees |author= |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Journey's End]]''
| Boyett Ostar Productions, Stephanie P. McClelland, Bill Rollnick, James D'Orta and Philip Geier
|-
| ''[[Inherit the Wind (play)|Inherit the Wind]]''
| Boyett Ostar Productions, [[The Shubert Organization]], Lawrence Horowitz, Jon Avnet/Ralph Guild, Roy Furman, [[Debra Black]] / [[Daryl Roth]], Bill Rollnick / Nancy Ellison Rollnick and Stephanie P. McClelland
|-
| ''[[Talk Radio (play)|Talk Radio]]''
| [[Jeffrey Richards (producer)|Jeffrey Richards]], [[Jerry Frankel]], Jam Theatricals, Francis Finlay, Ronald Frankel, James Fuld, Jr., Steve Green, Judith Hansen, Patty Ann Lacerte, James Riley, Mary Lu Roffe / Mort Swinsky, Sheldon Stein, Terri and Timothy Childs / Stylefour Productions and Irving Welzer / Herb Blodgett
|-
| ''[[Translations (play)|Translations]]''
| [[Manhattan Theatre Club]], [[McCarter Theatre|McCarter Theatre Center]], [[Lynne Meadow]], Barry Grove, Emily Mann and Jeffrey Woodward
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''2008''' {{small|([[62nd Tony Awards|62nd]])}} <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/2008/category/any/show/any/ |title=2008 Tony Awards Nominees |author= |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Boeing-Boeing (play)|Boeing-Boeing]]''
| [[Ambassador Theatre Group|Sonia Friedman Productions]], Bob Boyett, Act Productions, Matthew Byam Shaw, Robert G. Bartner, [[The Weinstein Company]], Susan Gallin/Mary Lu Roffe, Broadway Across America, Tulchin/Jenkins/DSM and [[The Araca Group]]
|-
| ''[[The Homecoming]]''
| [[Jeffrey Richards (producer)|Jeffrey Richards]], [[Jerry Frankel]], Jam Theatricals, Ergo Entertainment, Barbara & Buddy Freitag, Michael Gardner, Herbert Goldsmith Productions, Terry E. Schnuck, Harold Thau, Michael Filerman/Lynne Peyser, Ronald Frankel/David Jaroslawicz and Love Bunny Entertainment
|-
| ''[[Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Hampton play)|Les Liaisons Dangereuses]]''
| [[Roundabout Theatre Company]], [[Todd Haimes]], Harold Wolpert and Julia C. Levy
|-
| ''[[Macbeth]]''
| [[Duncan Weldon (producer)|Duncan Weldon]] and Paul Elliott, Jeffrey Archer, Bill Ballard, Terri & Timothy Childs, Rodger Hess, [[David Mirvish]], Adriana Mnuchin, [[Emanuel Azenberg]], BAM and The Chichester Festival Theatre
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''2009''' {{small|([[63rd Tony Awards|63rd]])}} <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/2009/category/any/show/any/ |title=2009 Tony Awards Nominees |author= |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[The Norman Conquests]]''
| [[Ambassador Theatre Group|Sonia Friedman Productions]], Steven Baruch, [[Marc Routh]], Richard Frankel, Tom Viertel, Dede Harris, Tulchin/Bartner/Lauren Doll, [[Jamie deRoy]], [[Eric Falkenstein]], Harriet Newman Leve, Probo Productions, Douglas G. Smith, Michael Filerman / Jennifer Manocherian, [[Richard Winkler (producer)|Richard Winkler]], Dan Frishwasser, Pam Laudenslager / Remmel T. Dickinson, [[Jane Dubin]] / True Love Productions, Barbara Manocherian / Jennifer Isaacson and [[The Old Vic|The Old Vic Theatre Company]]
|-
| ''[[Joe Turner's Come and Gone]]''
| [[Lincoln Center|Lincoln Center Theater]], [[André Bishop]] and [[Bernard Gersten]]
|-
| ''[[Mary Stuart (Schiller play)|Mary Stuart]]''
| Peter Oswald (new version by); [[Arielle Tepper|Arielle Tepper Madover]], [[Debra Black]], [[Neal Street Productions]] / Matthew Byam Shaw, Scott Delman, [[Barbara Whitman]], [[Jean Doumanian]] / Ruth Hendel, [[David Binder]] / CarlWend Productions / Spring Sirkin, [[Daryl Roth]] / [[James L. Nederlander]] / [[Chase Mishkin]] and [[Donmar Warehouse]]
|-
| ''[[Waiting for Godot]]''
| [[Roundabout Theatre Company]], [[Todd Haimes]], Harold Wolpert, Julia C. Levy and [[Elizabeth Ireland McCann]]
|-
|}

===2010s===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;
|- style="background:#bebebe;"
! style="width:5%;"| Year
! style="width:20%;"| Play
! style="width:75%;"| Nominees
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''2010''' {{small|([[64th Tony Awards|64th]])}} <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/2010/category/any/show/any/ |title=2010 Tony Awards Nominees |author= |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 10, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Fences (play)|Fences]]''
| [[Carole Shorenstein Hays]] and [[Scott Rudin]]
|-
| ''[[Lend Me a Tenor]]''
| [[The Araca Group]], Stuart Thompson, Carl Moellenberg, Rodney Rigby, Olympus Theatricals, Broadway Across America, [[The Shubert Organization]], Wendy Federman / [[Jamie deRoy]] / [[Richard Winkler (producer)|Richard Winkler]], Lisa Cartwright, Spring Sirkin, Scott and Brian Zeilinger
|-
| ''[[The Royal Family (play)|The Royal Family]]''
| [[Manhattan Theatre Club]], [[Lynne Meadow]] and Barry Grove
|-
| ''[[A View from the Bridge]]''
| Stuart Thompson, [[The Araca Group]], [[Jeffrey Finn]], Broadway Across America, Olympus Theatricals, Marisa Sechrest, [[The Weinstein Company]], Jon B. Platt, [[Ambassador Theatre Group|Sonia Friedman Productions]] / Robert G. Bartner, Mort Swinsky / Joseph Deitch, [[Adam Zotovich]] / Ruth Hendel / Orin Wolf, Shelter Island Enterprises and [[The Shubert Organization]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''2011''' {{small|([[65th Tony Awards|65th]])}} <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/2011/category/any/show/any/ |title=2011 Tony Awards Nominees |author= |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 10, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[The Normal Heart]]''
| [[Daryl Roth]], Paul Boskind, Martian Entertainment, Gregory Rae and Jayne Baron Sherman / Alexander Fraser
|-
| ''[[Arcadia (play)|Arcadia]]''
| [[Ambassador Theatre Group|Sonia Friedman Productions]], [[Roger Berlind]], Stephanie P. McClelland, Scott M. Delman, Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz, [[Disney Theatrical Group]], Robert G. Bartner, Olympus Theatricals, Douglas Smith and Janine Safer Whitney
|-
| ''[[The Importance of Being Earnest]]''
| [[Roundabout Theatre Company]], [[Todd Haimes]], Harold Wolpert and Julia C. Levy
|-
| ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]''
| [[The Public Theater]], [[Oskar Eustis]], Andrew D. Hamingson, [[Jeffrey Richards (producer)|Jeffrey Richards]], [[Jerry Frankel]], Debbie Bisno and Eva Price, Amy Nederlander, Jonathan First, [[Stewart F. Lane]] and [[Bonnie Comley]], [[Universal Pictures|Universal Pictures Stage Productions]], Merritt Forrest Baer, [[The Araca Group]], Broadway Across America, Joseph and Matthew Deitch, JK Productions, Terry Allen Kramer, Cathy Chernoff/Jay & Cindy Gutterman, Mallory Factor / Cheryl Lachowicz, Joey Parnes and [[The Shubert Organization]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''2012''' {{small|([[66th Tony Awards|66th]])}} <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/2012/category/any/show/any/ |title=2012 Tony Awards Nominees |author= |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 10, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Death of a Salesman]]''
| [[Scott Rudin]], Stuart Thompson, [[Jon Platt|Jon B. Platt]], [[Columbia Pictures]], [[Jean Doumanian]], Merritt Forrest Baer, [[Roger Berlind]], Scott M. Delman, [[Ambassador Theatre Group|Sonia Friedman Productions]], Ruth Hendel, Carl Moellenberg, Scott and Brian Zeilinger and [[Eli Bush]]
|-
| ''[[The Best Man (play)|The Best Man]]''
| [[Jeffrey Richards (producer)|Jeffrey Richards]], [[Jerry Frankel]], INFINITY Stages, [[Universal Pictures|Universal Pictures Stage Productions]], Barbara Manocherian / Michael Palitz, Kathleen K. Johnson, [[Andy Sandberg]], Ken Mahoney / The Broadway Consortium, Fifty Church Street Productions, Larry Hirschhorn / Bennu Productions, Patty Baker, Paul Boskind and Martian Entertainment, Wendy Federman, [[Mark S. Golub]] and David S. Golub, Cricket Hooper Jiranek, [[Stewart F. Lane]] and [[Bonnie Comley]], Carl Moellenberg, Harold Thau and Will Trice
|-
| ''[[Master Class]]''
| [[Manhattan Theatre Club]], [[Lynne Meadow]], Barry Grove, Max Cooper, Maberry Theatricals, Marks-Moore-Turnbull Group and Ted Snowdon
|-
| ''[[Wit (play)|Wit]]''
| [[Manhattan Theatre Club]], [[Lynne Meadow]] and Barry Grove
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''2013''' {{small|([[67th Tony Awards|67th]])}} <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/press/2013-tony-award-nominations/ |title=2013 Tony Awards Nominees |author= |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 10, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?]]''
| [[Jeffrey Richards (producer)|Jeffrey Richards]], [[Jerry Frankel]], Susan Quint Gallin, Mary Lu Roffe, Kit Seidel, Amy Danis & Mark Johannes, Patty Baker, [[Mark S. Golub]] and David S. Golub, Richard Gross, Jam Theatricals, Cheryl Lachowicz, Michael Palitz, Dramatic Forces/Angelina Fiordellisi, Luigi & Rose Caiola, Ken Greiner, Kathleen K. Johnson, Kirmser Ponturo Fund, Will Trice, GFour Productions and [[Steppenwolf Theatre Company]]
|-
| ''[[Golden Boy (play)|Golden Boy]]''
| [[Lincoln Center|Lincoln Center Theater]], [[André Bishop]] and [[Bernard Gersten]]
|-
| ''[[Orphans (Lyle Kessler play)|Orphans]]''
| [[Frederick Zollo]], Robert Cole, [[The Shubert Organization]], [[Orit Wolf|Orin Wolf]], Lucky VIII, Scott M. Delman, James P. MacGilvray and StylesFour Productions
|-
| ''[[The Trip to Bountiful (play)|The Trip to Bountiful]]''
| [[Nelle Nugent]], Kevin Liles, Paula Marie Black, David R. Weinreb, Stephen C. Byrd, Alia M. Jones, Kenneth Teaton, Carole L. Haber / Philip Geier, Wendy Federman / Carl Moellenberg / Ricardo Hornos, Fifty Church Street Productions / [[Hallie Foote]] / Tyson and Kimberly Chandler, Joseph Sirola, Howard and Janet Kagan / Charles Salameno, Sharon A. Carr / Patricia R. Klausner, Raymond Gaspard / Andréa M. Price, Willette Murphy Klausner / Reginald M. Browne
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''2014''' {{small|([[68th Tony Awards|68th]])}} <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/press/the-2014-tony-award-nominations/ |title=2014 Tony Awards Nominees |author= |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 10, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE"
| ''[[A Raisin in the Sun]]''
| [[Scott Rudin]], [[Roger Berlind]], [[Eli Bush]], Jon B. Platt, Scott M. Delman, Roy Furman, Stephanie P. McClelland, Ruth Hendel, [[Sonia Friedman]] / Tulchin Bartner, [[The Araca Group]], Heni Koenigsberg, [[Daryl Roth]], Joan Raffe and [[Jhett Tolentino]], Joey Parnes, S.D. Wagner and John Johnson
|-
| ''[[The Cripple of Inishmaan]]''
| [[Michael Grandage|Michael Grandage Company]], [[Arielle Tepper|Arielle Tepper Madover]], L.T.D. Productions, Stacey Mindich, Starry Night Entertainment, Scott M. Delman, Martin McCallum, Stephanie P. McClelland, Zeilinger Productions and [[The Shubert Organization]]
|-
| ''[[The Glass Menagerie]]''
| [[Jeffrey Richards (producer)|Jeffrey Richards]], John N. Hart Jr., [[Jerry Frankel]], Lou Spisto / Lucky VIII, INFINITY Stages, Scott M. Delman, Jam Theatricals, Mauro Taylor, Rebecca Gold, Michael Palitz, Charles E. Stone, Will Trice, GFour Productions and [[American Repertory Theater]]
|-
| ''[[Twelfth Night]]''
| [[Ambassador Theatre Group|Sonia Friedman Productions]], Scott Landis, [[Roger Berlind]], Glass Half Full Productions / Just for Laughs Theatricals, 1001 Nights Productions, Tulchin Bartner Productions, Jane Bergère, Paula Marie Black, [[Rupert Gavin]], Stephanie P. McClelland, [[Shakespeare's Globe Centres|Shakespeare's Globe Centre USA]], Max Cooper, Tanya Link Productions, Shakespeare Road and [[Shakespeare's Globe]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''2015''' {{small|([[69th Tony Awards|69th]])}} <ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2015/legit/awards/tony-nominations-2015-full-list-tony-award-nominees-1201480979/ |title=Tony Nominations 2015: Full List |date=April 28, 2015 |author= |website=Variety |access-date=August 10, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
| ''[[Skylight (play)|Skylight]]''
| [[Robert Fox (producer)|Robert Fox]], [[Scott Rudin]], [[Eli Bush]], [[Roger Berlind]], William Berlind, Roy Furman, Jon B. Platt, [[The Shubert Organization]], Stephanie P. McClelland, [[Catherine Adler]], Jay Alix and Una Jackman, Scott M. Delman, Heni Koenigsberg, Spring Sirkin, Stuart Thompson, True Love Productions, [[The Araca Group]], Carlos Arana, [[David Mirvish]], Joey Parnes, Sue Wagner and John Johnson
|-
| ''[[The Elephant Man (play)|The Elephant Man]]''
| [[James L. Nederlander]], Terry Allen Kramer, [[Catherine Adler]], [[Roger Berlind]], Caiola Productions, Patrick Catullo, Roy Furman, Larry Hirschhorn, [[Jeffrey Finn|Jeffrey Finn Productions]], Van Kaplan, Edward M. Kaufmann, Hal Luftig, [[Arielle Tepper|Arielle Tepper Madover]], Peter May, Stephanie P. McClelland, [[The Shubert Organization]], Douglas Smith, [[Jonathan Tisch]], WLE MSG LLC, Scott and Brian Zeilinger and [[Williamstown Theatre Festival]]
|-
| ''[[This Is Our Youth]]''
| [[Scott Rudin]], [[Eli Bush]], [[Roger Berlind]], William Berlind, [[Jon Platt|Jon B. Platt]], Roy Furman, [[The Shubert Organization]], Ruth Hendel, Scott M. Delman, Stephanie P. McClelland, [[Sonia Friedman]], Tulchin Bartner, [[The Araca Group]], Heni Koenigsberg, [[Daryl Roth]], Joan Raffe and [[Jhett Tolentino]], Catherine & Fred Adler, Joey Parnes, Sue Wagner, John Johnson and [[Steppenwolf Theatre Company]]
|-
| ''[[You Can't Take It with You (play)|You Can't Take It With You]]''
| [[Jeffrey Richards (producer)|Jeffrey Richards]], [[Jerry Frankel]], Jam Theatricals, Dominion Pictures, Gutterman & Winkler, [[Daryl Roth]], Terry Schnuck, Jane Bergère, Caiola Productions, Rebecca Gold, Laruffa & Hinderliter, Larry Magid, Gabrielle Palitz, Spisto & Kierstead, SunnySpot Productions, Venuworks Theatricals, Jessica Genick, Will Trice, [[Roundabout Theatre Company]], [[Todd Haimes]], Harold Wolpert, Julia C. Levy and Sydney Beers
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| '''2016''' {{small|([[70th Tony Awards|70th]])}} <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/press/2016-tony-award-nominations/ |title=2016 Tony Awards Nominees |author= |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 10, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
| ''[[A View from the Bridge]]''
| [[Scott Rudin]], [[Lincoln Center|Lincoln Center Theater]], [[Eli Bush]], Robert G. Bartner, [[Roger Berlind]], William Berlind, Roy Furman, Peter May, Amanda Lipitz, Stephanie P. McClelland, Jay Alix and Una Jackman, Scott M. Delman, [[Sonia Friedman]], [[John Gore (theatre producer)|John Gore]], Ruth Hendel, JFL Theatricals, Heni Koenigsberg, Jon B. Platt, [[Daryl Roth]], Spring Sirkin, Joey Parnes, Sue Wagner, John Johnson and [[Young Vic|The Young Vic]]
|-
| ''[[Blackbird (play)|Blackbird]]''
| [[Scott Rudin]], [[Eli Bush]], [[Roger Berlind]], William Berlind, Scott M. Delman, Peter May, Jon B. Platt, [[Len Blavatnik]], Tulchin Bartner Productions, Jay Alix & Una Jackman, Heni Koenigsberg, Stacey Mindich, Wendy Federman, Joey Parnes, Sue Wagner and John Johnson
|-
| ''[[The Crucible]]''
| [[Scott Rudin]], [[Eli Bush]], [[Roger Berlind]], William Berlind, [[Len Blavatnik]], Roy Furman, Peter May, Jay Alix and Una Jackman, Scott M. Delman, Heni Koenigsberg, [[Daryl Roth]], Jane Bergère, [[Ambassador Theatre Group|Sonia Friedman Productions]], Ruth Hendel, JFL Theatricals, Stacey Mindich, Jon B. Platt, Megan Savage, Spring Sirkin, Tulchin Bartner Productions, Joey Parnes, Sue Wagner and John Johnson
|-
| ''[[Long Day's Journey Into Night]]''
| [[Roundabout Theatre Company]], [[Todd Haimes]], Harold Wolpert, Julia C. Levy, Sydney Beers and [[Ryan Murphy (producer)|Ryan Murphy]]
|-
| ''[[Noises Off]]''
| [[Roundabout Theatre Company]], [[Todd Haimes]], Harold Wolpert, Julia C. Levy and Sydney Beers
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''2017''' {{small|([[71st Tony Awards|71st]])}} <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/press/2017-tony-award-nominations/ |title=2017 Tony Awards Nominees |author= |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 10, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
| ''[[Jitney (play)|Jitney]]''
| [[Manhattan Theatre Club]], [[Lynne Meadow]], Barry Grove, [[Eric Falkenstein]], Ron Simons, [[John Legend]] / Mike Jackson and Ken Wirth
|-
| ''[[The Little Foxes|Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes]]''
| [[Manhattan Theatre Club]], [[Lynne Meadow]] and Barry Grove
|-
| ''[[Present Laughter]]''
| [[Jordan Roth]], [[Jujamcyn Theaters]], Spencer Ross, Bruce Robert Harris and Jack W. Batman, AC Orange Entertainment Ltd., Grove Entertainment, Stephanie P. McClelland, [[Eric Falkenstein]], Harbor Entertainment, Joe Everett Michaels/Robert F. Ryan and [[Daryl Roth]]
|-
| ''[[Six Degrees of Separation (play)|Six Degrees of Separation]]''
| Stuart Thompson, Louise L. Gund, Tim Levy, John Breglio, Scott M. Delman, Tulchin Bartner Productions, Franki De La Vega, Jane Bergère, [[John Gore (theatre producer)|John Gore]], Gregory Holt, The Lowy Salpeter Company and Laruffa Hysell Group
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| '''2018''' {{small|([[72nd Tony Awards|72nd]])}} <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/press/2018-tony-award-nominations/ |title=2018 Tony Awards Nominees |author= |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 10, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
|''[[Angels in America]]''
| Tim Levy for NT America, [[Jordan Roth]], Rufus Norris & Lisa Burger for the [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]], Elliott & Harper Productions, Kash Bennett for NT Productions, Aged in Wood, The Baruch-Viertel-Routh-Frankel Group, Jane Bergère, Adam Blanshay Productions, Catwenjam Productions, [[Jean Doumanian]], Gilad-Rogowsky, Gold-Ross Productions, [[John Gore Organization]], Grove Entertainment, Harris Rubin Productions, Hornos-Moellenberg, Brian & Dayna Lee, Benjamin Lowy, Stephanie P. McClelland, [[David Mirvish]], [[Mark Pigott]], Jon B. Platt, E. Price-LD Ent., [[Daryl Roth]], [[Catherine Schreiber]], [[Barbara Whitman]], [[Jujamcyn Theaters]], The Nederlander Organization and [[The Shubert Organization]]
|-
|''[[The Iceman Cometh]]''
| [[Scott Rudin]], [[Barry Diller]], [[Eli Bush]], [[Universal Pictures|Universal Theatrical Group]], [[Eric Falkenstein]], Dan Frishwasser, [[John Gore Organization]], [[James L. Nederlander]], Peter May, Stephanie P. McClelland, [[Candy Spelling]], Stephen C. Byrd and Alia Jones-Harvey, Gavin Kalin Productions, Patty Baker, Caiola Productions, Diana DiMenna, [[David Mirvish]], Wendy Federman and Heni Koenigsberg, Benjamin Lowy and Adrian Salpeter, [[Jason Blum]], Joey Parnes, Sue Wagner and John Johnson
|-
|''[[Lobby Hero]]''
| [[Second Stage Theater|2ndStage]], Carole Rothman, Casey Reitz and Christopher Burney
|-
|''[[Three Tall Women]]''
| [[Scott Rudin]], [[Barry Diller]], [[Eli Bush]], [[John Gore Organization]], [[James L. Nederlander]], [[Candy Spelling]], [[Len Blavatnik]], [[Universal Pictures|Universal Theatrical Group]], [[Rosalind Productions|Rosalind Productions, Inc.]], [[Eric Falkenstein]], Peter May, Jay Alix & Una Jackman, Patty Baker, Diana DiMenna, [[David Mirvish]], Wendy Federman & Heni Koenigsberg, Benjamin Lowy & Adrian Salpeter, [[Jason Blum]], [[Jamie deRoy]], Gabrielle Palitz, Ted Snowdon, [[Richard Winkler (producer)|Richard Winkler]], Joey Parnes, Sue Wagner and John Johnson
|-
|''[[Travesties]]''
| [[Roundabout Theatre Company]], [[Todd Haimes]], Julia C. Levy, Sydney Beers, Steve Dow, Chocolate Factory Productions, [[Ambassador Theatre Group|Sonia Friedman Productions]] and David Babani
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| '''2019''' {{small|([[73rd Tony Awards|73rd]])}} <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/press/2019-tony-award-nominations/ |title=2019 Tony Awards Nominees |author= |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 10, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
|''[[The Boys in the Band (play)|The Boys in the Band]]''
| [[Mart Crowley]] (author); [[David Stone (producer)|David Stone]], [[Scott Rudin]], Patrick Catullo, Aaron Glick and [[Ryan Murphy (producer)|Ryan Murphy]]
|-
|''[[All My Sons]]''
| [[Roundabout Theatre Company]], [[Todd Haimes]], Julia C. Levy, Sydney Beers and Steve Dow
|-
|''[[Burn This]]''
| [[David Binder]], Ruth Hendel, [[Big Beach (company)|Big Beach]], Sharon Karmazin, OHenryGS Productions, Ken Schur, Jayne Baron Sherman, Cynthia Stroum, [[Barbara Whitman]], Richard Willis, [[Adam Zotovich]], [[The Shubert Organization]], [[Ambassador Theatre Group]], Eric Schnall, Wendy Orshan and Jeffrey M. Wilson
|-
|''[[Torch Song Trilogy|Torch Song]]''
| [[Harvey Fierstein]] (author); Richie Jackson, [[Eric Kuhn]] and Justin Mikita, Stephanie P. McClelland, Ken Fakler, [[David Mirvish]], Lassen Blume / Karmen Boyz Productions, CJC & Priest / Judith Ann Abrams, Burnt Umber / True Love Productions, Caiola Productions / Torchbearers, [[Jujamcyn Theaters]], [[Second Stage Theater]], Carole Rothman and Casey Reitz
|-
|''[[The Waverly Gallery]]''
| [[Kenneth Lonergan]] (author); [[Scott Rudin]], [[Eli Bush]], [[John Gore Organization]], [[Len Blavatnik]], Columbia Live Stage, Stephanie P. McClelland, [[James L. Nederlander]], [[Universal Pictures|Universal Theatrical Group]], [[Eric Falkenstein]], Suzanne Grant, Benjamin Lowy, Peter May, Al Nocciolino, Tulchin Bartner Productions, Patty Baker, Bob Boyett, Wendy Federman, Barbara H. Freitag, Heni Koenigsberg, David Mirvish, True Love Productions, Roxanne Seeman and [[Jamie deRoy]], [[Jason Blum]], [[The Shubert Organization]], Joey Parnes, Sue Wagner and John Johnson
|}

===2020s===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%;
|- style="background:#bebebe;"
! style="width:5%;"| Year
! style="width:20%;"| Play
! style="width:75%;"| Nominees
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center"| '''2020''' {{small|([[74th Tony Awards|74th]])}} <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/press/2020-tony-award-nominations/ |title=2020 Tony Awards Nominees |author= |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 10, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
|''[[A Soldier's Play]]''
| [[Charles Fuller]] (author); [[Roundabout Theatre Company]], [[Todd Haimes]], Julia C. Levy, Sydney Beers and Steve Dow
|-
|''[[Betrayal (play)|Betrayal]]''
| [[Ambassador Theatre Group|Ambassador Theatre Group Productions]], Benjamin Lowy Productions, Gavin Kalin Productions, Glass Half Full Productions, [[Annapurna Pictures|Annapurna Theatre]], Hunter Arnold, Burnt Umber Productions, Rashad V. Chambers, Eilene Davidson Productions, KFF Productions, Dominick LaRuffa Jr., Antonio Marion, Stephanie P. McClelland, Smith and Brant Theatricals, [[Richard Winkler (producer)|Richard Winkler]] / Alan Shorr and [[Jamie Lloyd (director)|The Jamie Lloyd Company]]
|-
|''[[Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune]]''
| [[Terrence McNally]] (author); Hunter Arnold, Debbie Bisno, [[Tom Kirdahy]], Elizabeth Dewberry and Ali Ahmet Kocabiyik, Broadway Strategic Return Fund, Caiola Productions, FedermanGold Productions, Invisible Wall Productions, [[John Gore Organization]], Mike Karns, Kilimanjaro Theatricals, Peter May, Tyler Mount, Seriff Productions, Silva Theatrical Group, Cliff Bleszinski / GetterLazarDaly, [[Jamie deRoy]] / Gary DiMauro, Suzi Dietz & Lenny Beer/Sally Cade Holmes, Barbara H. Freitag / [[Ken Davenport]], Barry and Kimberly Gowdy / Mabee Family Office, Kayla Greenspan / Jamie Joeyen-Waldorf, John Joseph / Broadway Factor, Tilted Windmills / John Paterakis and [[The Shubert Organization]]
|-
| rowspan="6" align="center"| '''2022''' {{small|([[75th Tony Awards|75th]])}} <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/news/2022-tony-awards-nominations/ |title=2022 Tony Awards Nominees |author= |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 10, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
|''[[Take Me Out (play)|Take Me Out]]''
| [[Second Stage Theater]], Carole Rothman and Khady Kamara
|-
|''[[American Buffalo (play)|American Buffalo]]''
| [[Jeffrey Richards (producer)|Jeffrey Richards]], Steve Traxler, Stephanie P. McClelland, GFour Productions, Spencer Ross, Gemini Theatrical, Chris and Ashlee Clarke, Suna Said Maslin, Ted and [[Richard Liebowitz]] / Cue to Cue Productions, Patty Baker/Good Productions, Brad Blume, Caiola Productions, Joanna Carson, Arthur Kern, Willette Klausner, Jeremiah J. Harris and Darren P. Deverna, Van Kaplan, [[Patrick Myles]] / David Luff, Alexander Marshall, [[Ambassador Theatre Group]], Kathleen K. Johnson, Diego Kolankowsky, Steve and Jacob Levy, Morwin Schmookler, Brian Moreland, Jacob Soroken Porter and [[The Shubert Organization]]
|-
|''[[For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf|for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf]]''
| [[Nelle Nugent]], Ron Simons, Kenneth Teaton, Ellen Ferguson and Vivian Phillips, Willette and Manny Klausner, Hunter Arnold, Dale Franzen, Valencia Yearwood, One Community, [[Audible (service)|Audible]], Dennis Grimaldi, Terry Nardozzi and Tracey Knight Narang, Grace Nordhoff/Mickalene Thomas, Angelina Fiordellisi/Caiola Productions, [[The Public Theater]], [[Oskar Eustis]], Patrick Willingham and Mandy Hackett
|-
|''[[How I Learned to Drive]]''
| [[Paula Vogel]] (author); [[Manhattan Theatre Club]], [[Lynne Meadow]], Barry Grove, [[Daryl Roth]], [[Cody Lassen]] and [[Vineyard Theatre]]
|-
|''[[Trouble in Mind (play)|Trouble in Mind]]''
| [[Roundabout Theatre Company]], [[Todd Haimes]], Julia C. Levy, Sydney Beers and Steve Dow
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''2023''' {{small|([[76th Tony Awards|76th]])}} <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/news/2023-tony-awards-nominees/ |title=2023 Tony Awards Nominees |author= |date=May 2, 2023 |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 10, 2023}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
|''[[Topdog/Underdog]]''
| [[David Stone (producer)|David Stone]], [[LaChanze]], Rashad V. Chambers, [[Marc Platt (producer)|Marc Platt]], [[Debra Martin Chase]] and [[The Shubert Organization]]
|-
|''[[A Doll's House]]''
| [[Amy Herzog]] (new version by); [[Ambassador Theatre Group|Ambassador Theatre Group Productions]], Gavin Kalin Productions, Wessex Grove, Julie Boardman, Kate Cannova, Bob Boyett, Hunter Arnold, Creative Partners Productions, Eilene Davidson Productions, GGRS, Kater Gordon, Louise L. Gund, Los Angeles Media Fund, Stephanie P. McClelland, Tilted, Jessica Chastain, Caitlin Clements/[[Francesca Moody Productions]], Caiola Productions/Amanda Lee, Ted and [[Richard Liebowitz]] / Joeyen-Waldorf Squeri, [[Richard Attias|Richard]] and [[Cécilia Attias]] / Thomas S. Barnes, OHenry Theatre Nerd Productions / Runyonland MMP and [[Jamie Lloyd (director)|The Jamie Lloyd Company]]
|-
|''[[The Piano Lesson]]''
| Brian Anthony Moreland, [[Sonia Friedman]], [[Tom Kirdahy]], [[Kandi Burruss]] and Todd Tucker, Hunter Arnold, Playing Field, The Factor Gavin Partnership, FBK Productions / 42nd.club, Jay Alix and Una Jackman, Creative Partners Productions, Harris Rubin Productions, Marguerite Steed Hoffman, Alia Jones-Harvey, [[The Mark Gordon Company|Mark Gordon Pictures]], Stephanie McClelland, Moore Delman, [[James L. Nederlander]], Seriff Productions, [[The Shubert Organization]], Salman Al-Rashid / [[Jamie deRoy]], Brad Blume/Cliff Hopkins, [[Jean Doumanian]] /Fakston Productions, Edgewood/DMQR Productions, Jay & Cindy Gutterman/Caiola Productions, Van Kaplan/Lu-Shawn Thompson, Erik A. King/Finewomen Productions, Marc David Levine/William Frisbie, Syrinda Paige/Kevin Ryan & Diane Scott Carter, Silva Theatrical Group/Tilted, Thomas Swayne/Cynthia J. Tong and Constanza Romero-Wilson
|-
|''[[The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window]]''
| Seaview, Sue Wagner, John Johnson, Phil Kenny, [[Audible (service)|Audible]], [[Sony Masterworks|Sony Music Masterworks]], Jillian Robbins, [[Jeremy O. Harris]], Larry Hirschhorn and Ricardo Hornos, Shields Smedes Stern Ltd., Kevin Ryan, [[The Shubert Organization]], Willette and Manny Klausner, Marco Santarelli, Be Forward Productions, [[Concord (entertainment company)|Concord Theatricals]], Creative Partners Productions, Invisible Wall Productions, Salman and Moudhy Al-Rashid, [[TodayTix|TodayTix Group]], Ido Gal, HarrisDonnelly, Sally Cade Holmes, Stella LaRue, LAMF Protozoa, Kati Meister and John Sorkin, Meredith Lynsey Schade, [[Catherine Schreiber]], Dennis Trunfio, MCM Studios, 42nd.club, BAMM Productions, CarterMackTaylorWilliam, HB2M Productions, HK-Undivided Productions, MAJIKK Theatricals, Tanker Kollev Productions, [[Douglas Denoff]], OHenry Productions, Plate Spinner Productions, Runyonland Productions, Mad Gene Media, Scrap Paper Pictures, Joi Gresham, BAM, Gina Duncan, [[David Binder]] and Elizabeth Moreau
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center"| '''2024''' {{small|([[77th Tony Awards|77th]])}} <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theatermania.com/news/the-2024-tony-award-nominations-ihells-kitchen-i-and-istereophonic-i-lead-with-13-each_1739037/ |title=The 2024 Tony Award Nominations — Hell's Kitchen and Stereophonic Lead With 13 Each |author= |date=April 30, 2024 |publisher=Theatremania |access-date=April 30, 2024}}</ref>
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
|''[[Appropriate (play)|Appropriate]]''
| [[Branden Jacobs-Jenkins]] (author); [[Second Stage Theater]], Carole Rothman, Lisa Lawer Post, [[Ambassador Theatre Group]], Amanda Dubois, [[Annapurna Pictures|Annapurna Theatre]] and [[Bad Robot|Bad Robot Live]]
|-
|''[[An Enemy of the People]]''
| [[Amy Herzog]] (new version by); Seaview, Patrick Catullo, [[Plan B Entertainment]], Roth-Manella Productions, Eric & Marsi Gardiner, [[John Gore Organization]], [[James L. Nederlander]], [[Jon Platt|Jon B. Platt]], Atekwana Hutton, Bob Boyett, Chris & Ashlee Clarke, Cohen-Demar Productions, Andrew Diamond, GI6 Productions, [[Sony Masterworks|Sony Music Masterworks]], Triptyk Studios, Trunfio Ryan, Kate Cannova and DJL Productions
|-
|''[[Purlie Victorious|Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp through the Cotton Patch]]''
| [[Jeffrey Richards (producer)|Jeffrey Richards]], Hunter Arnold, [[Leslie Odom Jr.]], Louise Gund, Bob Boyett, Curt Cronin, John Joseph, Willette and Manny Klausner, Brenda Boone, Salman Moudhy Al-Rashid, Creative Partners Productions, Irene Gandy, Kayla Greenspan, Mark and David Golub Productions, [[Kenny Leon]], [[John Gore Organization]], W3 Productions, Morwin Schmookler, Van Kaplan, Ken Greiner, Patrick W. Jones, [[Nicolette Robinson]], [[National Black Theatre]], [[Alan Alda]], [[LaTanya Richardson Jackson]], [[Samuel L. Jackson]], [[Phylicia Rashad]], [[Nnamdi Asomugha]], [[Kerry Washington]] and [[The Shubert Organization]]
|-
| rowspan="5" align="center"| '''2025''' {{small|([[78th Tony Awards|78th]])}} <ref>{{Cite web |title=2025 Tony Award® Nominations |url=http://tonyawards.com/news/2025-tony-award-nominations/ |date=May 1, 2025 |access-date=May 3, 2025 |publisher=Tony Awards |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|- style="background:#B0C4DE;"
|''[[Eureka Day]]''
| Jonathan Spector (author); [[Manhattan Theatre Club]], [[Lynne Meadow]], Chris Jennings, Nicki Junter.
|-
|''[[Our Town]]''
| [[Jeffrey Richards (producer)|Jeffrey Richards]], Samsational Entertainment, Louise Gund, [[Eric Falkenstein]], Suzanne Grant, Patty Baker, [[Daryl Roth]] / Tom Tuft, Ronald Frankel, Rebecca Gold, Gabrielle Palitz, Brunish-Rooney-Hui / Laura Little, Thom and Karen Lauzon, Pamela Hurst-Della Pietra & Stephen Della Pietra, Score 3 Partners, [[Secret Hideout]], David S. Stone, [[Craig Balsam]], [[John Gore Organization]], Caiola Productions, [[Concord (entertainment company)|Concord Theatricals]], Melissa & Bradford Coolidge, [[Irene Gandy]], [[Kenny Leon]], Willette & Manny Klausner, Andrew Marderian-Davis, [[Ellen Susman]], Leslie Rainbolt, Randy Jones Toll & Steven Toll, [[James S. Levine]], Hank [[Hank|Steinberg]] & Kara Steinberg, Alexander "Sandy" Marshall, Ken & Rande Greiner / David Schwartz & Trudy Zohn, Patrick W. Jones, Maia Kayla Glasman, Brandon J. Schwartz and [[The Shubert Organization]]
|-
|''[[Romeo and Juliet|Romeo + Juliet]]''
| Seaview, Harbor Entertainment, Kevin Ryan, Eric & Marsi Gardiner, Roth-Manella Productions, Kate Cannova, J + J Productions, Julie Boardman, Alexander-Taylor Deignan, Atekwana Hutton, Bensmihen Mann Productions, Patrick Catullo, [[Igal Hecht|Chutzpah Productions]], Corets Gough Willman Productions, Dave Johnson Productions, DJD Productions, Hornos Moellenberg, Pam Hurst-Della Pietra & Stephen Della Pietra, Mark Gordon Pictures, Oren Michels, No Guarantees Productions, Nothing Ventured Productions, Strus Lynch, Sunset Cruz Productions, Dennis Trunfio, Stephen C. Byrd, Fourth Wall Theatricals, Level Forward, Soto Productions and WMKlausner
|-
|''[[Yellow Face (play)|Yellow Face]]''
| [[David Henry Hwang]] (author); [[Roundabout Theatre Company]], [[Todd Haimes]], [[Scott Ellis]], Sydney Beers, Christopher Nave and Steven Showalter
|-
|}

==Multiple wins==
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{{col-break}}
; 3 wins
* ''[[Death of a Salesman]]''

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;2 wins
* ''[[A View from the Bridge]]''

{{col-end}}

==Multiple nominations==
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{{col-break}}
; 4 Nominations
* ''[[A View from the Bridge]]''
; 3 Nominations
* ''[[Death of a Salesman]]''
* ''[[The Iceman Cometh]]''
{{col-break}}
; 2 Nominations
* ''[[Ah, Wilderness!]]''
* ''[[All My Sons]]''
* ''[[American Buffalo (play)|American Buffalo]]''
* ''[[The Best Man (play)|The Best Man]]''
* ''[[Betrayal (play)|Betrayal]]''
* ''[[The Crucible]]''
* ''[[A Day in the Death of Joe Egg]]''
* ''[[A Doll's House]]''
* ''[[Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune]]''
* ''[[Inherit the Wind (play)|Inherit the Wind]]''
{{col-break}}
* ''[[The Little Foxes]]''
* ''[[Long Day's Journey into Night]]''
* ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]''
* ''[[A Moon for the Misbegotten]]''
* ''[[Morning's at Seven]]''
* ''[[Noises Off]]''
* ''[[Our Town]]''
* ''[[Present Laughter]]''
* ''[[The Price (play)|The Price]]''
* ''[[A Raisin in the Sun]]''
* ''[[Twelfth Night]]''
* ''[[Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?]]''
{{col-end}}

==See also==
* [[Tony Award for Best Play]]
* [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play]]
* [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play]]
* [[List of Tony Award-nominated productions]]

==References==
<references/>
* {{cite web | title=Tony Award: Revival of a Play | url=http://www.ibdb.com/advSearchAwards.php | work=The Internet Broadway Database | date=2008 | access-date=2008-10-16}}

==External links==
* [http://www.tonyawards.com/ The American Theatre Wing's Tony Awards official website]

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