Revivals

• First revival

  • The Diary of Anne Frank (1983), last performed in 1965

• Most revived play

  • The Diary of Anne Frank (four times; 1960, 1965, 1971, 1983)

  • Much Ado About Nothing (four times; 2001, 2012, 2021, canceled 2022)

• Most revived musical

  • Bye Bye Birdie (three times; 1966, 1986, 2018)

  • Guys and Dolls (three times; 1980, 1987, 2016)

• Most revived decade

  • 1960s (10 of 24 original productions revived later)

• Most revivals in a decade

  • 2010s (15 of 36 productions)

• Fastest revival

  • Wizard of Oz (2022), last performed in 2018 (four years apart)

  • Much Ado About Nothing (2022), last performed in 2021, would have claimed this record, but the 2022 revival was canceled due to COVID-19.

• Slowest revival

  • The Importance of Being Earnest (2012), last performed in 1954 (58 years apart)

• Oldest original show to be revived

  • You Can't Take It With You (1954), revived in 1999 and 2014

• Most recent original show to be revived

  • Wizard of Oz (2018), revived in 2022

• Most revivals in a school year

  • 2012–13 (3 revivals)

  • 2017–18 (3 revivals)

• School years with no original productions

  • 1984–1985

  • 1989–1990

  • 2012–2013

When a play or musical is revived on a milestone year since the original production, it is considered an anniversary production.

• 20th anniversary

  • Bye Bye Birdie (1986), first performed in 1966

  • Much Ado About Nothing (2021), first performed in 2001

• 25th anniversary

  • Cry Havoc (1985), first performed in 1960

  • Romeo and Juliet (2018), first performed in 1993

• 30th anniversary

  • The Night of January 16th (1991), first performed in 1961

• 40th anniversary

  • As You Like It (2013), first performed in 1973

• 60th anniversary

  • You Can't Take It With You (2014), first performed in 1954