The Classics Rule in effect - a list

[JBroadway]

Posted: 11/23/15 at 8:53pm

So, I have the week off for Thanksgiving so I have a bit too much time on my hands, and I enjoy making lists. I tried to make a list of all the times that the Tony Classics Rule* has gone into effect. As in, how many times has a show been revived without having played Broadway before? Let me know if you can think of any I missed:

Little Shop of Horrors (2003)
Assassins (2004)
Twelve Angry Men (2004)
Reckless (2004)
Sight Unseen (2004)
Steel Magnolia's (2005)
Top Girls (2008 .)
A Life in the Theatre (2010)
Driving Miss Daisy (2010)
The Road to Mecca (2010)
The Normal Heart (2011)
Don't Dress For Dinner (2012)
Wit (2012)
Orphans (2013)
Cinderella (2013)
Lady Day (2014)
The Cripple of Inishmaan (2014)
Violet (2014)
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2014)
This is Our Youth (2014)
Fool For Love (2015)
Dames at Sea (2015)
Sylvia (2015)

 

I figured this list could also come in handy whenever people ask on this board "Why won't [insert revival] be considered a new musical/play even though it's never been on Broadway before?" which people frequently do.

 

*in case anyone is unaware of it:

2(g) Classics. A play or musical that is determined by the Tony Awards Administration Committee (in its sole discretion) to be a “classic” or in the historical or popular repertoire shall not be eligible for an Award in the Best Play or Best Musical category but may be eligible in the appropriate Best Revival category, if any, provided it meets all other eligibility requirements set forth in these Rules.

Updated On: 11/23/15 at 08:53 PM