QueenAlice said: "I think there may besome conflation regarding the factors that traditionally qualify a production as a revival. A show that has had a major Off Broadway run, followed by a Broadway production after a considerable time, and featuring a completely different production, has typically been considered a revival.
Regarding John Proctor, could you please clarify which "original production" you are referencing? It's worth noting that most plays considered for the Best Play Tony Award have had prior regional productions. John Proctor has only had two major regional stagings.
Given this context, I don't see a strong precedent for classifying it as a revival.
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I agree it's going to be considered a new play. But with that said, my point is that, similar to Eureka Day, it had a prior regional production (in D.C.) that was a completely different production than this (not like an out of town tryout where it then came to Broadway, but a full different production with a different director, different designers, different cast, etc.). Eureka Day also didn't play off Broadway, so the fact that it's a NY premiere doesn't automatically disqualify it from being a revival.
Again, I predict it will be considered a new play. But my point is that the precedent is definitely there to consider something like this a revival, and the Tonys have done weirder things before.
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