Tony Award for Best Musical
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The Tony Award for Best Musical is Broadway's highest honor recognizing the most outstanding new musical production of the theater season.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Tony Award category
ⓘ
theatre award ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Tony Awards Administration Committee ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Tony Award for Best Musical
ⓘ
surface form:
Best Musical Tony Award
|
| awardedFor | outstanding achievement in musical theatre production ⓘ |
| awardFor |
Broadway musical production
ⓘ
best new musical ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| eligibility |
Broadway season
ⓘ
new musical production ⓘ |
| field | theatre ⓘ |
| firstAwarded | 1949 ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genre | musical theatre ⓘ |
| hasAwardType | competitive award ⓘ |
| hasCategoryType | production award ⓘ |
| hasMedium | live theatre ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://www.tonyawards.com/ ⓘ |
| inception | 1949 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| location | New York City ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Antoinette Perry ⓘ |
| partOf |
Tony Award
ⓘ
surface form:
Tony Awards
|
| presentedAt | annual Tony Awards ceremony ⓘ |
| presentedBy |
American Theatre Wing
ⓘ
The Broadway League ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Drama Desk Award
ⓘ
surface form:
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical
Olivier Award for Best New Musical ⓘ
surface form:
Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical
Tony Award for Best Play ⓘ Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical ⓘ |
| scope | Broadway ⓘ |
| selectionCriteria |
artistic excellence
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impact on Broadway season ⓘ overall production quality ⓘ |
| selectionProcess | voted on by Tony Awards voters ⓘ |
| significance | Broadway's highest honor for a musical ⓘ |
| typicalRecipients | producers of the winning musical ⓘ |
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