Tony Award for Best Original Score

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Tony Award music award theatre award

The Tony Award for Best Original Score is a prestigious Broadway theater honor recognizing the composers and lyricists of the most outstanding new musical score in an eligible play or musical each season.

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Tony Award for Best Original Score canonical 85
Tony Award for Best Score 2
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre 1

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instanceOf Tony Award ⓘ
music award ⓘ
theatre award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Tony Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
surface form: Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre

Tony Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
surface form: Tony Award for Best Score
awardFor best original score ⓘ
outstanding new musical score ⓘ
categoryType creative award ⓘ
writing award ⓘ
ceremonyLanguage English ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
eligibilityCriterion new score in a season ⓘ
original music and/or lyrics ⓘ
eligibleWorks Broadway musicals ⓘ
Broadway plays ⓘ
field Broadway theater ⓘ
surface form: Broadway theatre

musical theatre ⓘ
firstAwardedFor 1947 Broadway season ⓘ
focus music composition ⓘ
song lyrics ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
hasComponent nominees list each season ⓘ
single winner each season ⓘ
hasSubcriterion score must be substantially original ⓘ
score must be written specifically for the theatre ⓘ
honours composer ⓘ
lyricist ⓘ
inception 1947 ⓘ
industry Broadway ⓘ
location New York City ⓘ
medium live theatre ⓘ
namedAfter Antoinette Perry ⓘ
organisedBy Tony Awards Administration Committee ⓘ
partOf Tony Award ⓘ
surface form: Tony Awards
presentedAt Tony Awards telecasts ⓘ
surface form: Tony Awards ceremony
presentedBy American Theatre Wing ⓘ
The Broadway League ⓘ
region Broadway Theatre District ⓘ
surface form: Broadway in Manhattan
relatedTo Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics ⓘ
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music in a Musical ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Musical ⓘ
scope commercial Broadway productions ⓘ
selectionMethod voted on by Tony Awards voters ⓘ
significance one of the major creative Tony categories ⓘ
typicalAnnouncementTime late spring ⓘ
website https://www.tonyawards.com ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Tony Award for Best Score
Tony Award for Best Original Score → alsoKnownAs → Tony Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
this entity surface form: Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre
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