Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Musical

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Tony Award category theatre award

The Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Musical is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding costume design in musical productions.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Musical canonical	6
Tony Award for Best Costume Design in a Musical	5
Tony for Best Costume Design of a Musical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4098790 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Musical
Context triple: [Moulin Rouge! The Musical, wonAward, Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Musical]

A. Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Play
The Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Play is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in costume design for non-musical stage productions.
B. Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical
The Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical is a prestigious Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in the visual and environmental design of a musical production.
C. Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design
The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design is a prestigious New York theater honor recognizing exceptional costume work in Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway productions.
D. Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical
The Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in staging and directing a musical production.
E. Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical
The Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical is a prestigious Broadway theater honor recognizing outstanding revivals of previously produced musicals.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Musical
Target entity description: The Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Musical is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding costume design in musical productions.

A. Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Play
The Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Play is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in costume design for non-musical stage productions.
B. Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical
The Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical is a prestigious Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in the visual and environmental design of a musical production.
C. Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design
The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design is a prestigious New York theater honor recognizing exceptional costume work in Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway productions.
D. Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical
The Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in staging and directing a musical production.
E. Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical
The Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical is a prestigious Broadway theater honor recognizing outstanding revivals of previously produced musicals.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (37)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Tony Award category ⓘ theatre award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Musical ⓘ surface form: Tony for Best Costume Design of a Musical
awardedForSeason	Broadway season preceding the ceremony ⓘ
awardFor	costume design in a musical ⓘ
awardingBody	Tony Awards Administration Committee ⓘ
awardLevel	major American theatre award ⓘ
broadcastOn	CBS ⓘ
categoryType	design award ⓘ
ceremonyType	live awards ceremony ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
eligibility	Broadway musical productions ⓘ costume designers credited on eligible productions ⓘ
field	Broadway theater ⓘ surface form: Broadway theatre
firstAwarded	2005 ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	musical theatre ⓘ
givenFor	outstanding costume design in a Broadway musical ⓘ
hasMedium	stage production ⓘ
inception	2005 ⓘ
isSubsetOf	Tony Awards design categories ⓘ
languageOfCeremony	English ⓘ
location	New York City ⓘ
namedAfter	Antoinette Perry ⓘ
notableAspect	recognizes artistic achievement in costume design ⓘ
officialWebsite	https://www.tonyawards.com ⓘ
organizer	American Theatre Wing ⓘ The Broadway League ⓘ
partOf	Tony Award ⓘ surface form: Tony Awards
presentedBy	American Theatre Wing ⓘ The Broadway League ⓘ
relatedTo	Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design ⓘ surface form: Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design for a Musical Olivier Award for Best Costume Design ⓘ surface form: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Costume Design Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Play ⓘ
scope	professional commercial theatre on Broadway ⓘ
selectionProcess	voted on by Tony Awards voters ⓘ
separatedFrom	Tony Award for Best Costume Design ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Moulin Rouge! The Musical → wonAward → Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Musical ⓘ

Kinky Boots → nominations → Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Musical ⓘ

Julie Taymor → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Musical ⓘ

Anastasia → awardNomination → Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Musical ⓘ