Best Play Tony Award
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The Best Play Tony Award is a prestigious annual honor recognizing outstanding achievement in new plays on Broadway.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Best Play Tony Award canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Best Play Tony Award Context triple: [Tony Award for Best Play, alsoKnownAs, Best Play Tony Award]
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A.
Best Featured Actor in a Play
Best Featured Actor in a Play is a Tony Award category that honors outstanding performances by supporting male actors in Broadway plays.
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B.
Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Best Featured Actor in a Musical is a Tony Award category that honors outstanding performances by supporting male actors in Broadway musicals.
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C.
Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play
The Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding performances by male actors in supporting roles in plays.
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D.
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play
The Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play is a prestigious annual honor presented for an outstanding leading performance by an actor in a Broadway play.
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E.
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
The Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding supporting performances by actresses in stage plays.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Best Play Tony Award Target entity description: The Best Play Tony Award is a prestigious annual honor recognizing outstanding achievement in new plays on Broadway.
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A.
Best Featured Actor in a Play
Best Featured Actor in a Play is a Tony Award category that honors outstanding performances by supporting male actors in Broadway plays.
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B.
Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Best Featured Actor in a Musical is a Tony Award category that honors outstanding performances by supporting male actors in Broadway musicals.
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C.
Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play
The Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding performances by male actors in supporting roles in plays.
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D.
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play
The Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play is a prestigious annual honor presented for an outstanding leading performance by an actor in a Broadway play.
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E.
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
The Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding supporting performances by actresses in stage plays.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Tony Award category
ⓘ
theatre award ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Tony Award for Best Play NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardedForSeason | Broadway theatre season ⓘ |
| awardFor | best new play on Broadway ⓘ |
| broadcastOn | American television ⓘ |
| categoryType | play ⓘ |
| ceremonyHeldIn | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| distinctFrom |
Tony Award for Best Musical
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| eligibility | new plays produced on Broadway ⓘ |
| field | theatre ⓘ |
| firstAwarded | 1948 ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| governingBody | Tony Awards Administration Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAwardedWorkExample |
A Raisin in the Sun
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Angels in America: Millennium Approaches NERFINISHED ⓘ Clybourne Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Death of a Salesman NERFINISHED ⓘ Equus NERFINISHED ⓘ Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ Leopoldstadt NERFINISHED ⓘ Oslo NERFINISHED ⓘ The Crucible NERFINISHED ⓘ The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time NERFINISHED ⓘ The Ferryman NERFINISHED ⓘ The History Boys NERFINISHED ⓘ The Humans NERFINISHED ⓘ The Inheritance NERFINISHED ⓘ The Lehman Trilogy NERFINISHED ⓘ The Odd Couple NERFINISHED ⓘ The Real Thing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
nominations
ⓘ
winner ⓘ |
| hasLanguageRequirement | English ⓘ |
| hasPrestigeLevel | one of the highest honors in theatre ⓘ |
| inception | 1948 ⓘ |
| isMajorAwardIn | American theatre ⓘ |
| location | Broadway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Antoinette Perry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| organisedBy |
American Theatre Wing
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Broadway League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Tony Awards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| presentedBy |
American Theatre Wing
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Broadway League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Pulitzer Prize for Drama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| selectionProcess | voted on by Tony Awards voters ⓘ |
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Subject: Best Play Tony Award Description of subject: The Best Play Tony Award is a prestigious annual honor recognizing outstanding achievement in new plays on Broadway.
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