Broadway musical Doonesbury
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Broadway musical Doonesbury is a stage adaptation of Garry Trudeau’s satirical comic strip, blending political and social commentary with contemporary music and characters from the original cartoon.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Broadway musical Doonesbury canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Broadway musical Doonesbury Context triple: [Jacques Levy, directed, Broadway musical Doonesbury]
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A.
Broadway musical "Do Re Mi"
The Broadway musical "Do Re Mi" is a 1960 Jule Styne–composed musical comedy about a small-time con man in the jukebox business, best known for its lively score and original production featuring stars like Nancy Walker and Phil Silvers.
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B.
Babes on Broadway
Babes on Broadway is a 1941 MGM musical film starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney as aspiring performers putting on a show to help underprivileged children.
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C.
Avenue Q
Avenue Q is a Tony Award–winning Broadway musical that satirically explores adult themes through a cast of puppets and humans living in a New York City neighborhood.
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D.
The Sunshine Boys
The Sunshine Boys is a 1975 comedy film, based on Neil Simon’s play, about two feuding former vaudeville partners reluctantly reunited for a television special.
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E.
Broadway musical Jubilee
"Jubilee" is a 1935 Broadway musical comedy with music and lyrics by Cole Porter, noted for introducing several of his classic songs.
- 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: Broadway musical Doonesbury Target entity description: Broadway musical Doonesbury is a stage adaptation of Garry Trudeau’s satirical comic strip, blending political and social commentary with contemporary music and characters from the original cartoon.
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A.
Broadway musical "Do Re Mi"
The Broadway musical "Do Re Mi" is a 1960 Jule Styne–composed musical comedy about a small-time con man in the jukebox business, best known for its lively score and original production featuring stars like Nancy Walker and Phil Silvers.
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B.
Babes on Broadway
Babes on Broadway is a 1941 MGM musical film starring Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney as aspiring performers putting on a show to help underprivileged children.
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C.
Avenue Q
Avenue Q is a Tony Award–winning Broadway musical that satirically explores adult themes through a cast of puppets and humans living in a New York City neighborhood.
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D.
The Sunshine Boys
The Sunshine Boys is a 1975 comedy film, based on Neil Simon’s play, about two feuding former vaudeville partners reluctantly reunited for a television special.
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E.
Broadway musical Jubilee
"Jubilee" is a 1935 Broadway musical comedy with music and lyrics by Cole Porter, noted for introducing several of his classic songs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Broadway musical
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stage musical ⓘ |
| basedOn | Doonesbury (comic strip) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bookBy | Garry Trudeau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| broadwayPerformancesCount | 104 ⓘ |
| broadwayPreviewsCount | 20 ⓘ |
| broadwaySeason | 1983–1984 Broadway season ⓘ |
| choreographyBy | Margo Sappington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| comicStripDebutYear | 1970 ⓘ |
| costumeDesignBy | Patricia Zipprodt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Garry Trudeau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| directedBy | Mike Nichols NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
B.D.
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Boopsie NERFINISHED ⓘ J.J. Caucus NERFINISHED ⓘ Joanie Caucus NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Slackmeyer NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Doonesbury NERFINISHED ⓘ Uncle Duke NERFINISHED ⓘ Zonker Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
political satire
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satirical musical ⓘ social satire ⓘ |
| hasOriginalCastAlbum | Doonesbury original cast recording NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lightingDesignBy | Ken Billington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| lyricsBy | Garry Trudeau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | live theatre ⓘ |
| musicBy | Elizabeth Swados NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
political commentary
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social commentary ⓘ |
| notableFor |
adapting a newspaper comic strip for Broadway
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contemporary political references ⓘ |
| originalBroadwayClosingDate | 1984-01-08 ⓘ |
| originalBroadwayOpeningDate | 1983-11-21 ⓘ |
| originalCity | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalProductionType | Broadway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalTheatre | Biltmore Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producedBy |
James M. Nederlander
NERFINISHED
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The Shubert Organization NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setDesignBy | Tony Walton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | early 1980s ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
American politics
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college life ⓘ media and culture ⓘ |
| workAuthor | Garry Trudeau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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