Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical
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The Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing the most outstanding leading performance by an actress in a musical production.
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical Context triple: [Bette Midler, awardReceived, Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical]
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A.
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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B.
Tony Award
The Tony Award is a prestigious American honor recognizing excellence in live Broadway theatre.
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C.
Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album
The Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album is a prestigious music industry honor recognizing outstanding cast recordings of musical theater productions.
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D.
Best Featured Actress in a Musical
Best Featured Actress in a Musical is a Tony Award category that honors outstanding performances by actresses in supporting roles in Broadway musicals.
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E.
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.
- 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 Actress in a Musical Target entity description: The Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing the most outstanding leading performance by an actress in a musical production.
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A.
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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B.
Tony Award
The Tony Award is a prestigious American honor recognizing excellence in live Broadway theatre.
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C.
Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album
The Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album is a prestigious music industry honor recognizing outstanding cast recordings of musical theater productions.
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D.
Best Featured Actress in a Musical
Best Featured Actress in a Musical is a Tony Award category that honors outstanding performances by actresses in supporting roles in Broadway musicals.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Tony Award category
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theatre award ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Tony Awards Administration Committee ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical ⓘ |
| awardedForSeason | Broadway theatre season ⓘ |
| awardFor | best leading performance by an actress in a musical ⓘ |
| awardType | performance award ⓘ |
| ceremonyBroadcastOn | CBS ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| eligibility | leading actress in a Broadway musical ⓘ |
| field | Broadway theatre ⓘ |
| firstAwardedFor | 1947–1948 Broadway season ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genre | musical theatre ⓘ |
| hasCategoryType | leading role ⓘ |
| inception | 1948 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| location | New York City ⓘ |
| medium | live theatre ⓘ |
| notableWinner |
Angela Lansbury
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Audra McDonald ⓘ Bernadette Peters ⓘ Chita Rivera ⓘ Julie Andrews ⓘ Patti LuPone ⓘ |
| organisedBy |
American Theatre Wing
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The Broadway League ⓘ |
| partOf |
Tony Award
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surface form:
Tony Awards
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| presentedAt |
Tony Awards telecasts
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surface form:
Tony Awards ceremony
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| presentedBy |
American Theatre Wing
ⓘ
The Broadway League ⓘ |
| relatedAward |
Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical
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surface form:
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical ⓘ Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical ⓘ
surface form:
Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical
|
| scope | Broadway productions only ⓘ |
| selectionProcess | voted on by Tony Awards voters ⓘ |
| significance | one of the highest honors for musical theatre actresses on Broadway ⓘ |
| status | active ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical Description of subject: The Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing the most outstanding leading performance by an actress in a musical production.
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