Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music in a Musical
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The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music in a Musical is a New York theater honor recognizing exceptional musical scores in both Broadway and Off-Broadway productions.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music | 3 |
| Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music in a Musical canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music in a Musical Context triple: [Tony Award for Best Original Score, relatedTo, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music in a Musical]
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A.
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical
The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical is a New York theater honor recognizing exceptional writing of a musical’s script and narrative structure, encompassing both Broadway and Off-Broadway productions.
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B.
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical
The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical is a New York theater honor recognizing exceptional achievement in staging and directing musical productions on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway.
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C.
Drama Desk Award
The Drama Desk Award is a prestigious New York theater honor recognizing outstanding achievements in Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway productions.
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New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical
The New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical is an annual honor given by New York theater critics to recognize outstanding achievement in musical theater on Broadway and in the New York theater scene.
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E.
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play
The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play is a prestigious New York theater honor recognizing exceptional direction in off-Broadway and Broadway 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: Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music in a Musical Target entity description: The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music in a Musical is a New York theater honor recognizing exceptional musical scores in both Broadway and Off-Broadway productions.
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A.
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical
The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical is a New York theater honor recognizing exceptional writing of a musical’s script and narrative structure, encompassing both Broadway and Off-Broadway productions.
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B.
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical
The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical is a New York theater honor recognizing exceptional achievement in staging and directing musical productions on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway.
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C.
Drama Desk Award
The Drama Desk Award is a prestigious New York theater honor recognizing outstanding achievements in Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway productions.
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D.
New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical
The New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical is an annual honor given by New York theater critics to recognize outstanding achievement in musical theater on Broadway and in the New York theater scene.
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E.
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play
The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play is a prestigious New York theater honor recognizing exceptional direction in off-Broadway and Broadway plays.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Drama Desk Award category
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theatre award ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Drama Desk organization ⓘ |
| awardCategory | music ⓘ |
| awardedFor | excellence in musical composition for the theatre ⓘ |
| awardFor |
musical score
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outstanding music in a musical ⓘ |
| basedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| categoryGroup | creative and design awards ⓘ |
| categoryType | creative award ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| eligibility |
New York theatre productions
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musicals produced in New York ⓘ |
| field | musical theatre ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genre | theatre ⓘ |
| hasAwarded |
Broadway productions
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Off-Broadway productions ⓘ Off-Off-Broadway productions ⓘ |
| hasCeremonyLocation | various New York theatres ⓘ |
| hasOfficialNameLanguage | English ⓘ |
| inception | 20th century ⓘ |
| isNonProfitContext | yes ⓘ |
| isRelatedTo |
New York theatre awards
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Original Score NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isSubcategoryOf | Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| location | New York City ⓘ |
| medium | stage musical ⓘ |
| notableAspect | includes both Broadway and Off-Broadway in same category ⓘ |
| partOf | Drama Desk Awards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| presentedBy |
Drama Desk
NERFINISHED
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Drama Desk Awards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizes |
composer of a musical
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original score for a musical ⓘ |
| region | New York theatre ⓘ |
| scope |
Broadway
NERFINISHED
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Off-Broadway NERFINISHED ⓘ Off-Off-Broadway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| selectionProcess | voted on by Drama Desk members ⓘ |
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Referenced by (4)
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Tony Award for Best Original Score
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relatedTo
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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music in a Musical
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this entity surface form:
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music
this entity surface form:
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music
this entity surface form:
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music