Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play
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The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play is a prestigious New York theater honor recognizing the season’s most exceptional leading performance by an actress in a stage play, across Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway productions.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play canonical | 2 |
| Drama Desk Award for acting in a play | 1 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Drama Desk Award category
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theatre award ⓘ |
| awardFor | outstanding leading performance by an actress in a play ⓘ |
| categoryType | performance award ⓘ |
| ceremonyIncludes | presentation of trophies to winners ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| eligiblePerformers | actresses ⓘ |
| field |
stage acting
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theatre ⓘ |
| formerName | Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| hasGenderRestriction | female performers ⓘ |
| hasNominees | multiple actresses each season ⓘ |
| inception | 1975 ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | New York City theatre season ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| location | New York City ⓘ |
| medium | live theatre ⓘ |
| notableWinner |
Cherry Jones
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Glenn Close NERFINISHED ⓘ Jan Maxwell NERFINISHED ⓘ Jessica Lange NERFINISHED ⓘ Laurie Metcalf NERFINISHED ⓘ Vanessa Redgrave NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| organizerType | critics and journalists organization ⓘ |
| partOf | Drama Desk Awards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performanceMedium | play ⓘ |
| performanceType | leading role ⓘ |
| presentedBy | Drama Desk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| presentedFor | most exceptional leading performance by an actress in a stage play ⓘ |
| recognizes | artistic excellence in acting ⓘ |
| region | New York theatre ⓘ |
| relatedAward |
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play
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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scope |
Broadway
NERFINISHED
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Off-Broadway NERFINISHED ⓘ Off-Off-Broadway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| selectionProcess | voted on by Drama Desk members ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered | one theatrical season ⓘ |
| website | https://www.dramadeskawards.com/ ⓘ |
| winnerSelection | majority vote of Drama Desk members ⓘ |
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Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play
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this entity surface form:
Drama Desk Award for acting in a play