Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical
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The Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding performances by male actors in supporting roles in musical productions.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical Context triple: [The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, nominatedFor, Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical]
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Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical
The Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing the most outstanding leading male performance in a musical production.
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Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
The Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding supporting performances by actresses in musical productions.
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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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Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical
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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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.
- 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)
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Target entity: Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical Target entity description: The Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding performances by male actors in supporting roles in musical productions.
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A.
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical
The Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing the most outstanding leading male performance in a musical production.
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B.
Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical
The Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding supporting performances by actresses in musical productions.
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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 Actress in a Musical
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Tony Award category
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acting award ⓘ theatre award ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical
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surface form:
Tony Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical
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| awardedForSeason | Broadway season immediately preceding the ceremony ⓘ |
| awardFor | best performance by a male actor in a featured role in a musical ⓘ |
| awardingBodyType | professional theatre organizations ⓘ |
| awardType | competitive award ⓘ |
| ceremonyBroadcastOn | American television ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| eligibility |
Broadway musical productions
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male actors ⓘ supporting roles ⓘ |
| field | Broadway theatre ⓘ |
| firstAwarded | 1947 ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genre | musical theatre award ⓘ |
| hasGenderRestriction | male ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://www.tonyawards.com ⓘ |
| inception | 1947 ⓘ |
| locationOfCeremony | New York City ⓘ |
| medium | live theatre ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Antoinette Perry ⓘ |
| notableWinner |
Andre De Shields
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Boyd Gaines ⓘ Christian Borle ⓘ Hinton Battle ⓘ Michael Cerveris ⓘ |
| organizer |
American Theatre Wing
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The Broadway League ⓘ |
| originalName |
Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Tony Award for Best Supporting or Featured Actor in a Musical
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| partOf |
Tony Award
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surface form:
Tony Awards
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| presentedBy |
American Theatre Wing
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The Broadway League ⓘ |
| relatedAward |
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical
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Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play ⓘ 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
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| roleType |
featured role
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supporting role ⓘ |
| scope | Broadway productions only ⓘ |
| selectionProcess |
nominated by Tony Awards Nominating Committee
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winners chosen by Tony Awards voters ⓘ |
| significance | one of the highest honors in American musical theatre for supporting male performers ⓘ |
| trophyName | Tony Award statuette ⓘ |
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