Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play
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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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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T278836 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play Context triple: [Laurence Olivier, awardReceived, Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play]
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A.
Tony Award
The Tony Award is a prestigious American honor recognizing excellence in live Broadway theatre.
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B.
Best Featured Actor in a Play
Best Featured Actor in a Play is a Tony Award category that honors outstanding performances by supporting male actors in Broadway plays.
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C.
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.
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D.
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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E.
Best Featured Actress in a Play
Best Featured Actress in a Play is a Tony Award category that honors outstanding performances by actresses in supporting roles in 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)
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Target entity: Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play Target entity description: 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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A.
Tony Award
The Tony Award is a prestigious American honor recognizing excellence in live Broadway theatre.
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B.
Best Featured Actor in a Play
Best Featured Actor in a Play is a Tony Award category that honors outstanding performances by supporting male actors in Broadway plays.
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C.
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.
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D.
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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E.
Best Featured Actress in a Play
Best Featured Actress in a Play is a Tony Award category that honors outstanding performances by actresses in supporting roles in Broadway plays.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Tony Award category
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theatre award ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play ⓘ |
| awardedFor | outstanding leading performance by an actor in a Broadway play ⓘ |
| awardingBodyType | professional association ⓘ |
| awardType | competitive award ⓘ |
| ceremonyLanguage | English ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| distinctFrom |
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical
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Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play ⓘ |
| eligibility | male actors in leading roles in Broadway plays ⓘ |
| field |
Broadway theatre
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theatre ⓘ |
| firstAwardedForSeason | 1946–1947 Broadway season ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genre | acting award ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation |
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Tony Award – Best Actor in a Play
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| hasAwardedWorkType | stage play ⓘ |
| hasCategoryType | performance award ⓘ |
| hasCeremonyBroadcastOn | television in the United States ⓘ |
| hasGenderRestriction | male ⓘ |
| hasMedium | live theatre ⓘ |
| hasReputation | one of the most prestigious awards in American theatre ⓘ |
| hasSelectionBasis | artistic merit of performance ⓘ |
| inception | 1947 ⓘ |
| industry | entertainment industry ⓘ |
| isSubsetOf | Tony acting awards ⓘ |
| location | New York City ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Antoinette Perry ⓘ |
| notableVenue |
Beacon Theatre
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Radio City Music Hall ⓘ Winter Garden Theatre ⓘ |
| 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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| performanceType | leading role ⓘ |
| presentedAt |
Tony Awards telecasts
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surface form:
Tony Awards ceremony
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| presentedBy |
American Theatre Wing
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The Broadway League ⓘ |
| productionType | play ⓘ |
| region | Broadway ⓘ |
| scope | Broadway productions ⓘ |
| selectionProcess | voted on by Tony Awards voters ⓘ |
| typicalCeremonyMonth | June ⓘ |
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Subject: Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (67)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play
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hasAbbreviation
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Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play
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this entity surface form:
Tony Award – Best Actor in a Play
this entity surface form:
Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Play
this entity surface form:
Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play
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relatedCategory
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Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play
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this entity surface form:
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
this entity surface form:
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
this entity surface form:
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
this entity surface form:
Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
this entity surface form:
Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play
this entity surface form:
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for The Best Man
this entity surface form:
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for The Little Foxes
subject surface form:
Ian McKellen
subject surface form:
Claude Rains