Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical

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Tony Award category theatre award

The Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical is a prestigious Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in the visual and environmental design of a musical production.

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Label	Occurrences
Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical canonical	10

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Target entity: Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Context triple: [Moulin Rouge! The Musical, wonAward, Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical]

A. Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Play
The Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Play is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in the visual and environmental design of a play’s production.
B. Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Play
The Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Play is a prestigious annual honor recognizing outstanding achievement in lighting design for Broadway plays.
C. Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Play
The Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Play is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in costume design for non-musical stage productions.
D. Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical
The Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in staging and directing a musical production.
E. Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Play
The Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Play is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in sound design for a play.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical
Target entity description: The Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical is a prestigious Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in the visual and environmental design of a musical production.

A. Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Play
The Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Play is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in the visual and environmental design of a play’s production.
B. Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Play
The Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Play is a prestigious annual honor recognizing outstanding achievement in lighting design for Broadway plays.
C. Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Play
The Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Play is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in costume design for non-musical stage productions.
D. Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical
The Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in staging and directing a musical production.
E. Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Play
The Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Play is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in sound design for a play.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (32)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Tony Award category ⓘ theatre award ⓘ
administeredBy	Tony Awards Administration Committee ⓘ
associatedWith	production design ⓘ set design ⓘ stage design ⓘ
awardedForWorkOn	Broadway musical ⓘ
awardFor	scenic design in a musical ⓘ
categoryType	creative arts award ⓘ
ceremonyFrequency	annual ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
eligibility	productions opening in the Broadway season ⓘ
field	Broadway theatre ⓘ
genre	musical theatre ⓘ
hasCeremony	Tony Awards telecasts ⓘ surface form: Tony Awards ceremony
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
honours	individual scenic designers ⓘ
location	New York City ⓘ
medium	live theatre ⓘ
partOf	Tony Award ⓘ surface form: Tony Awards
presentedBy	American Theatre Wing ⓘ The Broadway League ⓘ
presentedIn	United States theatre industry ⓘ
recognizes	environmental design of a musical production ⓘ outstanding scenic design ⓘ visual design of a musical production ⓘ
relatedTo	Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Musical ⓘ Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Musical ⓘ Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Play ⓘ
scope	Broadway productions ⓘ
selectionProcess	voted on by Tony Awards voters ⓘ
status	active award category ⓘ

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Moulin Rouge! The Musical → wonAward → Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical ⓘ

Kinky Boots → nominations → Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical ⓘ

Rocky → awardNomination → Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical ⓘ

David Korins → awardNomination → Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical ⓘ

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical → awarded → Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical ⓘ

Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Play → separatedInto → Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical ⓘ

Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Play → relatedTo → Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical ⓘ

David Rockwell → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical ⓘ

Scott Pask → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical ⓘ

Michael Yeargan → awardReceived → Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical ⓘ

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