Olivier Award for Best New Musical

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Olivier Award category theatre award

The Olivier Award for Best New Musical is a prestigious London theatre accolade presented annually to recognize the most outstanding new musical production in the West End.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical	5
Olivier Award for Best New Musical canonical	2
Olivier Award for Best Musical	1
Olivier Award for Best New Musical nomination	1
Society of West End Theatre Award for Best Musical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4168123 — 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.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Olivier Award for Best New Musical
Context triple: [Kinky Boots, WestEndAward, Olivier Award for Best New Musical]

A. Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical
The Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical is a prestigious London theatre accolade presented annually to recognize outstanding leading performances by actresses in musical productions.
B. Laurence Olivier Award
The Laurence Olivier Award is one of the most prestigious British theatre honors, recognizing outstanding achievements in London’s West End stage productions.
C. Ivor Novello Award
The Ivor Novello Award is a prestigious British music award that honors excellence in songwriting and composing.
D. Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play
The Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play is a prestigious annual London theatre honor recognizing outstanding leading performances by actresses in stage plays.
E. Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
The Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role is a prestigious London theatre accolade presented annually to recognize outstanding supporting performances by male actors in West End productions.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Olivier Award for Best New Musical
Target entity description: The Olivier Award for Best New Musical is a prestigious London theatre accolade presented annually to recognize the most outstanding new musical production in the West End.

A. Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical
The Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical is a prestigious London theatre accolade presented annually to recognize outstanding leading performances by actresses in musical productions.
B. Laurence Olivier Award
The Laurence Olivier Award is one of the most prestigious British theatre honors, recognizing outstanding achievements in London’s West End stage productions.
C. Ivor Novello Award
The Ivor Novello Award is a prestigious British music award that honors excellence in songwriting and composing.
D. Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play
The Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Play is a prestigious annual London theatre honor recognizing outstanding leading performances by actresses in stage plays.
E. Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
The Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role is a prestigious London theatre accolade presented annually to recognize outstanding supporting performances by male actors in West End productions.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (29)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Olivier Award category ⓘ theatre award ⓘ
associatedWith	West End theatre district ⓘ surface form: West End theatre industry
awardedFor	best new musical production ⓘ
ceremonyHeldIn	London theatre ⓘ surface form: London theatres and venues
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
eligibility	new musical productions opening in London West End ⓘ
field	theatre ⓘ
firstAwarded	1976 ⓘ
formerName	Olivier Award for Best New Musical self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Society of West End Theatre Award for Best Musical
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	musical theatre ⓘ
hasAwardCategory	Best New Musical score and book ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://officiallondontheatre.com/olivier-awards/ ⓘ
inception	1976 ⓘ
industry	performing arts ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
location	London, England ⓘ surface form: London West End theatre ⓘ
namedAfter	Laurence Olivier ⓘ
notableFor	prestige in West End musical theatre ⓘ
organisedBy	Society of London Theatre ⓘ
partOf	Laurence Olivier Award ⓘ surface form: Laurence Olivier Awards
presentedBy	Society of London Theatre ⓘ
region	London theatre ⓘ
renamedIn	1984 ⓘ
scope	West End productions ⓘ
selectionProcess	voted on by theatre professionals and industry panels ⓘ
typeOfRecognition	artistic achievement ⓘ

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Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kinky Boots → WestEndAward → Olivier Award for Best New Musical ⓘ

Blood Brothers → awardReceived → Olivier Award for Best New Musical ⓘ

this entity surface form: Olivier Award for Best New Musical nomination

Hamilton → awardReceived → Olivier Award for Best New Musical ⓘ

Cats (musical) → award → Olivier Award for Best New Musical ⓘ