Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Musical
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The Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Musical is a prestigious Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in lighting design for musical productions.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Musical Context triple: [Moulin Rouge! The Musical, wonAward, Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Musical]
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A.
Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical
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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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.
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C.
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.
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D.
Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Musical
The Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Musical is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding costume design in musical productions.
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E.
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.
- 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Musical Target entity description: The Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Musical is a prestigious Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in lighting design for musical productions.
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A.
Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical
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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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.
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C.
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.
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D.
Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Musical
The Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Musical is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding costume design in musical productions.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Tony Award
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lighting design award ⓘ theatre award ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Tony Awards Administration Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Best Lighting Design of a Musical Tony Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| award for musical theatre production design},{ | Broadway theatre award ⓘ |
| awardedFor |
excellence in lighting design for Broadway musical productions
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outstanding lighting design in a musical ⓘ |
| awardType | competitive award ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| domain | Broadway theatre ⓘ |
| eligibility |
Broadway musical productions
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professional lighting designers ⓘ |
| establishedInContextOf | expansion of design categories at the Tony Awards ⓘ |
| field | lighting design ⓘ |
| firstAwarded | 2005 Tony Awards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genre | musical theatre ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
nominee
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winner ⓘ |
| hasCriterion |
artistic innovation in lighting
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support of storytelling and mood through lighting ⓘ technical excellence in implementation of lighting design ⓘ |
| hasMedium | live stage performance ⓘ |
| inception | 2005 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| location | New York City ⓘ |
| notableFor | recognizing artistic and technical excellence in stage lighting for musicals ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Tony Awards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| presentedAt | annual Tony Awards ceremony ⓘ |
| presentedBy |
American Theatre Wing
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The Broadway League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical
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Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Lighting Design NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Play NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scope | Broadway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| selectionProcess |
nominees chosen by Tony Awards nominating committee
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voted on by Tony Awards voters ⓘ |
| separatedFrom |
Tony Award for Best Lighting Design
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Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Play NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sponsor | American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typicalTimeOfYear | late spring or early summer ⓘ |
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Subject: Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Musical Description of subject: The Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Musical is a prestigious Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in lighting design for musical productions.
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this entity surface form:
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this entity surface form:
2018 Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Musical
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Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Musical
this entity surface form:
Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in a Musical
Tony Award for Best Scenic Design of a Musical
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