Tony Award for Best Costume Design
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The Tony Award for Best Costume Design is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in costume design for a play or musical.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tony Award for Best Costume Design canonical | 27 |
| Best Costume Design Tony Award | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4864017 — 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)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tony Award for Best Costume Design Context triple: [Barnum (1980 Broadway production), awardReceived, Tony Award for Best Costume Design]
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A.
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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B.
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.
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C.
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design
The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design is a prestigious New York theater honor recognizing exceptional costume work in Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway productions.
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D.
Academy Award for Best Costume Design
The Academy Award for Best Costume Design is a prestigious Oscar category honoring outstanding achievement in film costume creation and styling.
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E.
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.
- 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: Tony Award for Best Costume Design Target entity description: The Tony Award for Best Costume Design is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in costume design for a play or musical.
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A.
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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B.
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.
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C.
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design
The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design is a prestigious New York theater honor recognizing exceptional costume work in Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway productions.
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D.
Academy Award for Best Costume Design
The Academy Award for Best Costume Design is a prestigious Oscar category honoring outstanding achievement in film costume creation and styling.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Tony Award category
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costume design award ⓘ theatre award ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Best Costume Design Tony Award
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linked to:
Tony Award for Best Costume Design
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| awardFor |
costume design for musicals
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costume design for plays ⓘ costume design in Broadway theatre ⓘ |
| ceremonyLanguage | English ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| eligibility | professional Broadway costume designers ⓘ |
| field |
costume design
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theatre ⓘ |
| firstAwardedFor | Broadway season 1946–1947 ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
costume design for a musical
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costume design for a play ⓘ |
| hasMedium | live theatre ⓘ |
| inception | 1947 ⓘ |
| industry |
Broadway theatre
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linked to:
Broadway theater
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| isSubsetOf | design categories of the Tony Awards ⓘ |
| location | New York City ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Antoinette Perry ⓘ |
| organisedBy |
American Theatre Wing
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The Broadway League ⓘ |
| partOf |
Tony Awards
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linked to:
Tony Award
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| presentedAt |
Tony Awards ceremony
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linked to:
Tony Awards telecasts
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| presentedBy |
American Theatre Wing
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The Broadway League ⓘ |
| scope | Broadway productions ⓘ |
| selectionMethod | voting by Tony Awards voters ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Tony Award for Best Costume Design Description of subject: The Tony Award for Best Costume Design is a prestigious annual Broadway theatre honor recognizing outstanding achievement in costume design for a play or musical.
Referenced by (28)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Tony Award for Best Costume Design of a Musical
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separatedFrom
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Tony Award for Best Costume Design
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linked to: Tony Award for Best Costume Design
La Cage aux Folles (original Broadway production)
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awardReceived
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Tony Award for Best Costume Design
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subject linked to:
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