Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical

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Laurence Olivier Award category theatre award

The Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical is a prestigious London theatre honor presented annually to recognize outstanding leading performances by male actors in musical productions.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical canonical	11
Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical	5
Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Musical (for Jonathan Pryce, 1990)	1
Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical for Dear Evan Hansen	1
Society of West End Theatre Award for Best Actor in a Musical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5751752 — 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: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical
Context triple: [Aneurin Barnard, awardReceived, Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a 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. 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.
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 New Musical
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.
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: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical
Target entity description: The Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical is a prestigious London theatre honor presented annually to recognize outstanding leading performances by male actors in musical productions.

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. 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.
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 New Musical
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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Laurence Olivier Award category ⓘ theatre award ⓘ
associatedWith	West End theatre productions ⓘ
awardCategoryOf	Laurence Olivier Awards ⓘ linked to: Laurence Olivier Award
awardedFor	best performance by an actor in a leading role in a musical ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
eligibility	leading roles ⓘ male actors ⓘ
field	musical theatre ⓘ theatre ⓘ
firstAwarded	1979 ⓘ
formerName	Society of West End Theatre Award for Best Actor in a Musical ⓘ linked to: Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	musical ⓘ
hasGenderRestriction	male ⓘ
inception	1979 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
location	London ⓘ linked to: London, England
namedAfter	Laurence Olivier ⓘ
notableFor	prestige in London musical theatre ⓘ
organizer	Society of London Theatre ⓘ
partOf	Laurence Olivier Awards ⓘ linked to: Laurence Olivier Award
presentedAt	annual Laurence Olivier Awards ceremony ⓘ
presentedBy	Society of London Theatre ⓘ
region	London, England ⓘ
scope	London theatre ⓘ West End theatre ⓘ linked to: West End theatre district
selectionMethod	judged by theatre professionals ⓘ
status	active ⓘ
typeOfRecognition	performance award ⓘ

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