Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical
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The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical is a New York theater honor recognizing exceptional lead performances by male actors in musical productions on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical canonical | 7 |
| Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical Context triple: [Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical, relatedAward, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical]
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A.
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music in a Musical
The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music in a Musical is a New York theater honor recognizing exceptional musical scores in both Broadway and Off-Broadway productions.
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B.
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical
The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical is a New York theater honor recognizing exceptional achievement in staging and directing musical productions on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway.
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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical
The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical is a prestigious New York theater honor recognizing the best musical productions on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway in a given season.
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D.
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical
The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical is a New York theater honor recognizing exceptional writing of a musical’s script and narrative structure, encompassing both Broadway and Off-Broadway productions.
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E.
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics
The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics is a New York theater honor recognizing exceptional lyric writing in Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway productions.
- 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)
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Target entity: Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical Target entity description: The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical is a New York theater honor recognizing exceptional lead performances by male actors in musical productions on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway.
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A.
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music in a Musical
The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Music in a Musical is a New York theater honor recognizing exceptional musical scores in both Broadway and Off-Broadway productions.
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B.
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical
The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Musical is a New York theater honor recognizing exceptional achievement in staging and directing musical productions on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway.
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C.
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical
The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical is a prestigious New York theater honor recognizing the best musical productions on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway in a given season.
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D.
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical
The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical is a New York theater honor recognizing exceptional writing of a musical’s script and narrative structure, encompassing both Broadway and Off-Broadway productions.
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E.
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics
The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics is a New York theater honor recognizing exceptional lyric writing in Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway productions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Drama Desk Award category
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theatre award ⓘ |
| awardedFor | outstanding performance by a male actor in a musical ⓘ |
| awardFor | lead performance by an actor in a musical ⓘ |
| awardLevel | professional theatre ⓘ |
| awardMedium | live theatre ⓘ |
| categoryType |
acting award
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lead performance category ⓘ |
| city | New York City ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| eligibility |
Broadway productions
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Off-Broadway productions ⓘ
linked to:
Off-Broadway
Off-Off-Broadway productions ⓘ productions in New York City ⓘ |
| field | musical theatre ⓘ |
| firstAwarded | 1975 ⓘ |
| formerName |
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor
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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance ⓘ
linked to:
Drama Desk Award
|
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genderedCategory | yes ⓘ |
| genre | theatre ⓘ |
| hasCategoryChange | category names and definitions have evolved over time ⓘ |
| hasGenderRestriction | male ⓘ |
| hasMultipleNominees | yes ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://www.dramadeskawards.com ⓘ |
| inception | 1975 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| location | New York City ⓘ |
| notableWinner |
Ben Platt
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Brian Stokes Mitchell ⓘ Nathan Lane ⓘ Norbert Leo Butz ⓘ Santino Fontana ⓘ |
| organizerType | critics organization ⓘ |
| partOf |
Drama Desk Awards
ⓘ
linked to:
Drama Desk Award
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| presentedBy | Drama Desk ⓘ |
| recognizes | artistic excellence in musical theatre acting ⓘ |
| region | New York theatre ⓘ |
| relatedAward |
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical
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Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical ⓘ |
| scope |
Broadway
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Off-Broadway ⓘ Off-Off-Broadway ⓘ |
| selectionProcess | voted on by Drama Desk members ⓘ |
| status | ongoing ⓘ |
| typicalCeremonyTime | spring ⓘ |
| winnerSelection | majority vote of Drama Desk members ⓘ |
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Referenced by (8)
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Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical
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relatedAward
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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical
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The Boy from Oz (Broadway production starring Hugh Jackman)
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nominatedFor
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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical
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formerName
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Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor
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linked to: Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical